Stevie
Newly Enlightened
Hallo everyone,
For about seven years now, I have used one of the first ZL incarnations - the H30. It is such a useful little light and I'm very fond of it. I love the floody beam for camp and close up work. The 80 degree beam does not glare onto the face and is perfectly uniform throughout - there is not the slightest hotspot and the flood is completely uniform right to the edge. But - it's cool white and to be honest gives a 'cold feeling' when in use. I'd like to try a modern warm tinted one, but would love to hear your opinion on which one is the 'best' in your opinion, why you like your model and what made you choose it over the other ZL incarnations?
I see that the models ending 'F', or warm version 'FW' use the frosted lens design and claim to give 90 degrees of flood. However, I was a bit confused when looking at reviews on you-tube because I think that I could definitely see a 'hotspot' with these (if I may call it that?)....the centre of the beam was definitely more focused than the edges. Is that right? You see, I want the beam to mimic what I have in my old H30 - perfectly uniform flood.
I see that the models ending '02' use an open emitter style without reflector, and a clear glass covering lens. These giving 120 degrees of flood. The uniformity of the beam flood looks to be much better than the frosted version.....but....I fear that the 120 degree beam spread is going to severely annoy me regarding glare to the face. In every you-tube vid I watched, the person using this light had a VERY well illumined nose and brow....this would drive me crackers (to compound things further I wear glasses / specs so glare is a subject I always consult with regard to my headlamps).
What works for you out of these two? What do you like? What do you dislike? I would very much like to hear from you - thanks for looking - Steve
For about seven years now, I have used one of the first ZL incarnations - the H30. It is such a useful little light and I'm very fond of it. I love the floody beam for camp and close up work. The 80 degree beam does not glare onto the face and is perfectly uniform throughout - there is not the slightest hotspot and the flood is completely uniform right to the edge. But - it's cool white and to be honest gives a 'cold feeling' when in use. I'd like to try a modern warm tinted one, but would love to hear your opinion on which one is the 'best' in your opinion, why you like your model and what made you choose it over the other ZL incarnations?
I see that the models ending 'F', or warm version 'FW' use the frosted lens design and claim to give 90 degrees of flood. However, I was a bit confused when looking at reviews on you-tube because I think that I could definitely see a 'hotspot' with these (if I may call it that?)....the centre of the beam was definitely more focused than the edges. Is that right? You see, I want the beam to mimic what I have in my old H30 - perfectly uniform flood.
I see that the models ending '02' use an open emitter style without reflector, and a clear glass covering lens. These giving 120 degrees of flood. The uniformity of the beam flood looks to be much better than the frosted version.....but....I fear that the 120 degree beam spread is going to severely annoy me regarding glare to the face. In every you-tube vid I watched, the person using this light had a VERY well illumined nose and brow....this would drive me crackers (to compound things further I wear glasses / specs so glare is a subject I always consult with regard to my headlamps).
What works for you out of these two? What do you like? What do you dislike? I would very much like to hear from you - thanks for looking - Steve