Id call em equal down to about 25W, CXB pulls ahead ever so slightly way down low
Ah thanks. That chart shows them rather equal over the whole range though. Crossover is around 45W?
Also, for some reason the 1812 and 1818 generally seem to come out more expensive than the 1212 and 1825 for the same amount of light at equal efficiency. Maybe I'm calculating it wrong, but I get the feeling their pricing is slightly off.
Overall, Citizen COBs just seems to go up in price while Cree prizes are coming down. So the gap is also shrinking a bit over the whole line.
Was trying to help someone find the right COBs for his room and the Citizen's just didn't really seem to save much money. At least not on the 181x models. In the end he went for 1212's (with free shipping and no paypal fees) and that did come out much cheaper. Better light distribution too of course.
Too bad the cxm22 and othe models is so hard to find over here.