brightest 5mm white leds

[moon lander]

some ebay stores offer "130k mcd" 5mm leds. is this total bull? what is the brightest i can hope for from a 15deg white 5mm led?

anyone know a good place to buy the darned brightest 5mm leds? and how do you know when they are telling the truth about their mcd ratings?

 

[paulr]

Probably the SMJ 4-die leds are still the brightest if you've got 75ma to run them with. Who's selling these now?

 

[chadne]

The only 130K leds I see are 10MM. Do you have a link to the 5mm versions?

 

[LEDninja]

moon lander welcome to CPF.

There is a recent thread on the subject:
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=150520