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I voted for flood, but I also like having some throw as I use them mainly for fishing, and it helps to be able to see the top of the fishing rods from 15-20m.
I like a headlamp that has a diffused reflector so the beam is floody and diffused but it does reach out 75 feet or so.
I wouldn’t like something so floody that it only reached 20 feet for example. It does need to have a diffused beam for me to be interested however (no major hotspot in the center).
massive flood from my h600w
As long as it can illuminate something 15 meters away comfortably with night vision then that’s all I need.
While we’re on the subject, does anyone know how far the Ultrafire UF-H6 throws usable light? I’m thinking about getting one.
Depends. Close up work or taking a brisk walk, flood. Running, throw please.
Pretty much the reason why I bought a H51c and a H502c.
I like flood in a headlamp, no defined hotspot. This would be for "general use" and not biking, jogging, etc. . .
-Garry
I like throw. But I use mine mostly for frog gigging as a backup to my flashlight. Flood just won’t cut it.
I thought flood was the whole point of headlamps ?
What about a dual assembly like this one, one full flood and one reflectored for medium throw, powered from a single 18650?
On paper, I like it!
Never saw from real, but it's on my "one day" lists, LOL!
That does look nice, however you can't run both LED's at the same time (see DX reveiw).
-Garry
Throw is preferred for hiking. Flood is preferred for camping. Something in between works best.
I’m leaning more towards throw but a good combo also works well for most situations.
Flood, lots of it!
I wanna make a headlamp off of the XPG2 emitter, many folks I talk to want throw in their headlamp. Of course a diffuser to flood out the beam as well
Flood!
More spot with flood mixed in.
All flood for me. 
"Throw" can be relative. Right now I prefer the "throw" of a ZL H600w for hiking.
I tried out ZL H600Fw and H600w and ended up keeping the H600w (non-floody version). In my particular testing on single track trail I found that the semi-floody (frosted lens) H600Fw lit up bushes, chaparral tunnels etc. close to me and didn't have sufficient throw or light out where I was trying to see on the trail - about 5-15 ft out. The lighting bushes up close hindered my eyes light adjustment so I was not only distracted by the brightness of the bushes around me but had more visual stress actually trying to see the trail.
Hiking on fire roads and other wide trails and roads there wouldn't be bushes so close but I think one would want throw over flood since there is even more distance to see. Unless I expected a mountain lion to attack and chew off my face and I wanted to see the best view of his puss eating my puss up close, I would go with something that at least had some throw (so maybe I might see him before he was eating my face off??).
Part of hiking with a light is that you want to try to find the right setting that is not too bright and straining to the eyes (as well as the eyes of the other hikers with you). One would also like to find a setting that uses the least amount of juice which is probably only a consideration for serious day (starting in the dark and ending in the dark) and multi-day backpacking where weight, space, convenience and safety are all considerations. Floody takes more light / juice to see farther.
One can also add a little frosty "gel" or even translucent tape to their "throwy" headlamp to make it temporarily more floody.
I prefer this one. I have one and really like it. It will throw a beam probably around 100yds.