Which Led's Standard or Ultra Bright ??

[extraclassic]

I'm wanting to order some Led's off ebay for one of my many projects and wondered if any of you guys have used the standard brightness led's in your projects.

Reason i ask is i don't want to be dazzled like with the ddm4000 but at the same time i don't want them to look dim?
The other reason is price as the standards are a lot cheaper

Just so you know these led's will be mounted in the face of the project with led holders.

These are the standard

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GREEN-Standard...item35adf269f7

And these are the ultra bright

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GREEN-Ultra-Br...item19c1054151

Any advice is welcome

[MiL0]

Not had experience with either but my first instinct was to get the standard LED's as too bright LED's are really distracting.

But having thought about it, could you use a resistor to lower the brightness on the ultra brights? Or use some clouded perspex to dull the LED's a bit?

I would probably order 1 LED of each and do some tests...

[BradCee]

i went ultra bright... then regretted it...

[extraclassic]

Thanks for the info guys. I'm gonna go with the standard led's

[fullenglishpint]

I used super brights for my VCI, about 8,500mcp (I think that's the name of the unit). Came out great.

[extraclassic]

I used super brights for my VCI, about 8,500mcp (I think that's the name of the unit). Came out great.

Don't forget i will be looking directly at these led's. They wont be placed under any buttons.

[padi_04]

I hate ultra bright leds from the bottom of my heart

[Archies'bald]

Definitely the correct choice to get standard. I bought 5 volt super bright and could barely see the fader I had connected it to. I used a resistor to dim it a little.

[BradCee]

i knocked mine out of place so i get a glow through the holes i made for them... not best solution. but couldn't be arsed to resolder and buy new ones

[fullenglishpint]

Don't forget i will be looking directly at these led's. They wont be placed under any buttons.

ah right, in that case yeh go for standards.

And padi, haters gonna hate :P