Who wants to try a pre-wired 5050 LED

I've got 4 sample units and would like your feedback.

Anyone want to play with them?

ill try one if you want.

You should send one to pork so I can wire it to light up his glass desk. It looks way to boring.

You should have sent them with the floods. I'll test em out.

I'd like to try.

count me in

Send them to me Phil! I will light up my glass computer desk and write a review w/ pictures

blue one
itzbjorn
TRogers
pork

Thanks, a few were sent today, and I look forward to continuing the discussion here once you've played with them.

daven75 I couldn't find your address

Looking forward to some good QA.

What is a 5050 led?

For the record I'll gladly test nigh anything you care to let me put hands on . Have digital camera and am unreasonably opinionated .

yeah same here i will gladly test anything lol

Kindschi wrote:

What is a 5050 led?

5050 is a surface mount LED package size.

Similar looking to the LED's in the tri-chip flex strips

^
Thanks for the info, I was thinking it was maybe two colors in one housing or something like that.

Phil wrote:

blue one itzbjorn TRogers pork Thanks, a few were sent today, and I look forward to continuing the discussion here once you've played with them. daven75 I couldn't find your address

umm what do u mean couldnt find? haha. like u dont have it or its not showing up on like google maps?

It's like a little plcc-2.

Me?

Thanks Phil.

Yeah thanks Phil, look forward to another new project.. will get pics up asap as well.

blue one wrote:

Yeah thanks Phil, look forward to another new project.. will get pics up asap as well.

Didn't you just have trouble soldering the 1W LEDs? This will be all sorts of fun for you.

PwrRngr wrote:

blue one wrote: Yeah thanks Phil, look forward to another new project.. will get pics up asap as well. Didn't you just have trouble soldering the 1W LEDs? This will be all sorts of fun for you.

They are pre-wired.

im always down to test new products. nothing wrong with doin alittle "beta" testing.... i could come up with a few projects to use those .

corvettecrazy wrote:

PwrRngr wrote: blue one wrote: Yeah thanks Phil, look forward to another new project.. will get pics up asap as well. Didn't you just have trouble soldering the 1W LEDs? This will be all sorts of fun for you. They are pre-wired.

DUH, reading 101.....I failed it.

i wanna play with them =]

Pick me Coach! Pick me Coach!

Seriously, I will gladly test any products as well. Especially the effects of the extreme cold weather on them in Canada

PwrRngr wrote:

blue one wrote: Yeah thanks Phil, look forward to another new project.. will get pics up asap as well. Didn't you just have trouble soldering the 1W LEDs? This will be all sorts of fun for you.

damn it. should have read on further before posting. thanks corvettecrazy


must have not read the title huh??
Who wants to try a "PRE-WIRED" 5050 LED

but yeah.. thanks.

So, I have just received the 5050 LED and compared to the 3528, the size of the actual LED is almost exactly the same, yet the light emitted is over twice as bright.

When I connected them with my in home wall adapter to test them, as soon as I connected the 5050 I was actually surprised at how much light it actually put out, and that was in the color blue (compared to the soft "white" 3528). In my opinion, I would have to say that the 5050 is definitely brighter than the superflux also.

The only thing I saw immediately that doesnt seem like that much of a problem unless you plan on placing them in really tight place that would be at an akward angle or tough to get into, is the length of the heat shrink between the contact point of the + & - wires to the resistor, to the actual start of the ribbon of the LED. It is approximately twice as long as the older 3528 model which only had it covering the resistor and its contact points (not the + & - wires that run from the resistor to the LED). But it does cover more key points, so it is definitely better.

Not a big problem like I said, but I wouldn't want to bend the heat shirnked end before the ribbon too much in case it pulls on the wires connecting it to the resistor or the ribbon itself causing it to lose its connection. But in the end it doesnt seem as you will need to do much bending anyways, due to the fact that the ribbon before the LED on the 5050 is alot longer than the one on the 3528. Approximately 2 inches long compared to the approximately 1/3 of an inch long ribbon on the 3528.

Phil, has that been tested at all??? the flexibility on the heat shrinked end before the ribbon??? in other words, how much abuse it can take before losing its connection or if it would lose it at all? it seems as though you can bend it quite a bit, but just wondering.

In conclusion (without having them installed yet) I think these are pretty awesome. they definately appear to have a "WAAAAAAYYY" better connection all together than the 3528 and are definitely brighter. In my opinion I would get rid of the 3528, I just dont see why anyone would want or need them after seeing the 5050, its just better quality all arround.

once again. Thanks Phil.


Here are some pics I took of both the 3528 LED (small round yellow one) and the 5050 LED (bigger square white one) Enjoy..




































I will get lit pictures tomorrow.. gotta go to work now.

these sound amazing when will they be available?

i think i might end up trying this in my cup holder for starters.. but who knows..

Awesome, thorough review, looking forward to other feedback. Thanks.

The 3528's are just so you can see the size and intensity of the light. If we do 3528's then they will also be on the more durable, longer flex board.

Wow that was fast, that means mine should be here today or tomorrow. Sweet

The trained Dolphin do amazing work

PwrRngr wrote:

blue one wrote: Yeah thanks Phil, look forward to another new project.. will get pics up asap as well. Didn't you just have trouble soldering the 1W LEDs? This will be all sorts of fun for you.

oh and hey PwrRngr, I guess it was definitely the battery operated soldering iron I was using that made it so damn difficult for me to solder those 1 watts.. I received the Oz soldering iron yesterday in the mail as well and holy crap was that easy as hell to solder.. Mission finally accomplished.

My initial opinion on these is SWEET. I love how thin these are, size wise I would think only stocking the larger of the two would be more profitable ( depending on cost obviously ) as the difference is so insignificant between the two. The NEW one I received is green in color and pretty bright during the day in my living room. I'm trying to come up with somewhere cool to put these, I'm probably going to light up my computer desk with these sometime early next week and will post pictures and a better review then.

Any idea what you plan to sell these for? They do remind me of the superflux leds in a much smaller size.

Got mine today, initial testing led to a lot of the same opinions posted above. I really like the longer flex board, the brightness, and the wider spread of the 5050. I tugged, pulled, bent, yanked, bit, stomped, talked bad to them...but they still work.

I would love to get my hands on a big bag of these.

I have them hooked up and running on my test bench. I'm going to leave them running for a week, unless they burn out sooner.

I got mine in the mail today. I'll toy around with em and post up in the next day or two...

I'd do it sooner, but we've been having some crazy warm weather in November and I've been riding sun up to sun down every day for the last three days. Tomorrow is day number 4.

All these posts and no output shots, f'n lame.

Hey, we gotta let him know we got the product safe and sound...

itzbjorn wrote:

Hey, we gotta let him know we got the product safe and sound...

It's been 3 days since the first pictures were posted....

corvettecrazy wrote:

itzbjorn wrote: Hey, we gotta let him know we got the product safe and sound... It's been 3 days since the first pictures were posted....

I didn't get mine til today.