100 posts in 3 days!! Zoomies sure ain’t dead! I’ve been obsessing over zoomies lately, not sure how I missed this thread until tonight.
The title of the thread itself almost begs for a debate, so I’ve started a new thread to “focus” on newer model zooming lights: 
Tell us about your newest zooming flashlight!
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Nearly all of my lights are reflector, however I totally agree with the zoomie fans here who have stated: “better visibility when zoomed out because there’s no hotspot” IMO the even beam is a joy for medium-close range use such as indoors or working on something. Chicken D’s excellent photos (first 2 photos in post #47) are a perfect example of that fact.
I also agree with the idea of “benefit of no spill when zoomed in” There certainly are advantages to that, and a mini AA budget zoomie even out-throws a comparable high end mini AA reflector style light.
At the same time I fully understand that trying to get the “best of both worlds” into one flashlight there’s going to be some compromise, but that’s not holding me back from wanting them.
Thanks The Miller, this statement really got me sold on the Z1! I’m trying to decide between the host to build an either an XHP70 or a MT-G2, or a complete stock light with XHP50.