Floodiest P7?

[JimmerG]

Title says it all really.

I've been riding the hills using a couple of X2000s (Q4) which are utterly marvelous as they have focusable beams - running from a tight bright square to a huge pool of artifactless flood.

BUT - I fancy a P7 - but hate lights with bright central hotspots... I prefer huge uniform flood. So which would be best - anyone got any floody P7 beam shots?

Thanks for your help.

J

 

[R@ndom]

Easy, don't use a reflector.

 

[xiejol]

You could mod the reflector, but first try putting some Glad Press N Seal over the lens and see what you think. On my R2 setup, which has super bright hot spots, it smoothed everything out really well.

 

[JimmerG]

Easy, don't use a reflector.

You could mod the reflector, but first try putting some Glad Press N Seal over the lens and see what you think. On my R2 setup, which has super bright hot spots, it smoothed everything out really well.

I had wondered about these ideas, but wondered if it would result in less light being emitted.

What I really want to find is a P7 torch that is floody from the outset.

What do we think?

 

[yellow]

not "less light being emitted", but "considerably less light focused"
try to get some kind of 30 degree optic,

anything much more will be like without focusing
(and means You loose 50 % of the light thats emitted, inside the head of Your light)
Such a light will be good for extreme flood usage up to 3 meters but not more.

 

[Rexlion]

My Modded direct-drive P7 Mag has a marvelously wide and bright floodbeam. Yet when I screw the head the other way it becomes a respectable thrower (I'd estimate around 18K-21K lux @ 1m). Those X2000s are pretty fun, I have a couple of those too. If you can live with the bulk of a 1C or 2C Mag running 18650, I know you would love the beam. I got mine here:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=228364

Another possiblity is the MG PLI MC-E. A little less wide but very nearly as bright as the Mag, and it was created with biking in mind. Very compact.

 

[xiejol]

I had wondered about these ideas, but wondered if it would result in less light being emitted.

Someone either here or at mtbr did a test of loss with different diffusers, from scotch tape to the high end LDF products and found that the high end stuff caused a 3% loss. Press N Seal did the same. The only weird thing about Press N Seal is that it stretches the hotspot slightly. This isn't a bad thing, because I place the Press N Seal so that the spread is longer rather than wider, allowing me to see a little better further ahead.