[size=+1]Room Sweeper Photos[/size]
Tried to capture a realistic look at how the Room Sweeper beam compares with a more typical flashlight beam, especially for something somewhat along the lines of the customer's intended purpose. (In truth I probably don't understand the intended application fully, so these are based on my best assumptions at the moment!)
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[size=+1]The Light Itself[/size]
First, a handful of photos showing the Room Sweeper itself from various vantage points.
Room Sweeper Label
Closeup of Side of Head with Label
Profile
Business End!
The P7 Emitter Mounted Inside E2E Head
Closeup of P7 Emitter
[size=+1]Beam Profiles[/size]
The beam has a soft hotspot coupled with unusually wide sidespill, these attributes deliberately chosen for maximized coverage of a typical room in a house when illuminated from the room's doorway. At the same time, goal with the hotspot is to deliver enough range to illuminate targets at the far end of the room while not causing significant glare for the user.
Beam Profile #1: Note how beam converges a little distance beyond the head of the light
Beam Profile #2: Note the wide angle of sidespill
[size=+1]Room Sweeper vs. Novatac 120p[/size]
Lots of people are familiar with the Novatac 120p, so it was a natural choice in comparison beamshots... its balanced beam also serves as a good representation of a "normal" flashlight's coverage profile, at least IMHO.
The goal isn't to make the Nova120 look bad! Rather, it's to show what a good quality general-purpose flashlight would look like in the same situations for which the Room Sweeper was designed.
The Room Sweeper tends to overwhelm the 120p in sheer output... the difference gets compounded as one moves to the edge of each image, where the 120p leaves shadows that could conceal a bad guy, delaying recognition... the Room Sweeper tends to eliminate the shadows for faster identification.
Novatac 120p (left) vs. Room Sweeper (right)
Novatac 120p (left) vs. Room Sweeper (right)
Novatac 120p (left) vs. Room Sweeper (right)
Novatac 120p (left) vs. Room Sweeper (right)
Novatac 120p (left) vs. Room Sweeper (right)
Novatac 120p (left) vs. Room Sweeper (right)
[size=+1]Room Sweeper vs. Creemator[/size]
The Creemator is one of my more popular builds and delivers a significantly brighter beam than the Nova120, with hotspot far more intense than that of the Room Sweeper. Again, the goal is to show how a Creemator would look in the situations for which the Room Sweeper was designed. This particular Creemator has a Cree R2WC emitter for a rated max output of 322 lumens, and has a custom-cut McR19 reflector for more sidespill than the usual build at the cost of somewhat less throw.
In general, note how the Creemator delivers lots more light to the area inside the hotspot, but light intensity falls off far more quickly when moving to the sides... the Room Sweeper has more even coverage of the room. If one knew where the bad guy was hiding, the Creemator might make a great tactical choice... but going into a room blind, so to speak, the Room Sweeper probably allows one to locate the bad guy wherever he is in the room more quickly, without regard to exactly where in the room the hotspot was pointed.
Creemator (left) vs. Room Sweeper (right)
Creemator (left) vs. Room Sweeper (right)
Creemator (left) vs. Room Sweeper (right)
