all leds not made alike

[irondiezl3]

man its funny i am firm on the philosophy you get what u pay for yet i never pay attention to it. i ordered the cheapest leds on ebay i could find and damn things they are suppose to be all blue and they are but some are different variations of blue instead of all the same color i didnt know that was possible. ever happen to anyone else?

[cherrington17]

can't say i've ever had that problem... and i've ordered over a thousand from ebay.

the reds will all be varying degrees of red. the newest are REAL dark red, others i have look a little orange in comparison.

but i can't say i've ever seen varying degrees of blue. some are brighter then others, but its still the same color.

[irondiezl3]

im gunna throw regular bulbs back in it drives me insane having different shades of blue in my spedo like that.

[Nate's Alero]

lol....just go to rad shack.... thats where i got mine!

[irondiezl3]

how much were they roughly off the top of your heaad

[Midgear]

led's at radio shack? the bulb with two little wires stickin out of the back end.. I bought a few of those, think they were like- 67 cents a piece or somethin.. 37 cents.. hell I dont know. "pocket change" basically explains the price of one.

[cherrington17]

midgear, are you talking lamps, or leds? leds at radioshack (blue ones) run like 4.99 each! :wtf2: its insanity. (i think the company gets them IN for 69 cents each. customer cost is definitely over $3 per)

if you want some decent ones... order from www.oznium.com (http://www.oznium.com) he only sells good stuff, and its guaranteed to be the same color.

[03alerospl]

I get mine from hong kong off ebay, and the first 200 I got looked like a nice normal blue, until i put the second batch of 200 next to them, a totally darker/nicer blue. made the first batch look like baby blue, even tho I ordered the exact same ones as before

[jayson_waltz]

if they all are from one package and look different thats just weird. i got all mine as cheap as posible from ebay. if they are from different packages they are probably just different brightnesses or are using different resistors.

[jamcllw]

get them from digikey or mouser. they have many different types of LEDS and colors from multiple manufacturers.

[bizarre179]

I work at radioshack. Cost on led's to the store = nothing. Well close to it. They suck and none of them are bright at all.

Ebay - 100 leds for $20 shipped
Radioshack - 100 leds for $400 plus tax.

Do the math...

[cherrington17]

^did you know we had a razr battery that we got in for 0.45... and sold for 57.74?? :wtf2: who does that!?

[bizarre179]

That is one of the highest profit percentages in our store! I laugh everytime someone buys one.