no kidding the drop in is a adequite module, but the way it works with the reflector is ALMOST as messy as the mag was to begin with.
(i love them stupid plastic optics for nice blends of light)
at least it does have a spot wide adjustement still, but the hot spots and dark spots or rings, are not the best way to light something.
Maintain the adjustment capacity of it, and the beam tightness, and improve the smoothness without diffusing it into oblivion.
i totally agree that the smallest ammount of difussion, like transparency tape, blends out any light very fast, but it also reduces the beam of it.
they have "dimpled" reflectors for other lights (slight same problems as difusion), but the BEST would be what they use for the halogens , a "laser" tuned reflector, a anti disco ball
in the halogen reflector bulbs the faucets are clean sharp highly reflective, and dont loose much light, while sending the small filiment light into a smoother spot or wide.
who is going to sell us leetle tiny glass precision lazer alighed reflectors for the 2$ you can buy them for in a halogen reflector?
after all 28$ for the drop in, 2$ for a primadonna reflector would be just right.
i wonder IF, diffusing the bulb a bit would effect the heat removal from it , or if decapitating the top pyramid of it (like sombody did here) would send more of the light fwd, as opposed to hitting the trashy reflectors.
i really think i would have rather had a non-side shooter, or locked luxeon optics, as opposed to a incasesent looking beam pattern
