List of the best Floody Flashlights - hard to find???

I have a BD04 I use a lot indoors. It is single 18650 battery with on-board charging capability. Has been modded with a 4 additional 7135 current regulators, jumpered the MCU to remove the strobes and a warmer tint LED. It is my go-to light inside the house. Zoomed in it is all flood.

Other zoomie lights are out there but the BD04 is the only good quality one I have.
Sipik SK68 is another cheap zoomie light that uses AA or 14500 LiIon.
Not a big fan of the zoomie design outdoors because if its wet, the vacuum created sliding the bezel will suck in water.

I am sure many other suggestions will come up.
What battery form factor would you be using?

perhaps the floodiest light out there! Watch this video! The width of this beam is insane, it’s like 180 degrees.

You’ll have to save up for this one however. I did see one on sale if you’re interested.

For big, bright flood, I think 2 of the latest (and best) choices are:

Emissar D4 (~ $40 )
Zebralight SC600 mkIV Plus (~ $90)

In my opinion, the prices for each of them are decent for what you get. The D4 is more a “wow” light, while the Zebralight is more a practical light.

AA NiMH (preferably)

26650
18650
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Another zoomie might fit your bill - Xtar WK007 - decent build quality, very wide flood and decent focus throw, AA/14500 capable AND have moonlight mode - this stays with 14500 next to my bed. |Manifacturer rates the levels @ 5, 20, 200 and 500 lm + 2 blinkies with 14500. Yet be warned, that it is not perfect by any means - forward clicky (I don’t like), at focus the XP-G3 is ugly pattern on the wall and I have to loosen the tailcap from time to time, as it just stops for no reason - in my list for modding with Nichia and may be also driver change.

You can also look at Fenix FD30 - also very pleasing flood as all lights in FD series, cool white and not easy to open. (FD 41 is also with 18650, FD40 - with 26650 if you like bigger body and FD45 with 4*AA)

I like my DQG 3 26650 a lot.
For me it’s the best mix for most circumstances between flood and throw.

Convoy S2+ (XM-L2/OP) is a popular budget floody light.

Great light for AA/14500 with a floody light is olight s1A. Use as an edc and does what I need for closer work and walking.

Cheap-as-dirt SK98 (or clone) is perfect in this regard. I really like aspherics when pulled in fully, ie, not zoomed but the lens practically sitting on the LED. Nice smoooooooooooth wide beam, no hotspot to speak of, perfect for lighting up a path in front of you at night and especially with ice/snow on the ground.

Plus, with the ’98, you can completely unscrew the front bezel and make it a mule. No lens in front of it at all, just light from the LED shining a hugely wide swath of light.

Personally, with the lens as better, because as a mule the total light is dispersed over so wide an area that even 200lm, 300lm, 500lm will look fairly dim.

Grab a ’98, drop in a nice NW emitter on a 20mm Cu star, replace the driver with a nice 20mm driver (say, 2.1A NANJG 105C and set it for 10%/100%), and you got a killer floody light.

Whups, sorry, the NANJGs are 17mm, not 20mm, but you can get a bunch of 20mm drivers from Fasttech. I got a nice 1.4A 1-mode donk in there, which covers a lot as a bright general-purpose floody light.

And that being said, I hate zoomies in general. If I could epoxy the bezel in place to stay as a wide flood, I’d be happy, but I absolutely hate the lumen-loss when zoomed, at its worst when it’s shooting the batsignal (lose ½ or more of the total lumens).

I’m sorry about the spelling but English isnt my native lang.

97 % of my lighting need is flood light. The trick is to understand what you need, and how brighy it needs to be.
My only use of a trhower is to scan of fealds and trea line for vild animals. In flood use find that betwen 200 - 400 lumens cover my need for light but its nice to be able to hit a 1000-3000 lumen when you need it.

Floody light: Blf A6/ Astrilux S1 small and easy to cary, 1 18650 and mode from sub lumen to 1200+ lumen.

Imalent Dn70 good flooder, big step betven modes but 300 lumen is in the midle. Inkluded battery and usb charging.

Olight R50 Seeker good floder. Inkluding battery and usb charging.

Emisar D4 is good but it gets hot fast.

A headlamt that is floody and then a handheld light with some throw is what i use when dog walking.

The size of the lights is how hott it gets and how long you can keep it i higer mode.

Dont forget the MT-G2 emitter.

the MM15 was a fantastic floddy light and now should be a lower price because it is not brand new anymore.

My all time multi use light is still the nitecore p36

Banggood is restocking this bad boy: Niwalker Nova MM15 2x MT-G2 P0 5233LM Helligkeit 6 Modi LED Taschenlampe 18650 Sale - Banggood Deutschland sold out-arrival notice-arrival notice

Price is already much lower than a couple of years ago.
Haikelite also has a nice MT-G2 light that is very affordable, especially with discount: https://www.banggood.com/HaikeLite-MT01-Trekker-MT-G2-2000LM-Outdoor-LED-Flashlight-BlackWhite-p-1191474.html?rmmds=search&cur_warehouse=CN
… But there are some reliability issues with Haikelite drivers though…

Emisar D4 or Jaxman E2L with the respective cloudy wide-beam optic. Stock optic isn’t very floody Int-outdoor offers the D4 with the wide optic.
Convoy S2+ with 60 degree pebbled TIR is one of the floodiest lights I own still and is very budget friendly.

Eagtac SX25L3 MT-G2 (even better with the diffuser included in the YRGB kit)
Emisar D4 with the floody optic
Zebralight floody models with the frosted lens
Acebeam EC50-II has a nice smooth beam too

My favorites:
Large = Acebeam X45 (Cree XHP70.2)
Medium = Manker MK34 (Nichia 219b)
Small = Emisar D4 (Nichia 219c)

I love the q8 and i also have a thrunight tn36 ut its awsome.

Take a look and se for your self. Good vids.

Lots of good info.

I agree with Jtm94. I don’t have a D4 (yet, in the mail currently) but I have a Jaxman E2L and I love it for an all around light that doesn’t go through my batteries as quickly. Also, this comes with no memory and always starts on low, which I prefer since you don’t get that surprise of turbo mode right when you turn it on. I haven’t switched out the optic but that would be an easy thing to do if you want more flood.

As an alternative to a dedicated floody light, have you considered adding a diffuser to an existing flashlight? That way, you can use it either way.

For a cheap and good diffuser, I like to make them out of the diffuser sheet found inside old LCD display panels. Instead of throwing out that old smartphone or laptop, take the display apart and use the really efficient layer of diffuser film found inside.

It’s just a thin plastic sheet. Easily cut to any shape with scissors. Cut out a disc, and press it on to the end of your flashlight lens. You can use a little bit of tape to hold it in place, if needed.

It works really well to produce a nice even floody beam.

Great ideas

I live in the tropics near the coast and it’s around 30 degrees Celsius here most of the year and very humid. Steel rusts very fast and electronics don’t last long here.

I would love to try high capacity Li-ion batteries but I read that they don’t last long in these conditions.

I need something simple, solid, rugged, shockproof, waterproof, dust-proof, under 50 Euros and hope to get 5 years life out of it before it gets consumed by the super aggressive, hot, salty, humid weather here. Maybe I should look for a diving torch even though I don’t dive?…