Cree Warm White

[allburger]

Well today I got my hands on a new Cree Warm White tint. I know that the output on these things isn't up to the standard of the new Q5's and R2's but I figured I'd install it in a P60 Drop in to try it out.

As you can see, I put it into my G2 to try it out.

And here is a shot of the beam pattern and the tint.

It's kind of a neat drop in that I have now. It's not something that I'm going to use alot but its kinda neat to have a cree led drop in with an incandescent tint to it.

 

[underconstruction]

So is it better for color rendition? I am curious about these for outdoor use.

 

[LEDninja]

Re: Cree N4 Warm White

Do you know the tint code?
Should be a number followed by a letter 5A, 7A, 8B etc..

 

[allburger]

yeah yeah, actually its right here... Chromaticity: 8B Flux Bin: N4

 

[LukeA]

I have some experience with P4 7As. I'd love to get my hands on some 6A Q2s.

 

[allburger]

that would be a real nice color

 

[StarHalo]

I like the more incandescent-tinted/warm LEDs for outdoors use; the standard Cree with its otherworldly-cold tone looks awesome indoors or in urban situations, but is completely out of place outdoors/in nature, where I prefer the Luxeon Rebels.

Got any Rebel emitters you can do comparative beamshots with? I'd love to see where the warm Cree stands vs the Luxeon..

 

[xcel730]

Very interesting. Now I want one too!

 

[allburger]

I would say that the craziest part of this light is the simple fact that not many people have ever seen an led flashlight that isnt blueish white. People see the color and they automatically think LED...Now you can have a light that is easy on the eyes and people won't believe that its an LED.

 

[Lite_me]

Doesn't an LED binned this yellow (warm) have less output per input than a cooler (blueish) one?

 

[LukeA]

Doesn't an LED binned this yellow (warm) have less output per input than a cooler (blueish) one?

That's why they are in lower flux bins. Dies that in cool white would be Q4/Q5/R2 end up as P4/Q2 when they're pushing light through all that phosphor.

 

[LukeA]

I like the more incandescent-tinted/warm LEDs for outdoors use; the standard Cree with its otherworldly-cold tone looks awesome indoors or in urban situations, but is completely out of place outdoors/in nature, where I prefer the Luxeon Rebels.

Got any Rebel emitters you can do comparative beamshots with? I'd love to see where the warm Cree stands vs the Luxeon..

Funny you should ask.

 

[EV_007]

Wow, that does look nice. Any hint of green in the beam to the naked eye? Even the Rebel have a slightly greenish look to them, to me anyways.

 

[LukeA]

Wow, that does look nice. Any hint of green in the beam to the naked eye? Even the Rebel have a slightly greenish look to them, to me anyways.

Zero green in any of the four I have.

 

[allburger]

This one has no green to it, it is yellowish with a hint of red maybe. Its so hard to gauge the tint of these things. The color is slightly warmer than a surefire p60 incan.

I'd be interested to try their neutral white tint to see if that is more similar to an incandescent overdriven nice white.

 

[allburger]

Zero green in any of the four I have.

What do you have your 4 warm whites in?

 

[big beam]

DX has a warm white drop-in.I think it's a Q2 5a.Ordered one today!
DON

 

[LukeA]

What do you have your 4 warm whites in?

1 in a bathroom nightlight and the other three in a Mag mod.

 

[ps000000]

in real life i would prefer warm white color

 

[allburger]

DX has a warm white drop-in.I think it's a Q2 5a.Ordered one today!
DON

Oh really, what is the link on that?