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Old 04-06-2011, 03:58 PM
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Somebody order some of these things & let us know how they work!! Maybe I will.... price is reasonable, but I was leaning more towards the 10 or 20 watt LED arrays available these days, with multiple 1watt LEDs arranged in rows on a larger form factor. Not Crees I think, but more than likely sufficient light for many applications. I think I saw a lighting company marketing a couple of 100 watt versions with some kind of lens for megabucks.
I was going to use these but I decided against them as it would have added close to $200 to my build which I figured wasn't worth it to avoid soldering. I mean realistically the idea of LEDs is never to replace them and even after you've drained their life I'm pretty confident the same LEDs will be obsolete. Seeing how these only fit a certain type of LED I'm not sure I see a huge advantage. Again good idea, just not sure it's worth while.
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