Originally Posted by
Burton
I guess my question would be "Why would you want to do this?"
Look closer at the results. With your LED on an aluminum star that's on aluminum, you're not going to get within 30% of the specs. Putting the LED directly on copper gets a lot closer to the spec. So my question is "Why wouldn't you want to get an 30% more lumens for the same power output?"
Originally Posted by
Editz
I'd go by this simple rule of thumb: Chinese output levels are always exaggerated. You get what you pay for. Stick to U.S. manufacturers.
As I said earlier, if you're not going to do your research, use good vendors and won't do math, then you take a big risk when buying Chinese lights. If you're willing to put forth a little effort and do some simple math, you can get a LOT for what you pay for.
The actual lumens to dollars ratio with Chinese lights is very hard for US lights to match.