KardoPaska
Newly Enlightened
Hey guys. So why do drop-ins usually max out around 500 lumens? Typically i see Cree XPG2's putting out those high lumens in the dropin market, but there are manufacturers/value added resellers ( VAR's ) like nitecore, fenix, etc. that are using the same LED and claiming 800+ lumens?
I work at a company which does high-volume production and the different channels definitely get different grade parts even though they are the "same" model. The highest sorted parts only go to VAR's, and the lowest sorts are available to the public. Is this what is going on with the LED's used in drop-ins? The best LED chips that can put out 800+ lumens go to places like fenix, nitecore, etc., while the rest come to us as dropins through the likes of malkoff, thrunite, etc?
Where are the 10000 lumen dropins? :twothumbs ...okay so where are the 1000 lumen dropins? :candle:
I work at a company which does high-volume production and the different channels definitely get different grade parts even though they are the "same" model. The highest sorted parts only go to VAR's, and the lowest sorts are available to the public. Is this what is going on with the LED's used in drop-ins? The best LED chips that can put out 800+ lumens go to places like fenix, nitecore, etc., while the rest come to us as dropins through the likes of malkoff, thrunite, etc?
Where are the 10000 lumen dropins? :twothumbs ...okay so where are the 1000 lumen dropins? :candle: