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May 11, 2022, 9:33am
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fogofwar:
Yep the round ones, were referred to as the Yinding projector LED on this site. However, I think Yinding is just the reseller, and we don’t who the actual manufacturer is.
People have found it to produce an excellent beam shape - tint is hit or miss though. Overall, it is similar to a Luminus SFT40 or San’an SFS80 in terms of lumens and intensity.
Yeah…i managed to find the Yinding reseller site tho. Osram, Luminous, Seoul brands etc as well as chinese 国产/domestic leds.https://cree1.taobao.com/search.htm?spm=2013.1.0.0.1aa8b48cs1DEKP&search=y&orderType=newOn_desc
ps edit - actually the chinese name 银锭 aka silver ingot already tells us so. Just that the English “Yinding” doesn’t tell us much. lol :money_mouth_face:
Is it similar to the SFT40 in terms of intensity? Wow….seems to be so from this testing. I’ve always thought that the SFT40 is just a bit lower in intensity but more lumens vs the Osrams.
Either that or my measurement of the Haikelite HT50 is a bit flawed. lol.
Recently some new LEDs showed up so I thought I would replace my old WildTrail D80 v2 with something new.
Here’s some background to understand my intentions: my typical setup is a headlamp (currently FireFlies PL47) + a thrower. I use flashlights daily when walking the dog and this is 95% of my flashlights usage. This setup is most convenient for me because I have free hand while walking, but when something catches my attention (e.g. shiny eyes looking out of the darkness) I get the thrower and…