What kind of LED has the widest beam?

[fire-stick]

I'm looking to buy a few LED's but I need ones that have a really wide beam. Also could someone tell me a good place to buy LED's, optics, and drivers.

Thanks,

Scott

 

[Christoph]

ledsupply.comThe low domes have a wide beam optics are there to.
Chris

 

[VidPro]

ya them moon things, jupiters, and pihranas are all pretty wide. almost anything can be sanded or just clipped, or dremmeled.
a standard china 5mm led you can take a pair of wire cutters to the tip of it and in seconds its no longer aiming anywhere really it works, especially if you got a few extra to get the technique down.

http://www.moreleds.com/
at this place they sell "inverted cone" ?? whatever that is, if you click on the pic it takes you to thier "discrete" leds, there is every color of inverted dome.

a Fat 8-10mm Quad die, would have a lot of power, and it can be scortched , sanded, smoked, taped, they are generally wider due to the 4 dies.

 

[tebore]

In terms of Power LEDs the Batwing is the "widest" beam.

 

[LightScene]

I guess 5 watt Luxeons have a pretty wide beam since they are comprised of 4 x 1 watt dies.

 

[Sleestak]

In terms of Power LEDs the Batwing is the "widest" beam.

+1 on that. Just got in some batwings, and when I tried one out, it was amazing how wide that pattern is. Much more of an 'area' light than a directed light. At least, the ones I got are.

 

[ken2400]

I have used a hack saw with the ones from E-bay 5 mm and then put a little clear nail polish on it to clean it up. The nail polish can also fix big nicks in glass ones wares too.

Good luck!