Square beam on cheapy lights

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@bugsy36

So if I understand correctly then even if the "better" lights zoomed they would do the same also?

yup!

I did a zoomie mod with a Osram Oslon SSL80 some time ago, this led has a square die also, but with the led mounted such that you can go through the focus a bit it has a perfectly round hotspot:

some measurements and observations on the Osram Oslon SSL 80deg. 4000K 96 CRI typ. led (nov26th: added a sk68 mod)

I had the opportunity to buy some Osram Oslon leds (at RS-Online, through work, I managed to incude it in an order for some other parts, at work, I did pay for them myself by the way). I am curious about any led that is not a Cree because in flashlight country there is a narrow focus on Cree (apart from that one high CRI Nichia led), and perhaps not always rightly so. One of the leds was a Oslon SSL 80deg. 4000K 96 CRItyp. ( partnr. LCW CQ7P.CC-KRKT-5L7N ). It was the closest I could get to the …