So, talking with my contact, I’m realizing something.
Even the smaller/unknown LED manufacturers can produce perfectly fine LEDs and whatnot, it’s just that generic luminaire/lighting manufacturers often ask for the absolute cheapest LED prices, making for stuff that’s rather unsustainable in business.
That obsiouvly requires corners to be cut, and not caring much about QC. scinating to see that basically everyone can make good stuff if they’re actually paid enough.
It’s really interesting talking someone who’s actually concerned about this and telling me this directly, and honestly kind of refreshing.
I’m now waiting to get beamshots to see if we get a donut instead of a waffle design.
Edit: Good news! Donuts shouldn’t be an issue because of the design, which is very nice.
So what current can these be run at, and what output are you expecting?
4000-4500k is quite the range, I’d be more inclined to order some if they were closer to 4000k
I’m on board with 4500K, too…wonderful temp when you can find it. I’m more of a 5000K guy usually but good 4000K is ok, brushing up against as warm as I like. 4500K is like HID crisp without being white-white or harsh.
Current handling should be at the absolute minimum on par with the XM-L2.
It’ll obviously be able to reach much higher power levels since it’s a flip chip design rather than having to deal with bond wires, so that’s nice at least.
If I were to extrapolate based on the 70CRI version, I’d say 1000-1100 lumens at 10W 85C, and slightly higher at the rated 25C.
For the 90CRI version, I’d say around 700-800 lumens at the same power, although we’ll have to wait until we get to manufacturing and testing to see what the manufacturer gets on their end, and then see what we get on our end.