2xTrinity
Flashlight Enthusiast
Well, one difference with LEDs is that the light is emitted from a square die that is significantly less concentrated than an incandescent filament -- which means it will take a larger overall reflector to collimate the beam as much as an incandescent. Also, LEDs inherenetly throw most of their light forward, rather than in all directions -- in the case of incandescent, this means that almost all the light that goes "back" into the light is captured by the reflector and collimated as throw. In order for LEDs to get this kind of throw, either an extremely deep reflector is needed (since the LED throws its light forward, the reflector must be deeper to "catch" it) -- or a lens must be used and placed very very close to the emitter itself to catpure this "forward" light. Cree is the best for use with lenses, as it proejcts most of its light into a narrow forward angle. Seoul is better for use with reflectors, as it throws light to the side.techwg said:Im really talking like super small compact like Surefire 6p size or smaller. a 6p can throw, and i expect other led lights that are "brighter" than a 6p should throw better ?! i guess its all about the reflector from what im told
The closest you'll get to 6P type size with good throw is going to be the D-Mini, which has a somewhat wider head, but is still short and pocketable. Any smaller than that size though, it will be hard for LEDs to compete with incan for throw, at least for the time being, for the reasons I mentioned, even if they output significantly more lumens.
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