I just bought two of these (one for myself and one for my brother). This is my first lithium battery light and it completely blows away every other light that I own (3 and 4 D cell MagLites lights included). It's also my first light with a textured reflector, not like the faceted ones that generally produce a lousy but slightly better than smooth reflector beam quality.
One of the two Scorpions that I bought produces a reasonably round spot of light when focused right, the other one has a hole in the middle that can't be focused out without making lots of shapes on one side. I tried fiddling about with the bulb a bit to see if I could center it, but it doesn't really help. The example of this light reviewed on flashlightreviews.com was reported to have excellent beam quality and produce a perfect round spot of light. I realize that a cheap light like this can't be perfectly reproduced without some manufacturing irregularities, but do more expensive lights have more consistent beam characteristics or is it always a lottery?
One of the two Scorpions that I bought produces a reasonably round spot of light when focused right, the other one has a hole in the middle that can't be focused out without making lots of shapes on one side. I tried fiddling about with the bulb a bit to see if I could center it, but it doesn't really help. The example of this light reviewed on flashlightreviews.com was reported to have excellent beam quality and produce a perfect round spot of light. I realize that a cheap light like this can't be perfectly reproduced without some manufacturing irregularities, but do more expensive lights have more consistent beam characteristics or is it always a lottery?