Bill Zeng, of Lightmalls is coming onboard, along with several other suppliers. Chinese companies are starting to listen to our wants and needs, and becoming sensitive to feedback. This is a good sign for them and for us, as hobbyists … :bigsmile:
Letter from Bill Zeng, overnight:
——- Original Message ——-
From: Lightmalls - sales
To: (Flomotion)
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 7:10 AM
Subject: Re: Re: For Bill Zeng
Great news! Ask Bill to list the flux bin for any LEDs they offer. That’s probably the most important spec, followed by Chromaticity bin (alternative is colour temperature as Bill has it listed).
Ouch on the price, but just may have to buy a few . The XM-L2 T6 0D's that CNQ has are rated 7000-7500k, so probably not those. Hope they are U2's and not T6's, but won't know I guess until the specs are uploaded? Seems strange he posts them and doesn't identify the bin. The price is the highest I've ever seen on an XM-L2, but other sites like led-tech.de and cutter.au can kill you in shipping costs. CNQ has some stiff shipping costs as well, and Fancyflashlights.com has disappeared once again. leddna.com has the XM-L2 T6 0D on a 16 or 20mm mount for $7.
$9.55 each, or 3 at $8.90 is a good chunk of change higher. Even their U3's at $7.40 is steep, where FastTech has them at $4.92/$5.16.
If LightMalls continues with these high prices, they better be the only ones in town with them, because they won't sell many with competition.
I agree, but I have ordered bare stuff from mouser and cutter, and they really nail you. I really don’t know how the Chinese do it… I got a 502b not it was a C8, U2, 20mm star, pulling 2.8 amps at the tail off of Ebay for 9.10
CREE T6 XM-L High Power C8 Lamp Torch X7-T6 1300 Lumen 5 Switch Mode Flashlight
Item condition:
New
Ended:
Feb 17, 2013 10:32:08 PST
Winning bid:
US $9.10
[ 8 bids ]
Shipping:
FREE Economy Shipping from outside US
Item location:
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Seller:
goodswholesaler (3870 )
including shipping. A member in Canada wants me to send him a couple of the Home Depot Defiants, and my local Post Office told me that it would cost $47 to just send them. I got my 3, 26650 T90 from China, shipping and all for $77. I think we are kind of spoiled, look at what Cabella’s wants for their stuff, I am afraid, that one day soon, the Chinese will stop subsidizing shipping, and we will lose our hobby… $)
That's a great deal on just the bare C8 host! Actually I've been accumulating so many T6's, I just gave a few to a co-worker that does mod'ing on RC planes - they actually do their own builds and reflows to add lights of their own design.
Actually, what I've done few times is order the emitters on 16 or 20mm stars with the plan of taking them off and reflowing them onto a SinkPAD - still cheaper buying them mounted sometimes rather than bare - pricing s so weird in this biz...
. The XM-L2 T6 0D's that CNQ has are rated 7000-7500k, so probably not those. Hope they are U2's and not T6's, but won't know I guess until the specs are uploaded? Seems strange he posts them and doesn't identify the bin. The price is the highest I've ever seen on an XM-L2, but other sites like led-tech.de and cutter.au can kill you in shipping costs. CNQ has some stiff shipping costs as well, and Fancyflashlights.com has disappeared once again. leddna.com has the XM-L2 T6 0D on a 16 or 20mm mount for $7.