For these 5mm LEDs, unless they mention specifically of the CRI, you can assume itās at 70. Part of the reason is the material cost and the fact that the efficacy will drop ~20 lm/w going from 70 to 90 CRI.
If you want to go for the highest output in 5mm package and CRI is not your concern, you can always try that out.
I donāt know of any sources that still have the 3200K Yuji.
As long as weāre on the topic, I looked up a few other options for LEDās you could put in a 5mm host like this.
LED Supply (US only?) has unspecified brand and unspecified CRI of 5mm LEDās in cool and warm white, in addition to numerous different single color options, UV, and infrared.
You can also find combined RGB LEDās with a simple built-in controller that changes the color. Depending on the seller and the type, they are described as a ārotatingā, āflashingā, or ādynamic.ā An example here, including a video in one of the reviews: https://www.amazon.com/microtivity-IL604-Slow-Rotating-Resistors-Pack/dp/B007RO9X82
You can talk about high power and lots of light here, always welcome , but that is just not the C01. The 5mm led requirement will limit this light to under 100mA and under 50 lumen, max. The C01 is about low power long runtime endless abuse always works. Even without potting.
And this host allows some fun versions like colour leds and UV leds. I have some pretty high power (for 5mm leds that is) Nichia cyan leds, that would be a fun version, or a red led for seeing in the dark without destroying your night adaptation.
If too short, solder stiff copper wires to it. When it fits, pot the whole compartement to give it stability. I had one unpotted C01, itās really easy to do.
Iām afraid that you will need a bit of length because the solder holes are at the side of the driver while the led sits in the middle on top of some other components, you may not need the full length but the wires do need to make two bends.
Youād still be stuck with the head made for 5mm leds.
If you are going to hotrod these little Sofirn lights, start with a C01S instead, it has a shelf for a ledboard so you can use powerleds. The C01S is not potted so you do not need it as a host version, they are easy to mod. The Mountain 12mm FET driver (tailormade for the Tool and Maratac AAA twisties) is a near fit, correct diameter but the ears are a bit different, but I bet if you glue it in it works fine.
Edit: I see that this driver is out of stock at Mountain Electronics.
What colours are they thinking of for the host? Personally Iād love another unanodised like the BLF C01, or something new - Iāve already got all the colours
They are thinking nothing yet. I think black and no-ano makes more sense than the other colours that Sofirn uses (red and blue). I doubt that Sofirn will do a rainbow of colours with these, just one. Especially if the list ends up under 100 units, as it looks like atm (I reckoned that the interest would be higher than it seems now). I even wonder if Sofirn will do the production at all under 100 units.
How about if Sofirn brands these hosts with BLF-C01 instead of Sofirn-C01 ? (after all the design is a real BLF effort) Would that generate more interest?
Since they are already putting the driver in, and basically making the whole light minus the Yuji LED, why not just make it a complete working light with some cheap 100mA emitter? As long as they donāt pot the light, it will still be just as easy to swap to another emitter. The LEDs themselves can be super cheap, so the cost compared to this āhostā version is negligible. And some people could buy it and just use it as is, so you might get a longer interest list going.