I have a Convoy S2+ with KW CSLNM1.TG which I use quite often at 10% or 35, I find 100 gets too hot.
What option should I choose for another Convoy S2+ to use as a flooder? If possible, I would like something which would achieve the brightness of Convoy S2+ with KW CSLNM1.TG between 35% and 100%.
Cheapest would be an XM-L2 with a wider angle TIR. Just pick a nice tint.
My current fav S2+ setup however is an SST-20 triple in 4000k running a BLF A6 driver.
Nice even light and beam. But plenty of beam distance too on the higher outputs.
Does emitter not matter so much for a flooder? If I was going for a custom driver, is there a presoldered MCPB emitter which supports Crescendo?
Bigger and more lumens will work better for a flooded as a rule.
Get a postage-stamp piece of diffusion film, cut it to shape, and slap it on the front glass.
You’ll thank me later.
Kind of a waste for a Convoy S2+ with KW CSLNM1.TG? I was thinking of purchasing another S2+ solely as a flooder and use this one as a thrower
So? Peels right off if you want throwy again. Stick it onto waxpaper and keep the sticky side clean, and it can be restuck/unstuck a bunch of times.
If not the “waste”, then get the common-as-dirt 4C XM-L/-L2. Nice warm sunlight…
I don’t think diffusion film is the answer here. Partially because it will massively reduce the output. And won’t do anything for the tint.
Op - if you want Convoy stuff, they are Chinese. Best and easiest is to buy online from China. You will not buy locally in the USA unless someone has already bought from China and is reselling it on at a big markup.
I find Banggood are quite ok, just always pay with PayPal.
Convoy TIR lenses: DIY Convoy T5 / U2 Hochreflektierende LED Linse für Convoy Taschenlampe Sale - Banggood Deutschland
They will work well with an XM-L2 or XP-L HD.
If I order direct from Convoy off AliExpress, I would include another flashlight or other items so Simon would ship using a faster method.
I’m looking for US options also in case I want to just purchase a few or get some quicker just to test out before I purchase a bunch from Simon.
XM-L2 or XP-L HD would be the best options to use with the diffuser Simon also sells?
Whoa… that’s absolutely not true, neither one.
Lumen loss is a few percent at most. Buncha people put that to the test already. You lose way more with a Lee filter.
And it fixes some horrible tint issues, too.
The venerable 4C S2+ has a fried-egg beam behind a reflector, way warmer hotspot than the 4C suggests, with a way cooler/bluer spill. Diffused (or through a TIR lens; I really like both), better mixing of the beam puts back the real 4C-ness of the LED, like I said, that great warm-sunlight color.
All my LuxPro lights use those hateful little G3s with horrible horrible angular tint-shift. Horrible even as a mule, way worse behind a reflector. Diffusion film turns them all into very usable around-the-house flooders, with nary a sign of the Cree Rainbow™.
Just trying it costs pennies, so you’d be a fool not to. 
ok, I concede, try the diffuser film first. It will be cheap 
Wellp, let’s put it this way… all my LuxPros, my Tacklife, anything that has a G3 in it, all have the film behind the glass.
Have to, with nonsticky film, sandwiched between glass and reflector, but even with sticky film, it’s on the inside surface.
Only my E03 has it on the outside, but that’s a fluke. Was cutting it to fit, wedged under the bezel or O-ring or something snugly enough to not fall out, so left it.
The smoothest beam of all my flashlights is from a Haikelite SC 26 with a xhp 35 HD emitter with DC fix. It is like turning on the lights in a room with no shadows, rings or hot spot. While it may not reduce lumens much, it does knock the hell out of the throw.
Wellp, if I want throw, I’ll use a ’micro, C8, EC4GT, whatever.
Most of what I need a light for, is close-in, and floody.
When I carry, it’s usually (a small) one of each.
“What’s the best light?” is like asking “What’s the best food?”. Answer depends on what you’re using it for.