Been searching and can’t find it on AliExpress, convoy, or kaidomain .
I want to try it in my Convoy S21b with the new 10 A buck driver.
Been searching and can’t find it on AliExpress, convoy, or kaidomain .
I want to try it in my Convoy S21b with the new 10 A buck driver.
Hank from Intl-Outdoor (Emisar/Noctigon) has it in all 3 CCTs (6500k, 5500k, 3000k), he might be able to sell some under an email request.
The only place I have found that sells the SFN60 individually is a Taobao seller - Fujian Chengda Optoelectronics. They have a listing for the LED here. I have never had success, being in the USA, buying direct anything off Taobao - maybe 1 in 100 tries worked, then they seemed to have really tried to make it hard for international buyers to buy anything. So instead I use an agent like Superbuy, which is a lot more friendly, but can be very confusing at first if you are not familiar with the process. But I have used Superbuy to buy many LEDs from that Taobao seller. The value of that particular seller is they also allow you to order a 5500K variant of all the Sanan LEDs, which is quite rare. So far I have always managed to get what I ordered, but once when I tried to order 3000k they sent me binning rejects that were hilariously neon yellow (while other 3000k orders were at best a bit above BBL still), but all other orders of 5500k-6500k have gone well.
What I will caution, though, is the Sanan LEDs actually come in a lot of different alternate formulations for each footprint. In the 7070 format, there is also the SFN55, which has slightly smaller dies (55mil vs 60mil) in a 3x3 configuration (N=9). It takes almost the same current, is a bit throwier because of the smaller LES, and has been regarded as having slightly better tint (at least in 3000k). You can buy this LED from Kaidomain.com without needing to go through Taobao or an agent.
Another similar 7070 LED from Sanan is the SFH43, that has 43mil dies in a 4x4 configuration (H = 16). There is a 7070 (compatible with 3v XHP70 MCPCB) version and a 9090 (= compatible with SBT90 MCPCB) version. Kaidomain calls the 7070 version the SFH73, whereas the 9090 version is simply called the SFH43. The LES is slightly bigger than the SFN60, so a tiny bit floodier, but the SFH43/SFH73 can take more current so more total lumens. Again, you can simply buy these from Kaidomain.com.
The smallest LES in 7070 is the SFQ60. It is a 2x2 config (Q=4). It will be the throwiest, though least lumens. This LED is not very impressive unless you are forced to use a 7070 layout, as the SFQ65 which is oddly a 5050 LED, is much better. I guess the 7070 SFQ60 allows for better heat dissipation than the 5050 footprint of the SFQ65 when pushed to much higher currents (i.e. 20A).
The SFQ65 (2x2x65mil) and SFN40 (3x3x40mil) are good 5050 Sanan LEDs, and are maybe a better choice here if you only want to use a 3v 10A driver. You need more current than 10A to really make the 7070 LEDs worthwhile, like 20A+, and usually FET. Again, you can buy these 5050 LEDs right off of Kaidomain.
If you are willing to go 9090 LED and 20A+, then the SFH55 (4x4x55mil) is an impressive LED. The SFP55 (5x5x55mil) is even more impressive, but can’t get that through Kaidomain, only seller I have found that sells them individually is that one on Taobao.
Beware the 3000k CCT versions of all of these. Even though they are high CRI, they are quite above BBL, and look like various shades of yellow banana. The 6500k variants are all quite pleasant, tending towards neutral or even below BBL, moreso than an equivalent XHP50 or XHP70.
TL;DR - Buy from Kaidomain. If you want 3v 10A driver, then go with either SFQ65 or SFN40, both are Sanan 5050 LEDs, and stick to 6500k.
Yep, avoid 3000K at all costs! No joke they are literally urine colored.
Here is the SFQ75 I got (also 7070 footprint like SFN60):
I tried numerous 3000K offerings from them, same story. The CW ones might have better tint, but I don’t have any to test.
Yes, and avoid also SFN40 3000 K “high CRI” (the one you can get from Kaidomain), they are also urine-yellow, at least the ones from April to June 2024…
I am surprised (not in a good way) they managed to make it that awful while keeping 90+ CRI.
I think I am better off using one of those angry blue Cree lookalikes…
As soon they are not vomit green, it is clearly the better choice… maybe you are lucky with cool white XHP50.3 HI high CRI or 70.3 HI.
You can see in the spectrum, that the green part is more pronounced as it should be, this is the reason why it looks so awful. The color properties are not affected by this. With minus green this could be a really good LED, but overall it is just bad…
I have an Emisar D1K with a SFN60 in 5500K and it has become, quite frankly, my favorite tint, bar none.
According to this page SFN60 was discontinued.
I have the exact same light - the tint is clean. Surprisingly so, actually. If you don’t care for or need high CRI, it’s an easy recommend from me. And ofc, so much power in such a small package.
It looks like Kaidomain just added the SFN60 as well as the SFQ75.