fyrstormer
Banned
I guess this qualifies as my first-ever custom. (go me! 
) A few months ago I bought some neutral-white 250lm Luxeon K2s and I used one to mod my Arc6. I had a spare, so I figured I'd take a crack at modding an Aleph light engine with it. Here's what I came up with:
It came out quite well, I think. The emitter isn't perfectly-centered, but it's reallllllly close, as the following pictures will demonstrate. Close enough, in fact, that I found a really good use for it: it works in a Haiku!
Careful examination will show that, of course, it doesn't fit against the back of the reflector exactly the way the stock Cree LE does, but that actually doesn't make any difference here; heat is conducted through the edges of the LE just like it should be, and the darn thing focuses perfectly. I couldn't have made this come out better if I'd tried.
That beamshot was taken with the bright-sun white balance setting on my camera; here's a comparison beamshot of the stock Cree LE:
As you can see, the Luxeon has a very similar beam pattern and is also much warmer. It has very good color rendition, too. Here it is, installed in a Mule this time, aimed at one of my mom's paintings:
Again, taken with the bright-sunlight white balance setting on my camera. This thing is as close to high-CRI as you can get, this side of a Sundrop. If you were thinking about putting a Sundrop LE in your Haiku, but you wanted something brighter and better-focused, this is what you've been looking for.
$125 including shipping. Check/MO accepted, Paypal preferred. First "I'll take it" gets it. Be the only kid on the block with a Luxeon Haiku!
) A few months ago I bought some neutral-white 250lm Luxeon K2s and I used one to mod my Arc6. I had a spare, so I figured I'd take a crack at modding an Aleph light engine with it. Here's what I came up with:
It came out quite well, I think. The emitter isn't perfectly-centered, but it's reallllllly close, as the following pictures will demonstrate. Close enough, in fact, that I found a really good use for it: it works in a Haiku!
Careful examination will show that, of course, it doesn't fit against the back of the reflector exactly the way the stock Cree LE does, but that actually doesn't make any difference here; heat is conducted through the edges of the LE just like it should be, and the darn thing focuses perfectly. I couldn't have made this come out better if I'd tried.
That beamshot was taken with the bright-sun white balance setting on my camera; here's a comparison beamshot of the stock Cree LE:
As you can see, the Luxeon has a very similar beam pattern and is also much warmer. It has very good color rendition, too. Here it is, installed in a Mule this time, aimed at one of my mom's paintings:
Again, taken with the bright-sunlight white balance setting on my camera. This thing is as close to high-CRI as you can get, this side of a Sundrop. If you were thinking about putting a Sundrop LE in your Haiku, but you wanted something brighter and better-focused, this is what you've been looking for.
$125 including shipping. Check/MO accepted, Paypal preferred. First "I'll take it" gets it. Be the only kid on the block with a Luxeon Haiku!
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