Tri Cree XP-E2 RB/RB/W vs B/B/W vs RB/B/W

**Vezon** · 01-30-2016, 04:18 PM

I am going to be doing my first ever install on an Obi-TPM hilt. I know that generally people use the B/B/W configuration for the blue color, but I've read some stuff about the Royal Blue LEDs having a really nice color. You obviously lose 'brightness' when you use the Royal Blue over the Blue because of the deepness of the color. For anyone who might have a RB/RB/W setup, is it considerably more dim than a B/B/W setup? I also haven't read anything about anyone doing it, but if you ran a RB/B/W setup, would that add 'brightness' to the blade while retaining some of the deeper color, or would the RB get drowned out by the B?

**Forgetful Jedi Knight** · 01-30-2016, 04:26 PM

Welcome to the Forums.

The answer is It depends ™ , it mostly depends on how you see things. Normally rB isn't THAT much darker than a regular blue. I am about to do an install soon that used rB/B/G. Mostly, it just averages out the two different shades.

**Canister** · 01-30-2016, 05:26 PM

I look forward to the comparison

**NanoRex** · 01-30-2016, 05:48 PM

I have a B/rB/W LED sitting in my saber parts box. I could maybe do a comparison between either die or both, but I don't have anything to properly drive them with at the moment (except for maybe my CF driver).

**girot** · 02-08-2016, 09:17 AM

I could probably rig something up for testing purposes and do a video. Turn each one on individually (blue, then royal blue) and then together. I could also boot up the Prizm with cyan (blue+green) for a final comparison.

**NanoRex** · 02-08-2016, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by girot

I could probably rig something up for testing purposes and do a video. Turn each one on individually (blue, then royal blue) and then together. I could also boot up the Prizm with cyan (blue+green) for a final comparison.

That would be helpful. Make sure to do it over a white background so it shows an accurate colour

**jamiemp** · 07-31-2016, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by Forgetful Jedi Knight

Welcome to the Forums.

The answer is It depends ™ , it mostly depends on how you see things. Normally rB isn't THAT much darker than a regular blue. I am about to do an install soon that used rB/B/G. Mostly, it just averages out the two different shades.

Hi! Did you ever test/post this rB/B/G combo? I'm super interested to see how this came out.