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easilyled said:I've been thinking about this a lot because I have 2 Aleph 1's and there is a temptation to want to replace everything with CreeXREs
However my Saruth M1T which also uses an Aleph 1 reflector (McR27)
and happens to have a UX1J set on a DB917 is a VERY bright light in itself
Its just as bright as my surefire L4 (5W) and that is a bright light - 100 lumens output.
So in actual fact although my A19 Cree XRE is still brighter, there isn't a huge difference, although there is a significant one.
However I'm sure Lumileds will respond to Cree and bring out a very bright luxeon that can compete with the XRE, so rather than being impatient and selling off all or trying to replace all the luxeon-based-lights, maybe its worth holding on to them - especially as the Aleph system is so easy to modify and is so versatile.