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

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883

Fake ?

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884

if its a fake then a good one, looks pretty much like a XML2

885

Is it fake?

886

Square wire pads

This is fake

887

Thx!

888

Oh man that is a very well done fake indeed

889

Definitely not a genuine Cree. Likely a latticebright XM-L2 knockoff.

890

sorry i can’t speak english. Thx!

891

Spotted about 90% of the local toolstore’s cheap end headlights with “CREE T6 LED” to be fakes.
Nice…

892

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:

893

@ d_t_a , very fake and bad performing.

894

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…)

895

Yes definitely likely a litticebright low quality knock off of a Cree.

896

Fake XP-E
Possibly LB

897

Problems with OP photos

898

I will work on fixing that this weekend. (the photobucket change screwed over all of us)

899

There’s no hurry
It was just to warn
A friend wanted to know how to recognize a fake

900

Hi.

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 ?

901

Fake for me
The core is too small

902

Bad fakes

The real ones have bigger die and ESD protective device