It's not the LED you're worried about.

you're right... can we please pour water in all our switches for extra working

It's the small bomb the cell turns into, or the microcontroller that controls it.

Most good lights aren't mechanical nowadays

resistance to great in water to explode the battery

a water short-circuit is very weak

unless you're working with high voltage

@timsandtoms what is the best zoomie?

Or there's anything in the water to act as an electrolyte

I dunno. I don't have any interest in zoomies. Ask /r/flashlight

Why do you need zoomie?

so when I hear a noise outside at night, I can see all the way the to end of my back yard and my neighbor's back yard, from my bedroom window

Right. So needs range. Why zoomie?

because only a zoomie can effectively do that..

Nope

unfocused light dissipates

gets weaker

Get one that's already focused far off then. Not all the light a zoomie makes goes out the front, that's why there's such a distinct beam vs fading out at the edge. It literally just blocks light off on the edge.

IDK about that, I think a-lot of the light is reflected back inside the head, and then projected outwards

I mean, I don't know about cheap options, but there's a reason you don't see nice expensive zoomies

It never reflects 100%

yeah but you can't deny it's 'brighter' at a far distance when zoomed-out

I'd rather have a flashlight that can do both short and long distance, than need one for each task

I just switch to high at that point

if Convoy had a zoomie head option, I'd buy it!

it looks like there are some zoom flashlight reviews on blf

<http://budgetlightforum.com/node/65989>
<http://budgetlightforum.com/node/57733>

<http://budgetlightforum.com/node/48549> 🤔

"Focusing lights, or "zoomies" seem to have a very polarizing effect. Most enthusiasts are strongly against them, and many non-enthusiasts refuse to use anything else."

as confirmed here haha

usbc fast charge zoomable headlamp candlelight 3000k 5x18650 with 2 switches and led display when

They're not worthless, there are just better options

I'd really like to see a better zoom-able option though

there's a market for it

Is there?

People buying cheap zoomies want zoomies for cheap, people buying nicer flashlights for more money are willing to pay more money for nicer flashlights.

well I am one of many people who purposely tried to find a premium zoomer option

Pay someone to mod one

It's a SUPER niche market.

I think the last couple B/S/T posts on the subreddit had someone doing mods

just get a 50000 lumen flashlight