I am not impressed with a unit with 7 shallow reflectors. I am sure it will be a decent flood light but I would be more impressed if they did this with just one P7 and put a proper deep reflector on it to give it an optimum combination of throw to smooth spill put out a 1000 lumens and could run for 2 full hours.
Interesting, I have two lesser lights that fall directly into this hypothetical discussion, you may have seen the Solarforce comparison thread a while back. To recap, the L900 is a very large deep reflector with P7. I am assuming it is not putting out the theoretical maximum, most likely in the 600 lumen range or thereabouts. The T700 is a 3 cree Q5 light with shallow reflectors that out throws the L900 by good margin, due to more concentrated hot spot. Do not underestimate the power of a good small reflector.
Now, in a totally dark environment I really prefer the silky smooth beam and huge ball of light that comes from the L900, useful throw out past 500ft in dark conditions. In parking lots with nasty overhead lights and poorly shielded ground lights, the T700 is by far the better choice for penetrating dazzle at good throw distances.
Personally, I am quite interested in the Super Storm IF they got the reflectors right and IF they got the output right. Unfortunately it only has seven emitters, I was hopeful for a light with nine emitters in order to get my preference for triple the power. A simple doubling of output is not necessarily going to be a satisfying jump in performance. Lots of variables here, but perhaps the combination of output and reflector will be a winning combination, perhaps not.
My own experiments with three lights of almost identical power show that double is not really enough in my book, triple the output does the trick for me for a satisfying boost in performance.
Best regards,
DGM