- The Fake-Cree LED Awareness Thread - The new "low" in Budget lights.

Flashlight Modding and DIY Parts
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It looks like some stores or manufacturers are silently swapping out genuine Cree LEDs for LB’s in their lights while keeping the same listings up.

Look at this review from 2013:

Based on the pics, it has genuine Cree XM-L’s in it.

This is where he bought the flashlight:

http://www.tmart.com/SKYRAY-3XT6-3LED-18W-3800LM-Aviation-Aluminum-Flashlight-Black_p191183.html

Looking at those pics, it now has LatticeBrights.

It’s going to be really hard to know what you’re getting before you get it.