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I recently purchased a 2nd LX20+ to use with my FFM and the beam quality is nowhere near as tight and focused as my 1st LX20+ which is several years old. The new one has more scatter and also a couple concentric rings which my 1st one does not have. I assume this is still the Cree XL-L2 although the chip looks a little different between the two, as does the exterior finish. Does this look like a bad light, or should I expect this amount of variability in the LX20s beam quality between lights? I’m going to contact DR and would appreciate this groups thoughts before doing so, basically to call me crazy or not. Most of my diving is in poor vis (rivers) and the tighter the beam the better, I just expected it to be like my first one which I love and it’s obviously not.
New LX20+ Beam
Old LX20+ Beam
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New LED Chip/Reflector
Old LED Chip/Reflector
New LX20+ Beam
Old LX20+ Beam
Side by side
New LED Chip/Reflector
Old LED Chip/Reflector