I don’t think so. The LED in Tube is most likely driven at 150ma. Unless you find the way to cut the current in half, I don’t think think this LED will survive.
I put one in a Tube today (sorry e1000, it was not to beat you to the mod, I had precisely one hour this weekend to do stuff in my grand workshop behind the cupboard, that hour was now and this little project fitted right in).
Tube with stock led, full battery, at 30 seconds:
109 mA, 47 lumen, 78CRI, 7300K duv –0.0152
Tube with rngwn led, full battery, at 30 seconds:
84 mA, 24 lumen, 96CRI, 3200K duv –0,0042
Bit lousy pic not doing justice to the great tint:
Your so right, I almost forgot there’s a nice Nitecore TUBE having 5mm LED.
I did the same. Noticably less light, significantly more pleasant.
Mod easier than I thought.
No mod that I have ever done was straightforward, there’s always something unexpected that has to be taken care of (i.e. the tiny screws were tight, I had to use a very well fitting screwdriver to not screw them up). But if you have dome some modding before and do the disassemby and assembly a bit gentle (it is tiny inside), there are no big problems.
The led leads are very short (1-2mm). I had to reposition the led because it is attached only by soldering points. Make sure it’s soldered deep enough to close the housing tight. I was holding the led in right position with one hand while the other was holding soldering iron.
As far as the screws are concerned, expect the loctite on the unloosen screws. That is probably #1 reason why it’s so difficult to unscrew for the first time.
I had a look at the position of the stock led before unsoldering it. The leads of the new led I bended sharply to the side very close to the plastic and cut off alongside the plastic. This gave enough “solder length” to attach the led just as well as stock led. I always pre-tin the leads of the led and then fuse the solder with the blob on the driver board.