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    • Overall Rating: 4
    • Price: 4
    • Quality: 4
    • Ease Of Use: 3
    • Usefulness: 4
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    Common anode bright RGB LED

    posted by FabianKnapp87 on 03/18/2013 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:more than 1 month

    Pros:
    bright and easy to cool rgb led. Nice color mixing possible
    Cons:
    ...still common cathode. This is a big problem for many drivers like the PT4115 because of sensing they can not be used in para...
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 4
    • Ease Of Use: 4
    • Usefulness: 5
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    My favourite LED

    posted by Natancillus on 03/14/2013 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:more than 1 month

    Pros:
    Really bright led, in all colors. I had more than 3 of them. I buy this a lot of times, because it worth it, specially usefull for torch and lightsabers (yes, is bright enough for that kind of things) Can survive with few more volts than especify, thats re...
    Cons:
    Gets hot, more leds more hot. So you will need a metal diffuser if you plan to keep that always turn on.
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 5
    • Ease Of Use: 4
    • Usefulness: 5
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    Very bright, easy to use, cheap!!

    posted by cloudpol7 on 02/07/2013 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:more than 1 month

    Pros:
    Very bright, easy to use, very cheap, very large viewing angle, low voltage required, low power consumption. Great for RGB lamp or decoration by lights. With uC You can make with this LED great effect.
    Cons:
    + and - symbols are interchanged
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 5
    • Ease Of Use: 4
    • Usefulness: 5
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    OMG!! 3 watts of red, blue, and green all in one!!

    posted by mitaman1 on 12/18/2012 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month

    Pros:
    colors are great and very bright!! LED mounted on heat transfer star makes it easy to mount on bigger cooling products. (this must be done when running unit for more than 5 seconds)
    Cons:
    positive and negative markings on star are opposite of what they should be runs very hot but thats to be expected for a 3 wat...
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 5
    • Ease Of Use: 5
    • Usefulness: 5
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    Very bright LED

    posted by medsal on 12/14/2012 Certified Owner

    Involvement:General (knows how to use it) - Ownership:more than 1 month

    Pros:
    Excellent LED! This little monster is surprisingly bright, just be ready to provide it with the juice it needs to run. The color is crisp and clear.
    Cons:
    Very bright, almost painful to look at depending on your setup. I would suggest a dimming element to be used with this device. ...
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 4
    • Quality: 5
    • Ease Of Use: 5
    • Usefulness: 5
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    Very good led for DIY

    posted by Timblex on 08/15/2012 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:less than 1 day

    Pros:
    Very bright Smooth colors Low power consumption Small Enough Good design Easy to use Easy to solder
    Cons:
    Heats up
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 4
    • Ease Of Use: 5
    • Usefulness: 5
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    Worth ordering more

    posted by ArtemisNeko on 08/07/2012 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:more than 1 month

    Pros:
    Bright RGB LED, works great with an Arduino (also off DX, I combined that and a voltage regulator/LED 350ma driver circuit also off DX. - makes a nice ambient lighting LED and I can set the color patterns myself, make it respond to the room... planning to u...
    Cons:
    The focal area is a little TOO clear and it doesn't mix smoothly at the edges, you see separate square areas for each color whe...
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    • Overall Rating: 4
    • Price: 4
    • Quality: 4
    • Ease Of Use: 4
    • Usefulness: 4
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    OK

    posted by leoel on 03/18/2012 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Novice  (still getting used to it) - Ownership:more than 1 month

    Pros:
    Very Bright Light, all the three items were working fine, is not necessary to soldering for testing, you can hook a wire and it will work, the viewing angle is good
    Cons:
    No cons, I don't understand why in the minus you must connect current, and on each colour you must connect common. I noticed th...
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    • Overall Rating: 4
    • Price: 4
    • Quality: 2
    • Ease Of Use: 4
    • Usefulness: 5
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    Very powerful LED

    posted by masterl1nk on 11/30/2011 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month

    Pros:
    Very powerful RGB led, the colors blend seamlessly. Works with low voltage Perfect to play with an Arduino board (I'm using an Arduino UNO board) Aluminium plate, dissipates heat. Holes to screw it to the PCB
    Cons:
    The screen is wrong, + and - symbols are interchanged. This LED is common anode. Simply change your transistors from NPN to PNP...
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    • Overall Rating: 5
    • Price: 5
    • Quality: 5
    • Ease Of Use: 4
    • Usefulness: 5
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    Eye-Melting Color!

    posted by MJdub on 09/03/2011 Certified Owner

    Involvement:Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership:1 week to 1 month

    Pros:
    The most RGB light you can get for the price! Very bright -- needs some optics/diffusion. I've gotten five so far and they all work. They seem to be consistent and reliable. One, which I've used while testing several different (sloppily-made) circuits, ...
    Cons:
    Common anode, not cathode (incorrectly labeled)
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