8 Watt Luxeon Star LED FLASHLIGHT

spotted this flashlight on e-bay 8 watts, hehe!:huh2:

luxeon I overdriven to 8 watts.?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/8-Watt-Luxeon...865929165QQcategoryZ60840QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


regards.

http://cgi.ebay.com/8-watt-XENON-LUXEON-LED-CR123A-Flashlight-Torch-3-5-32_W0QQitemZ8766769240QQcategoryZ16037QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Haha, the clown in the above auction seems to have the same units but can't make up his mind how he wants to pitch his little scam..... Xenon? LED? Hullo?

Of course I guess it's not technically a scam if it's an overdriven emitter and they are really generating 8watts, is it? I mean the "Golsten" thing going around at 7w might really be that bright, so I dunno.
I'm looking to buy 2 or 3 nuwai 5w or equivalent to use for bike lights but they gotta use rechargeables, the way LED technology is moving I'm hesitant to buy anything- next week might see a 10, 15w, who knows?

It was talked about in this thread (starting at post 25):
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/105401

me make light an sell it on ebay for lots of money and it goes

Some of those eBayers..... I Like that part about Luxeon Xenon

TinderBox (UK) said:

luxeon I overdriven to 8 watts.?

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More likely cheap counterfeit LED driven at 2 watts with the remaining power wasted in a resistor...

8 watts worth of heat is more like it