One? I’ve seen 2 different ones do it with my own eyes (one of their older cob models and one of their blurple epistar models). I’ve also seen it happen enough through various forum posts etc.
Just be careful with those fleabay boards. They’re almost guaranteed to be inferior diodes and bins and often the traces are weaker and more likely to burn out at higher currents.
“Samsung diodes” I doubt they’d be 301b’s if they are even Samsung diodes. But hey there’s no real way to test them without buying some hella expensive gear or sending them away.
I was gunna get that one but 2 ts1000 instead
For that price I would have bought hlg or highlights panels.
Hes got 100% positive feedback and sold 1388 lights, he buys bulk and passes savings to customers
He’s buying bulk out of china. He probably doesn’t have the equipment to test the diodes, probably at most powers the boards up to check they work etc. he’d have no way to tell if the diodes where swapped out for cheaper ones during manufacturing or if the copper traces are large enough to properly handle the current of the panel for a sustained amount of time.
There’d be others including Samsung using top bins but none have gone through the channels to use the Samsung branding that hlg has.
i can only find em for $275 you got a link for dat $240 one
You are probably right but i think ive heard Steven say that he gets all the top bin and Samsung still cannot supply him enough.
With how competitive companies are getting it doesn’t surprise me there’s a supply shortfall. I would say a good portion of the top bin diodes would be going to hlg and Samsung themselves. No way would Samsung use second rate diodes when they’re the manufacturer.
I’m getting a highlight panel for Christmas to compare to a cutter board. The highlight panel is bigger so spreads the light better, has more diodes and can be run at higher wattages than the hlg/cutter boards.
