Where to buy high 90CRI led (XP-L or XM-L2 size)

Before I found the XMLBWT-00-0000-000US60Z7 at Mouser I found a 90+ CRI 3000K XP-L at Digikey

The 90+ CRI 3000K XP-L is pretty nice — but… not quite what I want… Side by side with the XM-L2 from Mouser it’s a little disappointing. I have some of those warm Nichia 219A emitters from Fasttech that have a bit of that “nice warm orange-red tone”. The XMLBWT-00-0000-000US60Z7 from Mouser comes pretty close to them.

Here a Russian modder makes custom headlamps with 90CRI XHP50 and wide-angle TIR powered by a small boost driver on one 18650 cell.
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/showthread.php?t=31892
It looks pretty close to your requirements.

Where did you find those?

I thought I could get a 4000K Nichia 219B at Aliexpress but they are out of stock.

Just get a 219B triple S2.

Nice looking mod CharlesD50! how is the output, sufficient? I am not a tint snob, but do prefer the warmer tints and the Nichias. The Nichias mainly for the LACK of tint shift as the power increases…

Your build is looking good. When manufactures don’t make a hi cri nichia headlight, we got to make our own.

You should consider sticking a triple nichia 219c in there with a chunk of copper behind it like I did in mine. It should handle the higher amps that driver can deliver and give you more output when needed.

Man, you’ve got alot of creepy crawlys where you hike. I can see how cri is important to identify creatures quickly and accurately.

I mostly use my headlight for working on things close up, so I prefer full flood or very diffused hotspot. I agree that even though the 219c isn’t very hi cri its still better than cree. I will definitely be picking up some 219c hi cri if they make them.

I like the N219b in the middle, a lot: (it looks pink when white balance is set to 6000k)
left is 3000k N219c, middle 4500k 219b, right is 6000k XP-G2

the LED on the right is the same N219b above, but white balance is now set to 4500k, so it looks white

whether an LED looks white or not, depends on the color temperature of the LED, compared to the color temperature of the brain, in that environment. If I have been in the sun, 4500k is not ideal. But in the evening after being in incandescent lighting, the 4500k will be bright white.

The Color temperature our brain is set to, makes all the difference to what we see as white.

+1 above

Rosy is good

Used to like the:
3C-D
Then tried 4C much better
Want to try 5C-D

Down with cat piss green
up with rose colored glasses Rose

Love the 219C but thought that 219B actual was better for tint snobs

agree
the B lands in the pink (below the black line that represents neutral Tint))
the C lands in the yellow/green (above the black line that represents neutral Tint)

It may just depend on the chromaticity regarding 219c vs 219b. NVSL219CT sm4050e and sm4050f in the specsheets are both below black body locus mostly. Not sure if it’s available anywhere in low qtys unfortunately.

The XP-L2 90CRi is available now, see more detailed explanation here.

Kaidomain sells the XM-L2 in 3000K 7A3 tint, 92CRI. Can get it on 16mm, 20mm, or bare led. Here is the 16mm version.

http://www.kaidomain.com/p/S026594.Cree-XM-L2-Warm-White-3000K-LED-Emitter-with-KDLIGHT-5050-16-16mm-x-1_5mm-DTP-Copper-MCPCB

I really like this one, my 2 Olight SR Mini, S30RIII, S1R and S2R are equipped with it and are all really pleasant to use in and outdoor :slight_smile:

Yes, I also have some lights with them, but they are now somewhat outdated. They have been available since 2013 and mine have a rather yellow tint (probably not 7A3). The XP-L should be available with the same tint and be a bit more efficient and the XP-L2 will definitely be, when it is available.

Well yeah, they’re not the brightest for sure but are the only option for Olight TIR with good CRI (apart from the old 5D1 80+ CRI that intl outddor used to sell)…

Try illumn.com they have them on sale $3.00 each (oops maybe I shouldn’t have let the cat piss green out of the bag)

Nichia NVSL219BT-V1 4000K, 93 CRI, D200 Bin -Bare

SKU:NVSL219BT Bare

Availability: In stock
$3.00
Nichia 4k 93cri

Clemence has many Nichia options on his store too. Not XM-L2/XP-L die sizes, but the 319A is interesting.

Kaidomain also has some 90+ CRI 219B and 219C options.

xpl2 90cri leds (XPLBWT-00-0000-000UU640H) were available to purchase with the minimum buy as 1 led with free shipping on Arrow Electronics a little while back. I picked up one to test out, so you could always wait until Arrow has them available again.

Mouser has them in stock too, shipping isn’t free though.