Many manufacturers do not offer LED info. They also dont offer throw specs.
I could guess why, but thats just the way they roll.
HDS used to keep their LED secret, and even now they rename LEDs they use, so it is not easy to know what is in the light.
Olight has no desire to cater to the few of us who insist on High CRI. They also make their lights difficult to modify.
Yet there is a huge profit driven resale market for Olights in fancy metals, that are also Low CRI.
Marketing is focused on Lumens, and most buyers dont know anything about Color Temperature, CRI, nor Tint. What they do know, is that High CRI has less lumens, and that is enough to make them buy Cool White Low CRI instead.
Lumintop at least offers a choice between Nichia High CRI and cree Low CRI.
the latest trick is Jetbeam RRT-01 2020 models offer either Cree or Nichia, but, the Nichia is Low CRI too. This is not disclosed, they just say Nichia, and people assume it means High CRI…
Fenix E01 is another light with a Nichia LED that is not High CRI…
the few of us who actually care about High CRI, pretty much have to learn to replace funky LEDs.
because I did not know how to open my Olights, I could not mod them, so I sold them off. Even though I like the hosts. I sold an Olight Ti SMini w NW LED that has a disgusting Low CRI w terrible Tint, for 3x what I paid for it. To some irrational fanboys on the bay.
I found the tint so disgusting, and the fact that the Tir was not compatible with Nichia, total dealbreakers… But, Im not a “normal” buyer.