Yeah, those 5000K XP-L are pretty much tint perfection IMO. Here's the deal: when you buy from Mouser, Digikey, and a lot of bulk suppliers they only give you a Kelvin range, and maybe the group categories "E3, E4", etc. You usually only get the full descriptor code, e.g. 1C, 2C, etc., if you buy the full reel from Cree. I'm not quite sure why a lot of the bigger companies don't give the full reel code; my guess is that most of their big customers don't ask for it.
Richard is building me a 2B in a P60 drop in and I very excited about seeing it. - From what has been said, it may be my first emitter above the BBL that I might find appealing.
We shall see
Really glad that I made it in under the wire on this!
Richard, are you still able to obtain the red Efest IMR16340 V2 550mAh battery? Over at batteryjunction.com they say it has been discontinued, and replaced by a 700mAh version.
Also, I am finishing up the listings now, but I will also be carrying UF-T20, UF-1405, and UF-1504 zoomie hosts. These are my favorite zoomies and the quality on this batch is top notch. I have put a few together to check them out and I am impressed with them.
Got to say, for me it is a great tint… I am impressed with THIS batch of 2B’s… The problem is that these things will change and in a few months or whatever, we will all be lamenting the loss of the “good” 2B’s… LOL circle of LED’s
Oh man, I’m going to have to make another order this week. I’ve been selling 1405’s with the MTN-MAX drivers pretty well. Now I find out you carry the 1405. Sheesh.
The Efest 550mAh cell had a good run. I think it has been around since 2011, and performed very well in tests done by HKJ and dampfakkus.de. Those two testers have not yet tested the 700mAh version, but according to a user test here on BLF, it does not look very promising. Review - Efest 16340 IMR Test
Probably the best IMR16340 still available is the AW 550mAh. But who knows, maybe Windyfire will surprise us with a top performing 16340, like they did with their 600mAh 14500 battery.