lumen aeternum
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What is required of a head/reflector to give the widest beam angle? What lights have the widest flood?
widest flood angle?
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jamesmtl514
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I third the mule. Absolutely fantastic pure flood light. I don't know the degree offhand, I'd guess it to be 160-170
archimedes
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Yes, a mule (reflectorless bare emitter, with plano lens, no optic) is the most practical, and beam width will be limited only by the height of the surrounding bezel.
Technically however :devil: one might get even a bit wider beam angle by removing all bezel assembly entirely and running in "candle" mode .... with an LED emitter, this would very closely approach 180 degrees, and with an incandescent lamp could exceed 180 degrees.
Attaching a diffuser "wand" will also provide floody light in a very wide pattern, though it would be hard to consider its output a "beam" of any sort 🙂
There are also "lantern" attachments (such as Solarforce) with an "inverted cone" reflector that actually reflect the beam outwards and backwards ( > 180 degrees) .
Technically however :devil: one might get even a bit wider beam angle by removing all bezel assembly entirely and running in "candle" mode .... with an LED emitter, this would very closely approach 180 degrees, and with an incandescent lamp could exceed 180 degrees.
Attaching a diffuser "wand" will also provide floody light in a very wide pattern, though it would be hard to consider its output a "beam" of any sort 🙂
There are also "lantern" attachments (such as Solarforce) with an "inverted cone" reflector that actually reflect the beam outwards and backwards ( > 180 degrees) .
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Gregozedobe
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One of the widest beam production lights is the Zebralight H502.
AnAppleSnail
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Dangle two LED stars glued back-to-back on their power wires. Spherical flood!
ElectronGuru
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Playing with xpg mules, past 120 degrees, the light gets to diffused for urban walking use.
Gunner12
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It should be possible to get a beam greater then 180 degrees with a spherical optic or something.
What will the light be used for?
What will the light be used for?
lumen aeternum
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I'd like a "tactical" size light that goes close to 180 degrees.
I notice that reviews never talk about the beam angle. Seems to be a combination of reflector diameter and how far back from the front edge the emitter is located. So difficult to measure both just to report data. I suppose you could lay a light on a table and just use a protractor, if everyone located the protractor in the same relative location (under the emitter?).
I notice that reviews never talk about the beam angle. Seems to be a combination of reflector diameter and how far back from the front edge the emitter is located. So difficult to measure both just to report data. I suppose you could lay a light on a table and just use a protractor, if everyone located the protractor in the same relative location (under the emitter?).
