Anyone know what LED is in the LED Mini Mag AAA?

I am referring to the 100+ lumens one, specifically the red one with a presentation box as sold by Adorama. I assume it is some type of modern Cree emitter but it could be something else and would be interesting to know. Mine should be arriving Friday

Could be a luxeon LED, I think the older model had a Luxeon C LED

Hopefully xxo will chime in.

The 84 lumen model had the Luxeon C. I beileve the 111 lumen model did as well but the 100 lumen model has a different beam pattern so I speculate the CREE XP-C but have not found that written anywhere.

PacificMoon said:

I assume it is some type of modern Cree emitter

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you could try posting a photo, also check these pics to compare to your light.

Maybe also try asking the manufacturer.

Cree XP-C is probably a good bet for the newer 2AAA. 2AA ones used a Luxeon III emitter, then switched to a Luxeon Rebel. Latest version is probably a Cree XP-G2 or XP-G3.

The 84 lumen 2 AAA MM's used Luxeon C LEDs, my 98 lumen version looks pretty much the same so, I'm thinking it's also a Luxeon C variant. I don't have one of the current 100 lumen versions, so I don't know what LED they use.

Has Mag ever used Cree LEDs in their products? If not then unless Luxeon LEDs are no longer being made or far inferior and/or priced a lot higher I don't see Mag switching to Cree products as Mag tends to greatly resist changes.

Lynx_Arc said:

Has Mag ever used Cree LEDs in their products? If not then unless Luxeon LEDs are no longer being made or far inferior and/or priced a lot higher I don't see Mag switching to Cree products as Mag tends to greatly resist changes.

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The ML-50L uses an XM-L2. I imagine the ML-300L also uses a Cree LED. There are probably more Mags using them.

Thanks all for chiming in! I had subscribed to this thread but somehow I did not get any notifications and I did not get around to checking the thread itself until now. I thought it was actually a version with more than 100 lumens but it seems it actually has exactly 100 lumens, so I guess it could be the XP-C. I will see if I can identify the emitter tomorrow; I have not unpacked the light yet.

I contacted Maglite to ask which LED, CCT, and CRI they use.
Will share what I learn.

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The current model is 100 lumens after there being a 111 lumen version for a while. Sometimes Maglite backs off the output (and/or runtime) number a little.

I suppose one of these days I'll learn how to ID an LED.

bykfixer said:

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The current model is 100 lumens after there being a 111 lumen version for a while. Sometimes Maglite backs off the output (and/or runtime) number a little.

I suppose one of these days I'll learn how to ID an LED.

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The way I learned to ID an LED on one type of light was the beam pattern in a zoomie I suppose you could get a magnifying glass and use it somehow to focus the beam on a wall so you can see the emitter pattern.

bykfixer said:

I suppose one of these days I'll learn how to ID an LED.

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it is not difficult... just look at the LED in the light, and find which picture it matches:


example, I recently bought this light:

the seller said it had a 4000k Nichia 219c
it looked way too green to me, so

I looked at the LED, compared it to the photos in post #4, and figured out it has an XM-L2...

Pretty sure it's not a cree xp-c

congrats on your first foray

not xm-l nor xm-l2 either?


how about Luxeon?:

Lynx_Arc said:

Could be a luxeon LED, I think the older model had a Luxeon C LED

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dont have a photo of the C, but here are a couple others..

If it's a lux C it will have a flat dome when you look at it from the side, if it has a regular dome it's not a Lux C.

xxo said:

If it's a lux C it will have a flat dome when you look at it from the side, if it has a regular dome it's not a Lux C.

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Luxeon C has a short dome. Luxeon CZ is a flat-top Luxeon C: Luxeon CZ: But the easiest way to tell is the size - Luxeon C/CZ is a 2mm x 2mm package, and is the only high power LED in that size that I'm aware of.

It's a little bitty LED, that's for certain.


Compared to an xp-g

LEDphile said:

Luxeon C:

... the easiest way to tell is the size - Luxeon C/CZ is a 2mm x 2mm package, and is the only high power LED in that size that I'm aware of.

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great info, thanks
any idea what color temperature, CRI, and DUV, specs the LED in the maglite uses?

bykfixer said:

It's a little bitty LED, that's for certain.

Compared to an xp-g

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XP-G is 3.5mm x 3.5mm, so that certainly looks like a Luxeon C in the iight on the left.