Your favorite "Beam Pattern"... comes from which flashlight / emitter?

grndslm

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Completely subjective. We're talking about YOUR favorite beam pattern. And I'm sure most of you won't be able to focus on just one, but try. ;)

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I think the TIR found in many Surefires is easily mine. My edc for the last 6 or 7 years has been an E1B then EB1. My duty light was always LX2.

The nice hotspot and generous spill is just the right amount of each for me.
 

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A wide flood (150+ degrees) with a gentle hotspot and seamless transitions that fade into each other, aka the "tube" light pattern such as my olight S30R. I wish it were a bit floodier though..no experience with a large emitter light. they are probably what I would better prefer. do you guys have accurate to the eye beamshots of those beam profiles of the lights you speak of?
 
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grndslm

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A wide flood (150+ degrees) with a gentle hotspot and seamless transitions that fade into each other, aka the "tube" light pattern such as my olight S30R. I wish it were a bit floodier though..no experience with a large emitter light. they are probably what I would better prefer.
When I first came to this forum, I only wanted a floody light. I loved the Coast lights that removed the hotspot (everybody here hated them since they weren't regulated)... but now I think I prefer flood AND a "tight", clean hotspot (no fading), since it covers all the bases. And of course, I prefer lights with regulated current as well.

do you guys have accurate to the eye beamshots of those beam profiles of the lights you speak of?
I agree!!
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