Which reflector would throw longer?

Which reflector would throw a tighter beam, with more light in a tighter hotspot, and less in sidespill?

I know this pic is exaggerated, but it is meant to be.



Thank you

SS

the latter one .. a deeper cone will give ya what your looking for .. and also smooth is more apt to throw farther but textured orange peel type will give you a cleaner hot spot .. hope this helps

I think the parabolic

The one on the right will give much less side-spill. The deeper the reflector, the less light escapes and the more light directed towards a hot-spot. But, it may not give you as tight a hot-spot as the one on the left.

it depends where the light is coming from

or how many light source(s) you have.

assuming that both curves are supposed to be sections of a parabolic curve, the first one has a focal point well in front of the forward edge of the reflector. In such a case, the only columation you could hope for would be if the light source were rear directed and in a tight viewing angle. In such a case, this reflector could provide some great columation. If your light source is a typical incandescent or LED, and mounted with light directed forward, the first reflector would do next to nothing at all.

Mcgizmo.. thank you.

I was doing some thinking.

I was comparing the different "super" lights to see if one type of reflector is most common.

The maxabeam has a deep reflector, i think, i dont have one. The sleeper is wide, but not bery deep, i think. The thor is kinda a combo of both.
The beast does NOT have a very large reflector at all.

I was just curious as to which one was the best design.

SS