Jay-gon Jinn's Luxeon Rebel Star Try-out

[killphil]

I finally received my high binned Rebel mounted to a star and installed it into the saber that housed the previously rated high binned Rebel from 2 years ago.

Very bright.

I have no other saber to compare it to except the Yoda FX, but it dims the stock MR by a good margin in comparison.

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Topic Resurrection for a small update! I finally got myself another saber to use to test the green high-bin Rebel from the store here against a green Seoul P4.

The top saber is a simple stunt running a Corbin v1 driver board providing 1A(1000ma) of current for the Rebel green and is using the correct Rebel lens holder and 8.7 degree optic. Blade is a 1" x 36" TCSS thin-walled Trans-white with ~6 feet of polypropylene film and a modified blade tip.

The bottom saber is Brass Saber 22 (BS-22....more on that saber tomorrow ) and is running a CF 3.1/4.1 hybrid board and is powering the P4 at 1.2A(1200ma) with a static (solid) blade; i.e. no flicker and a 5 degree optic. Blade is a 1" x 36" TCSS thin-walled Trans-white with ~6 feet of polypropylene film and a modified blade tip.

On to the pictures:

The camera settings have been altered slightly to adjust for a more real-world looking image. There was no flash used in any pictures.





Oh, and here's one with the camera simply set on auto with no flash:


So, to me, they look on par, with the Rebel to my eyes being slightly brighter even if the P4 is a bit over driven. I also like the shade of green from the Rebel better, too.

[sks1138]

Nice comparisons. I've been thinking about replacing my amber Lux III with an amber Rebel using a 1000ma buckpuck with it. I'm still a little new to all this and wasn't sure if I'd fry the Rebel.

[Causa]

yeah that is some great news! the earlier rebel green images were sort of disheartening, though I realize the older pictures were of the older model, not the current highest.

I am planning to run my rebel green at 1200mA, so overdriven a bit, I hope it looks as nice as yours.

[Sunrider]

Ah justice is done. Looks great. Thanks for the comparison. For good results use the 8.7 degree optic that was mentioned.

[psab keel]

What color bin is the Rebel?

[Jay-gon Jinn]

What color bin is the Rebel?

I have no clue, as there are no bin coding numbers on the back of the star.

[Marco]

So in a nutshell:

for blue = P4 over Lux rebel
for green = Lux rebel over P4

???

[Jedi-Loreen]

Well, this thread is over a year old, and Tim said he will be getting new, brighter Rebel LEDs in stock soon, so maybe the new blues will be brighter than the P4s.

[Marco]

did you hear about ledengin 5w same electrical needs and much brighter?!