The manufacturers seem to be going either towards making high lumen, multiple LED monster flooders, or much lower lumen, single emitter throwers. I own both, but why can't there be a hybrid design that combines the best of both worlds? The only widely available production flashlight I know of that goes somewhat in this direction is the Imalent DT35.
I think there's a point of diminishing returns with pure flooders. it becomes output just for the sake of output. The extra lumens end up being mostly wasted in creating a blinding wall of light - with so much of it reflected back at you from close objects and the ground that things in the distance will be lost in the glare.
With the use of deeper reflectors and better focusing of multiple high power emitters, I see no reason you couldn't have a both powerful and yet still useful beam that reaches well past the 1000 meter mark.
Just my 2 lumens worth... Any thoughts?
I think there's a point of diminishing returns with pure flooders. it becomes output just for the sake of output. The extra lumens end up being mostly wasted in creating a blinding wall of light - with so much of it reflected back at you from close objects and the ground that things in the distance will be lost in the glare.
With the use of deeper reflectors and better focusing of multiple high power emitters, I see no reason you couldn't have a both powerful and yet still useful beam that reaches well past the 1000 meter mark.
Just my 2 lumens worth... Any thoughts?
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