Flashlight people: Square Beam Flash Lights: Your comments?

[SpyderEdgeForever]

https://odditymall.com/flashlight-with- ... m-of-light

Take a look at that and I would like your comments: How practical is that in comparison to traditional rounded-beam lights? One of the selling points that these square beam flash light sites seem to make is that you get more efficient and larger coverage of space when lit up, as opposed to conventional lights.

Bushnell is one brand, they are good right?

[tvenuto]

They made these too:

[awa54]

square flashlights are so L7

[ugaarguy]

https://odditymall.com/flashlight-with- ... m-of-light

Take a look at that and I would like your comments: How practical is that in comparison to traditional rounded-beam lights? One of the selling points that these square beam flash light sites seem to make is that you get more efficient and larger coverage of space when lit up, as opposed to conventional lights.

Bushnell is one brand, they are good right?

I think they're a gimmick. I'm pretty sure that they're just cutting off the corners to create a square pattern, and that you're actually losing light. As an analogy look at cameras: They still use circular lenses and the film frame or sensor records a rectangle out of the center. These square beam flashlights seem to essentially do the reverse.

Bushnell is okay.

[ChrisinHove]

I can’t think of any advantage of a square beam. Zero hotspot, yes, square no.

[demoncase]

Not sure what the problem is that this supposed to solve.

There's plenty of projector-type lights that have no dark patches already- why make a square one?

[legOFwhat?]

square flashlights are so L7

Haha! :D

[Bloke]

traditional rounded-beam ...