So I wanted to try installing a reflector into my new KR1AA. Used an old Reylight Pineapple reflector. I had to open up the hole just a bit to make room for the emitter and I filed about 1-2mm off the bottom so it didn’t sit proud and was flush with the top of the head. Just to be careful I put some kapton tape over the aux light wire connections but don’t think it’s necessary. Just don’t want to short my new light. Better safe than sorry. Looking forward to sunset so I can check it outside. Works pretty good and I think I like it better than the optic it came with so far. Emitter is an FFL5009R 2700K.
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That’s kinda purdy…would a more hemispherical reflector yield better throw?
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Congratulations on your reflector install!
Thanks for the great photos 
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Congrat and thanks for sharing !!!
can’t wait to see more beamshots ^^
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Well I didn’t take beam shots because it was pouring outside but I swapped back to the optic. No justifiable improvement by my eye. Fun experiment though.
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thank you for confirming the 5050 LED is just too wide to create a focused hotspot, even with a reflector
I discovered the same thing with my Zebra H600d and Skilhunt H300R.. (both with 5050 LEDs in a reflector), the hotspot is so wide, it does not even look like there is one
if you changed to a Nichia 719a (different mcpcb), and used the reflector, that might give a more noticeable change in hotspot focus..
The KR1AA is floody, not just because of the optic, its also because of the LED width.
still applaud you for doing the mod.. congrats on gaining first hand knowledge
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This is OP and low profile reflector.
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It’s probably so floody because the depth of the reflector has been changed, so it’s completely out of focus. You could find a reflector that’s the right depth (but smaller diameter) that might do a little better at making a hot spot. Or if you shortened the reflector from the wider end & just opened out the emitter end it might still retain the focus