- The Fake-Cree LED Awareness Thread - The new "low" in Budget lights.

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/20mm-Board-CREE-XML-XML2-T6-U2-10W-High-Power-LED-Emitter-Bulb-For-Flashlight-DIY/616282_32271279885.html

what about this ? seller says its original cree not copy/replica/imitation/fake.

difficult to know there. AlieExpress is known to have some shady sellers as bad as ebay sometimes.

Hank from http://intl-outdoor.com has legit Cree LED.

Just wanted to let you know that the Solarstorm T4 also has fake XM-L inside. If someone allready did, my fault did not want to read the hole thing. I still kinda remember they did not want to swap to XML2 back then because they had a big lot of “XM-L” left, go figure.
Highly suggest everybody to swap the emmiters, makes for an way better light.
I only noticed it beause of my neighbours failed T4, where it had killed 3 out of 4 leds. Didn’t use mine that much.

Made a quick and dirty picture:
It also has a white base.

that’s definitely a LB fake XM-L.

where is the limit below that even chinese manufacturers can’t make a light with a real cree LED?

Definitely LB fake XM-Ls.
The cheapo sellers and manufacturers are trying to make more on their cheapo lights by using these knockoff Cree emitters they probably get for pennies each, and pulling the-wool over the eyes of the mass number of unsuspecting online buyers that they are getting a real Cree LED flashlight, but what we get is a crap LED fake with half the efficiency & output of a cree version, and even worse tint than the worst Cree tint-bins.

Does Cree know this situation of fake leds?

That lb 2.0 just gave me cancer. Next gen fakery

the best solution is stop to buy from these f*king disonest chinese sellers
they know what crappy light sell.
unfortunately,newbie customer including me was attracted lowest prices and they continue to sell them

That is nearly impossible.

stop buying noname crap which is too cheap to be true…. :wink:

or buy it knowing the lottery :slight_smile:
we know the game…

The sellers are less of a problem, the manufacturers though is more of a problem.

of course
but when you explain with photos that aren’t not Cree leds
and they continue To sell them declared on auction title as Cree leds
Sellers are a scam

According with first post about the smallest die of the not genuine Cree led
what do you think about this Skyray form gearbest?

and this leds of my skyray bought from Ebay…

Cree led or not?

For me they are genuine LB XL
http://www.latticebright.com/En/cpzs1/2015-05/12/NewsView-179.html

Oh you think?
I have bought the flashlight on 2015-03
the specs of Lattice Bright on your link are on source 2015-05-05

Genuine LB, AKA fake CREE lol!

Definitely not Cree XM-L. Both those lights look like they have the Cree knockoff LB LEDS.