I'm looking for a light that has a large hot spot and isn't super throwy, for use when riding my bike or bush walking at night. Either 2AA or 4AA. I don't want flood only, nor a spotlight, just a fairly large hot spot.
I already have a bunch of lights including some zebralights and a fenix LD41 (original version) and TK41. The LD41 is good, I don't particularly like the look or size of it, but I do love fenix because they have been so reliable for me. I use the LD41 on my bike along with a quark turbo R5 (which is the wrong choice I know), but the quark is fading and too throwy for its intended use.
I don't mind the look of the Fenix E41 but is it throwier compared to a LD41? The other 4AA lights I looked at (D40A, EA41) etc seemed to be even throwier than the fenix E41.
Maths question: The LD41 is 10000cd and 520lumens, the E41 is 19000cd and 1000 lumens. Does this translate to them being roughly the same amount of cd at 500 lumens?
Has anybody got both and can compare the size of the hotspot for me?
Alternatively I could go 2AA as the LD22 is appealing, but it isn't as grunty. I have an old LD20 R4 and it is nice. But I have quite a few 2AA lights and I don't have a chunky 4AA ... yet
I already have a bunch of lights including some zebralights and a fenix LD41 (original version) and TK41. The LD41 is good, I don't particularly like the look or size of it, but I do love fenix because they have been so reliable for me. I use the LD41 on my bike along with a quark turbo R5 (which is the wrong choice I know), but the quark is fading and too throwy for its intended use.
I don't mind the look of the Fenix E41 but is it throwier compared to a LD41? The other 4AA lights I looked at (D40A, EA41) etc seemed to be even throwier than the fenix E41.
Maths question: The LD41 is 10000cd and 520lumens, the E41 is 19000cd and 1000 lumens. Does this translate to them being roughly the same amount of cd at 500 lumens?
Has anybody got both and can compare the size of the hotspot for me?
Alternatively I could go 2AA as the LD22 is appealing, but it isn't as grunty. I have an old LD20 R4 and it is nice. But I have quite a few 2AA lights and I don't have a chunky 4AA ... yet