Anyone tried this on a reflector?

mazingerz9 · Mar 21, 2009

It's funny how these things come up, but anyhow have any members tried making a reflector that's half smooth and half OP? Or any other combination.

I'm curious with how light would bounce off of them.
Let me know your thoughts on it.

Steven

qip · Mar 21, 2009

O-Lights did that, nice beam

Illum · Mar 21, 2009

sounds interesting

smooth for the "throw" photons
stippled for the "spill" photons
clear for the "artifact" photons

Big_Ed · Mar 21, 2009

Believe it or not, the cheapie Eveready 2D incans have a reflector like that. The center is orange peel, while the rest is smooth. It puts out a pencil-beam, though.

Illum · Mar 21, 2009

kinda like this?
http://www.flashlightreviews.com/reviews/ener_sb_aa.htm

Mjolnir · Mar 21, 2009

The ITP C9 has this:
http://www.light-reviews.com/itp_c9_regular/
I'm not really sure how it affects the beam, since light-reviews has very limited beamshots.

Gunner12 · Mar 21, 2009

iTP and Olight are two higher end companies who have tried that.

Ryanrpm · Mar 21, 2009

The Streamlight Ultrastinger has a dual SMO/OP reflector.

However, it still produces an ugly beam! Now, if I could only mod it with an LED..................

matrixshaman · Mar 21, 2009

Olights 1/2 OP and 1/2 smooth works great IMO - for a Cree it smooths it out but you still have a long throwing tight hot spot.

MWClint · Mar 21, 2009

The ledil-s p7 boom is 75%/25%

rala · Mar 22, 2009

partial stipple

I actually experimented making my own for a stock mag using the "Krylon method." Very smooth spill that gradually intensifies into an ugly, but bright, concentrated hot spot. It has a medium stipple on the outer most part of the reflector that fades to a light stipple then to the smooth center (for throw).

Anyone tried this on a reflector?

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