It’s not 1000 lumens, but it is 100 CRI. Try this one:
Although no mention is made in this thread regarding these drop-ins, this is probably the best way to go if you want a budget high CRI light with a decent lumen output. The Sportac Triple Nichia goes for $35. And although it doesn’t produce 2000 lumens, it doesn’t do too shabby at around 600 lumens. Get this drop-in and a Solarforce L2 host (which is under $20), and you have a pretty good, decently bright high CRI light for around $50.
Only problem here is that Illumination Supply doesn’t sell it on a star. And, it would appear that neither does anyone else. So if you want to mod with this emitter, I hope you know how to reflow.
I have the triple Nichia Sportac dropin. The dropin comes in 2 formats: one for Surefire lights and one for “other” P60 hosts, such as Solarforce. I bought the “other” one. It does not fit in any of my Solarforce hosts. It works, but it doesn’t let me screw down the bezel all the way. If you get one of these, I would recommend getting the Surefire format, even if you plan on putting it in a Solarforce host. Also, I would recommend using some aluminum foil or copper tape to wrap the host, as it is made of brass, and is not great for thermal dissipation.
nice light
The problem here, of course, is that no single emitter Nichia 219 light is going to put out much (if any) more than 200 lumens. And although there is nothing saying whether this is a single or multi emitter lights, the price says it’s probably a single emitter light.
Would taking a multi-emitter light like a TrustFire TR-J20 and replacing Leds with a selection of colors like WW,CW,NW work??
219 A ? True. 219 B ? False. 219 B has a significantly lower VF so it is better matched to an 18650.
I bought a Convoy M2 with XM-L2 with T6-4C bin, 4200-4500k, 996 claimed max lumens as a going away gift for a friend.
I tried it out briefly before gifting it, and I was impressed with the neutral white light, although I don’t know what CRI these would rate at. Price from Fasttech was less than $25 using their BLF code, and they should have other color bins available as well. Also PWM was too fast for me to view on a ceiling fan and the blinky modes can be hidden. I’m probably going to buy one of these for myself, although I wish the reflector were smooth instead of OP.
It’s still not going to be anywhere close to 2000 lumens. Or even a thousand. Regardless, I find in odd that nobody seems to want to make a Nichia 219 light that produces much of anything above 200 lumens.
I believe this is actually the same emitter that is used in the Zebralight SC62w. And the tint of this emitter can actually be quite nice - at least provided you are lucky enough to get a good example. As for the CRI, it is around 75 for a neutral XM-L2. So it is significantly better than your typical cold XM-L2, which manages a CRI of around 65.
I already have a triple nichia waiting on the 18350 host to come. It should be my new edc and pump out a bunch of lumens with a fet driver.
The reason is that manufacturers do not go above the official rating for liability reasons, this is a conservative rating and based on the led on a conventional non-DTP board, for the Nichia 219 it is 1.5A.
With a copper DTP board, 2.5A is a more logical current and you get between 400 and 500 lumen out of your flashlight. You have to make that yourself unfortunately.
I thought about modding a 7-XM-L SRK i have with seven Nichia 219s, building a custom driver set up from a Nanjq 105C Q-Lite Rev. making a good 1000 + Lumen High CRI flooder light that will have a good run time with the four 18650s in Parallel.
Wouldn’t a multi-emitter SRK w/ wide band spectrum coverage offer more CRI than a single bandwidth emitter even if it was a high CRI emitter?
its possible if a variety of emitters were mixed and used. ( a combination of XM_L 3C, Nichia 219, and even High-CRI Warm white XM-L maybe ?
I don’t know if this could work, how would many low CRI lights make a high CRI one, there are likely ratios and wavelengths that are just not covered. In addition, how any of us measure what CRI we have achieved.
The linked T12 runs 2280ma and it has a direct copper board soldered to the pill.
Nice, I had not seen that one yet, Hank's the man! :-)
I’m actually considering buying one. I might just put the 219A I have into a rayovac headlamp (the emitter LEB MPCB is real easy to swap out) though as a gateway drug to a high CRI addiction.
> how would many low CRI lights make a high CRI one
Tricky at best: http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/programs/nlpip/lightinganswers/led/whiteLight.asp
HidCanada had a special run of Sunwayman V11r wtih a 92 CRI XML. Dont hold me to it but I think it was a T5 in a warm white tint. I won one of them in a giveaway and it has been a daily companion just about every day since. It is a perfect size for EDC and the high CRI really does make a difference when sorting out wire colors etc in cramped spaces. I’m not sure if they still have any stock or not but I would certainly get one if they did. Well worth the $90 or so asking price in my estimation as a 2 year owner.