OP: I normally like throwy lights with a tight hotspot, usually even indoors. On headlamps it’s a different story, because to me a headlamp is for very short-range illumination. One headlamp I have has a diffused optic, the other has diffuser film. I also do have two lights with frosted carclo optics, because it does give a very nice even beam. Even so, I chose the narrowest beam angle I could find to keep it from being a total mule.