Welcome Lion42 :laughing:
Is it just me or is this light getting a good number of lurkers new members to join :partying_face:
Cheers David
Welcome to BLF Lion42!
Yes pommie at least a couple of new members dedicated their first post Q6/Q8 related.
I put #6, hate 3 leds flashlights
Rest assure, the focus and aim is a quad led!
[X] I have no idea.
Any clues why as to why choose more/less emitters? I guess overall output doesn’t change so much? Is it the beam pattern? More/less flood?
3 emitter lights are just odd.
(But so are 5, 7, and 9 emitter lights.) 
How can I choose without photos of each? I guess I need to rack down photos . . .
is there such thread where multi-LED reflectors are discussed ?
that would be great to know how it influences beamshots at least in theory.
for “I like to vote in polls anyway”
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4 gives more flood and a wider center beam
I’m curious which setup would be the most efficient/produce the most lumens per watt.
The same drive current spread across more emitters would be slightly more efficient because each led would see less current and led’s are more efficient at lower drive currents. Less emitters in the same space should throw farther because they have larger diameter optics and a higher surface brightness due to the higher drive current.
Okay, I went with option #5. I like the look of the 4 emitter reflector and I like the efficiency of spreading the current to more emitters. However, I don’t want to see the price go up as a result of choosing 4 over 3 emitters. It’s a balancing act, for sure.
Hmm… how much efficiency/throw difference can be expected between a design with 3 emitters vs 4 emitters, everything else being the same?
HOOP explains it very well I think
4 is a real nice fillup of space and more flood by design and our aim and goal.
Thanks for this. Four emitters it is
^ Heh, ^ right here, talkin me and my ilk:-) Actually, as a lurker I saw the BLF A6 get done and wanted in on this one. And as a new former lurker have little to say except that I’m confident that what gets communally chosen by folks both crazier about FL and also much smarter than I on this will be fantastic, so I’m rolling with pick #1 all the way.
Very well said, and appreciated Couchmaster. And a
Super Big Welcome!
Thanks for the super big welcome. I have to add that the poll was one of the more interesting, practical and also humorous ones I’ve seen. Thanks for that and the work that is going into this that I’m going to lazily piggyback on.
I would have voted for seven.