I recently made and order for arrow thinking that the free shipping was only for September. Actually it turns out that if you have a valid student email you get free shipping all the time plus an additional 20% off!
As has been said, Arrow’s interface is all sorts of awful, so I ended up searching through djozz’s reviews for interesting LEDs and then manually searched the part numbers in google for arrow.com.
Arrow has some really cheap osram emiters. I was intrigued by the emitters tested by djozz here: New Osram Oslon Square, testing a 4000K 92CRI typ. emitter
I’m really hoping they are similar emitters to what arrow lists here: https://www.arrow.com/en/products/gwcssrm1.pc-mtnp-5l7n-1/osram-opto-semiconductors
Not the exact same part but for 83 cents for 1 emitter I figure why not?
Another interesting Osram arrow might carry is the emitter tested here: Three Oslons tested: 1) latest gen. Oslon Black Flat 2) SSL80 4000K 92CRI latest gen. 3) SSL80 4500K 96CRI 1 gen. before latest
Its the first one that djozz tests part number LUW HWQP-8M7N. Djozz calls it the new surface brightness leader.
Sounds great right? Well when you search the part number at arrow you get this: https://www.arrow.com/en/products/q65111a4463/osram-opto-semiconductors
Honestly, arrow.com gives so little description that I had no idea whether that is the right part number or not so I didn’t buy it. But if someone is building a compact thrower it could be worth the risk to try out.