I wondered that same thing and it seems they got the last of the 9080 219B’s that Nichia had laying around as they were not available when we got in contact with them.
Yeah, just looking for a whole lot of good tint LED’s. While I have a few novelty lights with warm LED’s I don’t find myself wanting to use them except in times where I am worried about my night vision for example.
Maybe because the general public doesn't even knows jackshit? Exactly this last knight I was speaking to a close friend, one which still seemed “brainwashed” by the general cool crap white ignorance in these matters. Showed him my latest CRI90+ 4000K XHP50A powered :-D SK9V8… He ended up suggesting me to tweak one of his regular SK98s with a high CRI 3000K emitter. He had already seen this lovely T3 7A4 CRI90+ XM-L2), thank God.
Yeah, as time goes forward the preference seems to be getting warmer and warmer.
Although long term I see the favirote staying around the 4500-5000k mark as a lot of people love it and most others don’t hate it. So it pleases almost everyone.
A high CRI 4500-5000k emitter is really great to look at as well, particularly with a hint of rose in the beam.
Yes, it is pretty. A few weeks ago I beam optimized a friend's SingFire-L05 headlamp which I once modified with such T3 7A4 emitter, to change its optics from reflector to TIR. Did it with this 35.8mm marble grain lens @ Yajiamei Optics plus two ∅35×2mm flat lenses on top to supplement the total lens setup height. Worked like a charm, and when I turned the headlamp on again I was struck with the reddiness of the thing versus an S2+ class torch modified with a first batch (T6 chromaticity coordinate) 4000K CRI90+ LH351D plus wide beam TIR, which looked green in :-D comparison LoL! Lovely smooth and wide beam for close up work.
Has anyone used their 351B 3000K 90cri leds on a light yet? I haven’t found a light to use these leds on yet but I wanted to see if anyone could report back and let us know how they look.
I was just about to order and realize that it is a 7A3 and not 7A4 in your link. I would love to try the 7A4 as that is more rosy. Do you have any idea where the 7A4 can still be purchased? Thanks.