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LoL! If that is fake, bring me some! 
Cheers ^:)
ha
Is this a good one, or a knockoff?
Clearly not a Cree LED.
K.
Read how easy it is to reflow solder a led and get a good LED that is not fake
Bought 4 of the Warsun CT9T on sale on AliExpress for $8.51 each. They all have LatticeBright emitters and they don’t have the tail switch like the older models. Only side switch on new ones, old ones have both tail and side switches. Older CT9T’s had Cree XML2.
Looks like a real Cree XP-E to me.
Or am i missing something?
I bought a Warsun CT9T from Banggood for $14. It was a huge disappointment because I had read a few reviews. It was about 600 lumens tops, thin cheesy build. I sold it for $10 value with another deal.
Pretty sure the LED was counterfeit. Banggood refunded me.
Yeap, the 3rd lead.
Aha, indeed. :+1:
Falke led cree xm-l2 buy at gearbest
http://www.gearbest.com/diy-parts-and-tools/pp_142215.html
regards
I want to order this just to blow it up on the test bench for some reason….
yes, Looks Lattice Bright XM.
Cold light, a little blue :person_facepalming:
That fake XM-L2 from Gearbest is a new level of lying to customers. It handles about a bare emitter, the description mentions ‘Cree XM-L2’ and the tell-tale dotpattern is not shown in the pictures (the clear picture above is jorge’s own picture). 100% deception of customers!
Shame on Gearbest!
I happened to buy that item some time ago and the holes are arranged in diagonal and the connection to the small wires are round as far as i can tell on the one i got. Somewhere in the supply chain somebody must have switched suppliers afterwards to a cheaper one, Gearbest may not know they are selling a fake xm-l2.
The difference is very subtle, if you are not looking for it you would not find it.
For most people, square yellow thing that doesn’t look like a 5mm led = Cree.
I bought previously this led in GB, if before were 100% genuine, but no longer :rage:
Is it often better to jump in on at least some of these group buys or other releases ASAP to have a better chance of actually receiving what was reviewed or promised and not a fake or poorer quality LED/light overall?
I ask this due to my not even questioning whether some GB LEDs are genuine or at least performing ‘close to’ such due to so many eyes publicly on the quality issue all at once.
My more pessimistic/realistic side tends to gravitate more towards jorgefrty’s experience above involving perhaps simply chumming the water.
At the end they return the money to paypal, or with gb points
I reported the item just now and linked to the post with the fake XM-L2 picture.
I don’t think Gearbest sells fakes on purpose.