so they are about to charge me and ship them out but we ordered so much that they ran out of materials to make them with!!!

they were able to make everything except for half of the royal blue and all the 40degree lens

im having them ship out all they have and then someone needs to step up and not get their royal blues until jan 3rd when they get shipped. im willing to wait on mine but i need couple other people to wait also.

so 40degree lens arent coming in till jan 3rd also. this shouldnt be a big deal since you can make your fixture and just add the lens later.

so let me know if you dont mind waiting on your royal blue and ill add you to the list.

I'm not in a rush & can wait for the next shipment. HTH

Mine can also be sent on the next shipment.

I can certainly wait...not a problem.

YOU CAN PUT ME DOWN AS WELL TOP WAIT A WEEK ORE 2

kevink
jfish
mseepman
ferret
milad

365 royal blue


ill get you guys when the royal blues get in

I'm hoping this won't slow you down too much Milad...looking forward to this build of yours.

leds
 

i can wait as well-i'm still waiting on some other parts i ordered anyhow

i just got the LEDs
ill be in north van tomorrow and Saturday if anyone wants to pick theirs up.
ill probably be shipping out the ones I can on Saturday if the post office is open. just gota find me some small little boxes.

everyone im shipping too, please pm me your shipping address

leds
 

i'll just meet you at j&l when your ready-i'll bring some of the optics i picked up-2 different types of 60 degree

I'm so sad I missed this, I've been wanting to buy some LED's. If anyone ends up with extra, or there is another group buy, I'd be interested.

Talk to MILAD he is selling off his stuff due well PM him ok .

I think Milad is doing another group buy that ends Jan 3rd. correct me if I'm wrong.

Or, if you want. You can take mine as I'm in no rush to build my unit right now.

I hope some of you will share your build photos and tips for the rest of us.hint,hint,nudge, nudge

im doing another one that ends Jan 3rd
if you want some, message me, ill get you the prices listed on this thread.

everyone that ordered without the 40degree optics has had their shipment sent out except the people on the wait list

im expecting the 40 degree optics and the rest of the royals on wed/Thursday next week

and i keep getting banned from reefcentral because their admins think I bought my LEDs just to sell them on their buy/sell boards. its funny.

Really? I was enjoying your discussions on RC. Did you try to sell your LED's on there?

heads up guys on the optics
I was playing around with them, they fit tight onto the LEDs but if you flip them over they will fall off with a little nudge

I talked to some people and sounds like they are not designed to "clip" on. you are suppose to fasten then with adhesive (NOT SUPER GLUE) like two part epoxy by dabbing a tiny tiny tiny bit on end of a tooth pick and placing it under the optic so it doesnt touch anything. or i heard you can use two sided tape. Do not use super glue because it can fog the lens.

group buying process
 

Hey Milad and all,

I hope this whole operation worked out for everybody.

I've been using the TMC (uk brand and original Cree OEM) led fixtures for years and have been waiting for the DIY materials to come down a bit before building my own rig. Waiting for the Cree LED's in particular to come down. Well they haven't come down a whole lot (except RB for 3.19 is pretty darn good) but their technology keeps getting better an better so you have to pull the trigger at some point.

Anyway now seems like the time and I stumbled across your website ledgroupbuy.com. But I was a little skeptical because of the newness etc. At any rate I found you here and everything seems legit.

I hope you understand my aprehension.....we all know how easy it is to set up shop on the internet and take in money.

So I'm hoping to hear some feedback here on this thread from all the folks who took part in this group buy.

I wish you the best with ledgroupbuy.com (think its a great idea) and I hope to be doing an order with you soon.

AR

AspenReef,

Thanks for checking in. Ya I did this group buy and then decided that I shouldn't limit the group buy to my Canadian friends so I setup that website (im a little in love with LEDs). I do make a bit of $$ from the website but its mainly to cover paypal and then give me a couple penny's on the dollar. I think its like 3 cents on each dollar i sell.

You should start seeing people comments on their orders because the first few went out couple days ago and they should be getting them in their mailboxes.


Were you the one that emailed and asked for a phone number?

Milad
 

Greetings
I am looking for feedback on Milad before I place an order with ledgroupbuy.com


I saw that his status on RC is moved on, but that isn’t always a bad thing :biggrin:


Should I send him my money on great deal on LEDs?
Thanks

KnH

How the heck do you guys find me on here!? Thats two of you already.
BTW you arent accepting pms for some reason.

I did this group buy then i started the website.

status was removed on reefcentral because i linked the site and they don't like group buys.

leds
 

hi milad-when are you going to be at j&l again

Friday 4:30 sound good to you?

Just wanted to say thanks Milad! Everything looks great! I haven't had the chance to count everything but I'm sure it's all there. Package just came yesterday so I'll check more thoroughly tonight.

I wasn't able to find a comment section on your blog but I'll post here. Feel free to copy and paste it.

Just to reassure anyone who is hesitating on pulling the trigger. I'm from the GTA and my order came very Well packaged and in a timely matter as promised. So far, I am very pleased with how the group buy worked out not to mention the savings from ordering through Milad. The LEDs I ordered will be used for testing colour combinations and I plan to order more for the real fixture.

The package of leds just got delivered and everything looks good. thanks Milad.

Any news on the delayed batch coming in?

Just packing yours, nlreefguy, and Jfish up.

I still havent received the 40degree optics (they should be here soon).

Sounds good. So glad we did this...now if you would only start your build so that I can copy you, everything would be great! :)

My stuff just arrived...opened the box, it looks great...I will make sure to give you a quick count and another thank you later.

Holy cow that was fast. I sent it out yesterday. I sent nlreefguys out same time as yours. He literly cannot live any farther away from me and still be in Canada. I'm interested to see how long it takes to get to him.

Showed up as expected and looks good. I knew the dimensions of the stars but I didn't realize how compact they were until holding in my hand. Looking forward to starting this project.

no kidding eh? I about blinded my self when I was doing a battery test on one.
All the light, from one little dot. these things are the future of lighting.

''no kidding eh? I about blinded my self when I was doing a battery test on one.
All the light, from one little dot. these things are the future of lighting.''

i have had work experience with led.
man those are bright.:shocked!:
and then you start seing :smilecol:
cant wait to receive mine.

I forgot to update this thread but I received mine last week some time, everything was great. Is there another group buy on? I would like a half dozen or so more whites... just wondering. Milad, would you care to comment? Thanks.

ya there is always one going on at www.LEDGroupBuy.com
prices will be a few cents different

Hey I just noticed the XM-L series there on your site. Are they much better? And are they still compatible with the same drivers (I'm using meanwell 60-48-D's)? Could you mix and match the old XP-G with them on the same driver? Thanks.

Well I blinded myself with a XP-G
the XM-L will burn my eyes, lol.

They are the new kid on the block. They XP-G can go up to 1.5A and the XM-L can do 3A

I believe the XM-L T6 is about 10-15% brighter at 1A than the XP-G

You can put them on the meanwell 60-48-D at full blast and they wont skip a beat, 1.3A is nothing for them. at 1.3A they only take up about 3.1v so you could get 15 in a series.

But if you are going to put them in the same series as the XP-G you want to turn down the amperage on the meanwell 60-48-D to about 1A so you dont over run the XP-G (that way they will last very long time)

But there is one problem, there are hardly any optics for them. So you have to hang it close to the surface on a shallow tank (14inches or so). Its because the T5 just came out the first of Jan and the T6 came out a week ago or so. You should see some optics in the next month or two. im hot on the optics trail.

They will be replacing the XP-G but without the optics, I would still probably buy XP-G.... unless I had a shallow tank.