XM-L U2 on DX!

20mm board

16mm board

infos from dx:

Cree XM-L brightness at 3.oA:
T5 845-910 lm @ 3.0A
T6 910-975 lm @ 3.0A*
U2 975-1040 lm @ 3.0A
U3 1040-1105 lm @ 3.0A

When CREE anounced the U2?

I dont beleive it.......... or maybe I am wrong I dont know....

Usually, CREE anounces new leds several weeks before

u2 was announced at release but hasnt been available.

http://www.dealextreme.com/forums/Forums.dx/Forum.-209~threadid.530221

U2, huh? You'll be holding your breath an awful long time with DX and they'll probably send T6 bins about 2-3 months after you order.

U2 bin is available @ taobao for some weeks ...

It's really unlikely they are genuine.

The Cree datasheet for the XM-L's was updated 3days ago, but still doesn't have order codes for the U2.

Surely they would be there if it was available?

Does anyone have a guess when we'll start seeing the U2 and U3 show up in flashlights?

Maybe never. When the XP-G came out over a year ago, it was immediately available in a R5 bin. Except for a few S2's and S3's that only seemed to be available to a couple of manufacturers (and will be gone soon), the higher bins never came.

Well, the S2's weren't THAT great, in the main producer of them, 4Sevens. The tint bin they got access to was very green. The only decent S2 torches were the Christmas ITP set, which is also useful. (USB rechargable 18650 torch+Awesome keychain light+solar charger with built in batteries AND flashlight? Yes please.) They were a yellow white.

+1

I have four of the S2 lights fom 47s and all of them are quite green.

So what that says a flashlight using U2, do we have to build them via DIY kits?

After measure the last two premade XM-L lights (@high=1,4A), i think, it´s the best and build a one. *gg*

Now, ever i buy a XM-L flashlight, i hope, it has a "XM-L driver" inside.

A flashlight with XM-L U2 with 1,4A @high is "useless"/"waste".

More green in the output will inflate the lumen rating due to the eye's sensitivity to green, which lumen measurement is biased towards. It doesn't surprise me that this tint is common among the highest bin emitters. If they're barely making it into that bin, it becomes more likely that the tint is what tips the scale.

I suspect the same frill, also the filter of cheap light meters are 'biased' , before got my lightmeter I performed several measures with a solar panel which give readings of incandescents bulbs accord the lumen flux state for the manufacturer in comparison with white leds of knowing flux, when test the same incandescent with the light meter the readings are lower by much, almost a third or less..

4Sevens has a ANSI certified lab do their readings.

XM-L U2 now also on: LCK-LED

I have one on the way shipped a week ago, updates soon..

How did your LCK-LED U2 XML compare to your other samples? Is it as white as your cutter U2?

I have not ordered from LCK-LED, don´t know. ;)

Meanwhile i have tested a XML U2 2S (from Cutter) in a C8, but against a 1A, or 1C it was less bright.

(had 2 C8´s and could compare to a 1C)

Chanched it back to a XML U2 1A....much brighter in a C8.

Ι have bought many U2 from cutter and LCK, both are better than T6 binned leds, and the performance is mixed, some LCK U2 are better than Cutters' leds, but some cutters' U2 are better than LCK U2 too. As for the color, can't really tell the difference, both are white!!!