Hogokansatsukan
Flashlight Enthusiast
If you can notice a difference in throw, your eyes are much better than mine. It really just cleans up the hot spot's corona some.
Hey Hogo, are all the current smooth reflectors the same? Or do different emitters get different reflectors? The reason I ask is because I have older smooth reflectors that are more polished and mirror like. These have tiny machine marks that some didn't like...I don't mind at all. Recently, I acquired a 300 XP-L (3900k) and it is smooth, but it looks very lightly frosted. Machine marks are less noticeable. The beam is also very nice. Was there a change or is this just normal variation from batch to batch?
Right now, I have a heavily stippled 140 GD and a 300 WW with a very smooth reflector. One would have to be hard pressed to not be able to see the throw difference between those two lights. Very hard pressed. The more than double lumen output light comes nowhere close to the throw of the GD, despite the reflectors. One really only needs to talk with Vinh about his use of the tiny black Oslon emitter for long distance throw.
It it makes me wonder how far the GD would throw with the 300 reflector. Hmmm....
I believe OP usually has a smoother transition from hotspot to fill than the smooth reflectors.
There is neither more nor less throw with either reflector but the OP makes it a hair more useful beam
This might not be the best place for this question - and perhaps it has already been answered - but why is it that the ~$300 aluminum lights are viewed as the red-headed stepchild when it comes to available "limited" emitters and now this reflector?
Whether OP or smooth has more throw can be tested. Just have to check the cd/lux at a given distance, right?
This OP reflector looks really nice. Is the inner geometry the same like the regular one? The picture that hogo made looks like the new one is a little bit more "curved"!?
If I ordered the reflector part from HDS's product catalog, would it be an OP reflector?
https://www.hdssystems.com/Products/Reflector/
The picture looks like an OP, but it says nothing in the description.