Stock Mag reflectors are great parabolic reflectors, but magnify all errors with off-center filaments. In fact, at its best, a Mag reflector essentially gives you a gnarly projected image of the filament.
I've been looking for a Mag reflector that can produce a perfect beam for many months. By this I mean a good hotspot slowly tapering away to a nice--but tight--spill.
I had a stock aluminum parabolic reflector stippled and vacuum metalized, then machined it to fit a Mag lite as a drop-in modification. The result is a perfect beam. It actually blows away my Surefire lights in brightness and tightness.
The stochastic reflector is on the left, the stock Mag reflector on the right. You'll notice the reflections from the flash in each are rather different.
Frankly, there's little reason to preserve the Mag "focusing" feature since (in my opinion) anything but a focused beam is pretty sorry, but "drop-in" either C or D was a design goal. Defocusing slightly gives a looser Surefire-style beam.
I'm very satisfied with this reflector!
I've been looking for a Mag reflector that can produce a perfect beam for many months. By this I mean a good hotspot slowly tapering away to a nice--but tight--spill.
I had a stock aluminum parabolic reflector stippled and vacuum metalized, then machined it to fit a Mag lite as a drop-in modification. The result is a perfect beam. It actually blows away my Surefire lights in brightness and tightness.
The stochastic reflector is on the left, the stock Mag reflector on the right. You'll notice the reflections from the flash in each are rather different.
Frankly, there's little reason to preserve the Mag "focusing" feature since (in my opinion) anything but a focused beam is pretty sorry, but "drop-in" either C or D was a design goal. Defocusing slightly gives a looser Surefire-style beam.
I'm very satisfied with this reflector!