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by lightedman 3557 days ago
I got out of that business - too much Chinese IP theft and copying. Wasn't even week #1 in business, I'd already had to file 2 DMCAs for crappy Chinese-made rip-off sites hosted in the USA trying to sell an inferior product.

You could probably find them from my old clients, if they're ever willing to part with the lights. I deal with minerals and mining, now. Maybe I'll get back into LEDs when Cree finally releases their 330+ l/w LED. Till then, there's really no point, LED tech is past HID tech as-is so unless you buy REALLY CHEAP you're pretty much guaranteed to get something that's quality (just watch out for bad power drivers. That's your biggest worry with LED units - they will advertise a 300w unit and it only draws 150 at the wall, and the drivers are under-specced and fail. The LED tech itself is so robust that I've taken cheap stuff like Nichia 219 LEDs or Epistar COBs, hit them with a hammer while they're in operation, pop the protective dome off and flatten the gold bonding wires to the die(s), and it's still lit.