Which flashlight is the best combination of FLOODER-THROWER?

[bariscan90]

@Throw me in to darkness

Ok I’m officially confused.

I am lost as to your needs. Is it long range throw, combined with mid range flood?
Or is it maximum flood at a decent range?

Haha, I am really sorry about confusing you. English is not my native language. Let me try to explain again.

I would like to have a flashlight that is not a like laser, only illuminates the far distance but also one that has a very nice beam profile so the light smootly lights up the near objects and as well as the distance. Hopefully this helps. Cheers.

[Zulumoose]

Convoy L6?

I don’t have one yet, but from what I have seen they appear to offer great throw and flood, and couldn’t be much better in terms of build quality, support, and reputation.

[Agro]

@bariscan90

@Agro

Maybe some zoomie?

I am sorry, what is a Zoomie?

Zoomie is a light with an action called zooming - you adjust the beam width from wide and moderately bright to narrow and very intense.
They tend to be superb throwers (no spill to distract your eye, good throw-to-size) and superb flooders (very smooth beam) in the same package, but not without drawbacks:

• the common zoomies are very inefficient in the throw mode - the beam is bright but narrower than that of a reflector light
• unlike with reflector, you can have flood or throw, but never both at the same time. If you look far, you won’t see what’s under your feet.
• often they have worse cooling than similarly sized reflector lights
• typically you’re limited to using a single LED, so they won’t get close to the output of mega-flooders. No multi-led zoomie I’m aware of is good enough.

There are less common types that are better or worse in one way or another, I won’t elaborate on them now because I don’t see one that would work well for you.

Well, I don’t see a stock zoomie that would match the description, so if you want that route, you’re limited to modded lights. I’d suggest UniqueFire UF-1508 T75 with (dedomed?) XHP70.2.

[bariscan90]

@Throw me in to darkness

Ok,
Any high power, huge head multi-emitter will do.
Or something with an XHP70/70.2 in a large reflector also.
All the options we have mentioned above will fit the bill.

Just make sure you don’t buy a dedicated thrower!

Thank you mate.

[bariscan90]

@Agro

@bariscan90

@Agro

Maybe some zoomie?

I am sorry, what is a Zoomie?

Zoomie is a light with an action called zooming - you adjust the beam width from wide and moderately bright to narrow and very intense.
They tend to be superb throwers (no spill to distract your eye, good throw-to-size) and superb flooders (very smooth beam) in the same package, but not without drawbacks:

• the common zoomies are very inefficient in the throw mode - the beam is bright but narrower than that of a reflector light
• unlike with reflector, you can have flood or throw, but never both at the same time. If you look far, you won’t see what’s under your feet.
• often they have worse cooling than similarly sized reflector lights
• in practice you’re limited to using a single LED, so they won’t get close to the output of mega-flooders

There are less common types that are better or worse in one way or another, I won’t elaborate on them now because I don’t see one that would work well for you.

Well, I don’t see a stock zoomie that would match the description, so if you want that route, you’re limited to modded lights. I’d suggest UniqueFire UF-1508 T75 with (dedomed?) XHP70.2.

Wow. Thank you very much Agro for getting into this hassle and giving me a perfect explanation of what it is. I really appreciate your time and effort on writing it.

I will look at what you recommended.

Cheers.

[Perpetual_Lumen]

Any light that has a 35 to 1 lux to lumen ratio.

[bariscan90]

@Throw me in to darkness

https://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_1236530.html

Highly recommended.

There is a 1.5km long pitch-dark area I go to really push a torches limits. From just over half way across, the Buffalo started to drop visible light on a building. I would say about 700m or just under. At the 500m mark, there is enough light to define your target. Nice range and flood.

Very nice! I will look into it. Thank you.

[bariscan90]

@Throw me in to darkness

@bariscan90

@Throw me in to darkness

https://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_1236530.html

Highly recommended.

There is a 1.5km long pitch-dark area I go to really push a torches limits. From just over half way across, the Buffalo started to drop visible light on a building. I would say about 700m or just under. At the 500m mark, there is enough light to define your target. Nice range and flood.

Very nice! I will look into it. Thank you.

No worries. I can genuinely recommended that light as I’ve seen it in action, and although there are many that fit your needs the Buffalo really impressed me. You won’t be disappointed if you get one.

I cannot seem to find their company website to browse their products. Hmm.

[patmurris]

BLF Q8 would seem like a good starting point. Whether it will fit your needs is for you to determine, but in any case it is a very good light you’ll be happy to have.

Since you don’t have any lights, it is very unlikely that you’ll find the perfect one right away…

[Perpetual_Lumen]

@Throw me in to darkness

@DIPSTIX

Any light that has a 35 to 1 lux to lumen ratio.

You mean like a domed C8 type thing?
35,000 lux and 1000 lumens? Not exact numbers, but is that what you meant?

Like 175k lux and 5000lm. I’m all about performance.
I own the TN40svn which does 500k lux and 9000lms which I feels very throwy. I think 35 lux to 1 lumen is a great combination. Something with just a little more throw than the Acebeam K60 would be perfect.

