Are the Nichia219B from Kaidomain still bad?

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Kaidomain has cheap Nichia219B for sale : Kaidomain - Nichia 219B

However, based on our BLF LED database: BLF - LED Database
RaceR86 and Helios says that they are not high cri/ incorrect tint. This was posted on 12/4/2013 (more than 1 year ago)

Based on the picture, that is a Nichia 219B, but how come it is not high cri?
Description says: NVSL219B-E R85 B220
Datasheet for “NVSL219B-V1” : http://www.nichia.com/en/product/led_product_data.html?type='NVSL219B-V1'
Datasheet for “NVSL219” : http://www.nichia.com/en/product/led_product_data.html?type='NVSL219B'

Anyone know if they are still selling the incorrectly described emitters or they have switched to a new roll?

Thanks for your help BLF!

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I've used a bunch, I don't know if they are exactly what they claim they are but they're nice.

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Off topic, but thanks to OP I just ordered the 5 pack for 219B. Now I need a light to put these into.

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I've just used the three known-genuine 219Bs I got from IlluminationSupply a while back, and compared side by side with another triple using the KD 219Bs. They're very similar, I have to look very close to see any difference. I may be fooling myself but it looks like the ones from KD may have a tiny bit more red in them, but it's very very slight difference between them.

The IS 219Bs are in a Roche F6 using a Helios- driver and driven at some unknown ungodly current, the KD 219Bs are in a little Solarforce Z1 with a 17DD and AW IMR 16340, driven at a somewhat less ungodly current, and drive current does affect the tint even on two known-identical emitters. So that may be all I'm seeing.

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Ungodly, less ungodly, retarded bright; these are truly useful and meaningful measurements for me. This is the spirit that keeps me coming back for more. I apologize for interrupting the thread, I just like the attitude to push and see what can done.

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Any updated reports? Not very many places to get some sw45 nichias these days…

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I ordered some 219A’s from fasttech. They are way warm, somewhere in the 8 bin. Still a very nice light when this warm, so even if those 219B’s are warmer than 4500K they should still be worth it.

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Yeah but I can get reliable 4000k from Illumn, I really miss the 4500k

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Well I went ahead and ordered a pair from KD. We’ll see how it turns out.