Willcipher

Holy moly!! Look at the price difference between these-

http://www.kmtparts.com/catalog.asp?...showprevnext=1

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?...0439&id=747466

midiwall

Careful, KMT's prices "per four", so if you're looking for red or amber, KMT's are at $9/each. But, if you're looking for white LEDs, then the Defender price is better...

And Defender is only offering white cases...

Willcipher

Ah, my bad It's somewhat deceptive as there are '4' leds in the housing

Yota Tony

The cluster of 4 LEDs don't put out the same view angle.
Round eyes style of LED is around 160 degress.
The cluster of 4 is only 15 degrees.

midiwall

Well... RoundEyes' product is also made up of Luxeon reflectors, which are a LOT different than LEDs. That's a lot of the difference in cost as well, but the BOM cost of the RoundEyes is still only about $3 tops. I have issues paying THAT much of a profit margin.

midiwall

Okay... check THIS deal:

http://plasmaled.com/ledpods.htm

FOUR 4 LED pods in a number of colors for $24 with free shipping.

-or-

FOUR 5 LED pods for $29 with free shipping.


edit: I'm in for a total of 12 of the 5 LED lamps. I'll post back how they worked out.

midiwall

I got the lamps!

They're 5 LEDs in a cheezy "chromed" plastic case; the center LED is pointing straight out, with the next two (to the right and left) pointing at a slight angle out, then the outermost two pointing wider.

They're pretty bright: (click for larger pics):


Those pics were in a totally dark room with my digital camera, on manual with f1.8, 1/10s shutter. That's about as close as I could get to what they actually look like to my eye.

Installation will be a breeze - I rigged them up for the pics with a 12v wall-wart that I had laying around. No need for a constant current/voltage supply.


I ended up with 8 red and 4 white. Two of the whites are going to replace my "classic" 12v filament footwell lamps; then I think 6 red will be up underneath on the frame rails. The left over two white may end up under the hood, and the remaining two red may end up underneath across the back.

"Time" is an issue for me these days, but I'll eventually get 'em in.

Bottom line, "good purchase".

Don_G

WATRD,

How are the roundeyes rock lights holding up for you?