I was looking through the lens and I couldn’t see any marking or lines on the LED. It’s hard to see without taking anything apart, I’m not going to take anything apart with my luck nothing will go back together right.
I’d like to ask how does a fake Cree T6 LED look like?
I’ve got a couple of generic “XML T6” LED flashlights, but I don’t know how to differentiate since I don’t have a known-real XML T6 to compare it with.
I’ve tried taking picture of the LED, but my entry-level digital camera doesn’t focus too well, this is my best shot yet:
So, is the above fake XML-T6 a LatticeBright or a LB clone?
Have another one to help identify:
This is from an UltraFire UK68, supposedly Cree Q5 LED:
(pardon again, it’s very tiny and my camera is having a hard time focusing on it… )
(The glass/dome seems to look quite dirty from the pic…)
I bought a cheap light at a local store and for the fun of it, I took a look at the led to check if it was cree or fake. I’m unable to see the pictures in the OP, and even haven gone though all the post in this thread, I’m unable to know exactly what to look for. The soldering looks to be round, indicating it to be cree however the print+led isn’t ‘waved’ (in lack of a better word) indicating it to be fake? The print itself doesnt state CREE but BG so I assume it is a fake. I would just like to be able to tell it just by looking at the led itself.
Thanks!
Edit:
I took a different light I had laying around and did the same on that. The led looks almost the same (round solderings, no waved print/dome) but the print looks nicer. Dont know that to make of it. Anyone ?