The point of an OP reflector is to hide beam artifacts… …and the manufacturing process is also likely different.
How do you justify that claim of depth being the primary factor? It is known that deeper reflectors tend to throw more than shallow reflectors given the same diameter and holding other variables constant, but the improvement is very limited.
You might be interested to know that the 4x18A, one of Convoy’s most revered throwers, has a reflector that is proportionally even shallower than the S2+!
Similarly, the most shallow reflector I’ve ever seen comes from a 6+km super thrower. From this, it should be clear that one cannot naively associate depth with throw, without proper justification/qualification.
I do not claim to disagree with any of the above. I am not expecting perfection, just pointing out space for improvement.
This has already been proven false, but I do have more to add:
- If a single AA driver has issues, the same issues pass on to T6+T8 and every AA light.
- If a single centering gasket is asymmetric, it ruins the beam of every light using it.
Where have I said that?
I agree 100%–we are responsible for steering the direction of what manufacturers do. In particular: if that results in poor QC, it means the majority of us implicitly voted for it. For this reason, despite the following claims:
I still believe this needs to be mentioned more.
To clarify again: I do not expect perfection. I just believe that there is space for improvement, and that it is helpful to point it out to direct attention toward implementing the improvements. I’d argue that asking for QC improvements is about as reasonable as asking for a new model to be designed every other month…