Brightest RED LED's

I would like to "upgrade" the rear blinker on my bike to increase the brightness. What are the brightest 5mm red LED's that are currently available? This would be the simplist mod to just replace the LED's. Another possiblity would be to replace the 5mm parts with 10mm, luxeons, red kryptonite, or whatever. Any suggestions would be appreciated. BTW is Vf roughly the same on a red Luxeon as a 5mm red LED? Also the light is powered by 2 AA if that makes any difference.

Thanks,
Jeff

I was interested in the same thing, for my inova. I'd prefer a narrow angle led, where the bike light might need a wide angle.

superbrighleds.com is what you're looking for.

Try these if you want the 5mm size or these in the 10mm size. Brightness is 14000 and 40000 mcd, respectively.

i think it would look better if you cut the led down (like a MJLED) to spread the light out more..

Thanks for the suggestions so far. There are currently 5 LED's in the light and they are covered with a red lens. With 5 LED's I don't think I need a real wide angle. I think that the lens will also diffuse the light some.

Jeff

There are some insanely-bright Luxeons Red/orange's out there! I lucked into 4 H2GH's which are rated 200-260 Lumen @ a Vf of 2.79-3.03V. I put one in an L1 (dumb) head with the TIR and run it on an E1 body, DD on a 123. Look at it with your eyes closed, and you see (red) spots! :green: Run DD on a couple of NIMH's could make a very viable tail light!

Larry

Larry is dead on - the Lux III Red - orange is insanely bright, has tremendous current range rating, and a fairly low Vf. Even with small currents, it is bright.

these new gen Red/orange luxeons are crazy bright! even in daylight

here's beamshot of a red/orange luxeon mounted in a FT3C that's available.

I was thinking of a 1 CR123 setup using a R/O LuxIII and seeing that it performed so well in an L1, I thought it might perform equaly well in a Q1 or a Q3. I preffer reflectors, so that is why I suggested this setup.
What do you think? Would it work? Which one of the two do you think would yield the best results? What do you think would be the differences between them?

Thanks

cy said:

these new gen Red/orange luxeons are crazy bright! even in daylight

here's beamshot of a red/orange luxeon mounted in a FT3C that's available.

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Hey CY,

Did you just put the r/o luxIII in as a direct replacement, or did you have to add anything??

Thanks,
Danny

DragonFlame said:

I was thinking of a 1 CR123 setup using a R/O LuxIII and seeing that it performed so well in an L1, I thought it might perform equaly well in a Q1 or a Q3. I preffer reflectors, so that is why I suggested this setup.
What do you think? Would it work? Which one of the two do you think would yield the best results? What do you think would be the differences between them?

Thanks

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Got one in a Q3. Stock Driver. Insanely bright

Thurmond

I'm in the process of doing the same thing to my rear blinkie lights. I bought these (25,000 MCD) and I have just started to change them:

ebay

I will have 15K MCD and 25K MCD 5 mm red LEDs available for purchase soon. Look for my post in the B/S/T forum if you are interested.

I succeed in upgrading my blinkie, check it out:

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I agree on the red-orange LEDs when you're looking for bright. Red alone just seems to fall short.

That is an interesting idea. I think I will have a crack at it as well (my bike light that is)