[Andrew_Debbie]

You are asking one light to do two very different things.

Why not get two flashlights?

A BLF Q8 will do number 2 reasonably well. It isn’t perfect, but I doubt you can get a better flooder for less than $45.00

One downside is the Q8 requires 4 “married” 18650 batteries. The batteries in the Q8 shouldn’t be used elsewhere. They need to stay as a matched quad.

That leaves a lot of room in your budget for a thrower.

My light with the most throw is a Convoy L6. For 1km of throw, you are going to need a bigger light. I don’t have any suggestions. I’m new at this.

[Perpetual_Lumen]

@Andrew_Debbie

My light with the most throw is a Convoy L6. For 1km of throw, you are going to need a bigger light. I don’t have any suggestions. I’m new at this.

I had a convoy L6. Solidly built light for the price.

[The_Driver1 (The_Driver)]

Acebeam X65 for larger distances and the Noctigon Meteor with some LED dedomed for shorter distances.

[Andrew_Debbie]

@DIPSTIX

I had a convoy L6. Solidly built light for the price.

Agree. It is my 2nd favourite light.

BLF A6 is my #1. Neither of them do what the OP is asking for.

[Perpetual_Lumen]

I own the Acebeam K60 and I can tell you they have great customer service. My lights tail PCB broke and instead of shipping it back to China Acebeam actually just sent me a new PCB with very minimal questions.
The light is great. I would highly recommend it. The Acebeam K65 could be a good option for you. These light are not cheap. Remember you are paying for the quality and reassurance you will be well taken care of.

I second looking at the K65, RC40, TK75, K60, TN40S, X45, X65. Personally it’s all about that lux/lumen ratio.

55 to 1 is to much throw for a balanced light for me.
26 to 1 is not enough throw for me.

[Dman7777]

@patmurris

BLF Q8 would seem like a good starting point. Whether it will fit your needs is for you to determine, but in any case it is a very good light you’ll be happy to have.

Since you don’t have any lights, it is very unlikely that you’ll find the perfect one right away…

I came here to suggest this as well.
You cannot beat this light for $50 if you want a combination of flood and throw.

1. Great flood and throw…Will light up a large field with ease
2. Incredible user interface with ramping to allow any light level that you desire quickly and easily
3. Great build quality
4. Support of the entire community of the people who designed, own and operate this light right here on BLF
   Phenomenal value at around $50 with coupon.

[bariscan90]

@DIPSTIX

I own the Acebeam K60 and I can tell you they have great customer service. My lights tail PCB broke and instead of shipping it back to China Acebeam actually just sent me a new PCB with very minimal questions.
The light is great. I would highly recommend it. The Acebeam K65 could be a good option for you. These light are not cheap. Remember you are paying for the quality and reassurance you will be well taken care of.

I second looking at the K65, RC40, TK75, K60, TN40S, X45, X65. Personally it’s all about that lux/lumen ratio.

55 to 1 is to much throw for a balanced light for me.
26 to 1 is not enough throw for me.

Thank you so much for your input. I definitely love the ring on K60. So easy to switch through modes. I might really go with the K60. It is just TN40S really gets me with it’s illumination in both far and near distance.

[bariscan90]

@The_Driver

Acebeam X65 for larger distances and the Noctigon Meteor with some LED dedomed for shorter distances.

Thank you. Acebeam x65 is so big to carry in my opinion.

[bariscan90]

@Dman7777

@patmurris

BLF Q8 would seem like a good starting point. Whether it will fit your needs is for you to determine, but in any case it is a very good light you’ll be happy to have.

Since you don’t have any lights, it is very unlikely that you’ll find the perfect one right away…

I came here to suggest this as well.
You cannot beat this light for $50 if you want a combination of flood and throw.

1. Great flood and throw…Will light up a large field with ease
2. Incredible user interface with ramping to allow any light level that you desire quickly and easily
3. Great build quality
4. Support of the entire community of the people who designed, own and operate this light right here on BLF
   Phenomenal value at around $50 with coupon.

Do you mind telling me a little about blf? Is it a flashlight manufactured by people on this forum? Or is it a mod? Thank you.

[Lexel]

@Andrew_Debbie

You are asking one light to do two very different things.

Why not get two flashlights?

A BLF Q8 will do number 2 reasonably well. It isn’t perfect, but I doubt you can get a better flooder for less than $45.00

One downside is the Q8 requires 4 “married” 18650 batteries. The batteries in the Q8 shouldn’t be used elsewhere. They need to stay as a matched quad.

That leaves a lot of room in your budget for a thrower.

My light with the most throw is a Convoy L6. For 1km of throw, you are going to need a bigger light. I don’t have any suggestions. I’m new at this.

This is not true the Q8 does not need married batteries they are in parallen you can use old laptop pulls and new high drain batteries at the same time, just when putting in the light their charge state should be almost identical to prevent high charge currents flowing from full to empty batteries