For pure flashlight joy, nothing beats a good thrower, but I do love zoomies for specific scenarios.
1: They are great for light painting photography. A wide evenly lit round beam is perfect for lighting up larger areas with long exposure times. Throwers have their use in light painting also, but nothing beats a good zoomie for illuminating rooms or chambers. Sample: Suggestions for 3 x Nichia 219 build?
2: I do a lot of outdoor rock and ice climbing, and for after work climbing during the darker season I use of bunch of zoomies to light up the rock or ice. I mount them on tripods or stick ’em on trees. Adjusting the width of the beam is useful and it’s nice to have the climb evenly lit up without any hot spots. I’ve used throwers too, but they have to be mounted so far away from the actual climbing do be any good as hot spots over one particular area is not only a waste of light, it can be rather annoying too. Sample: What did you use your flashlight for today?
It was zoomies that got me in to all of this modding. I hated all the blinky modes, wanted mode memory and a lot of light. I couldn’t really find a combination that I liked. My searching led me here 