The width of the light patterns of spotlights and floodlights is the most significant difference, with spotlights focused on a smaller area and floodlights “flooding” a larger area. Basically, there are two kinds of light patterns in how light’s projected. If the pattern is narrow, the travel distance of the light is further.

Floodlights have a measurement of lumens. In vehicles, the range is 800 lumens to 37,000 lumens – the higher the lumens, the brighter the light.

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Many people don’t know that a spotlight and floodlight are two different types of lights. However, it’s important to know the differences to ensure they are used as you need them.

If you’ve been looking at floodlights and spotlights, you’ll notice the packaging measures brightness as lumens or candlepower. Spotlights are measured in candlepower, which means a spotlight with 200,000 candlepower is similar to 200,000 candles. In lumens, a single candlepower is 12.57 lumens.

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With the various beam angles spotlights and floodlights produce, it stands to reason that their application would also be different. Spotlights generate localized beams designed to highlight a particular area. As such, they are used in lighting up garage doors, restaurants or museums. Inside the home, people will use spotlights, which are easy to control, to focus on a particular accent of the home – artwork, architecture, etc. Everything else outside the spotlight remains in the background.

With the broad patterns, Floodlights were designed to cover a larger area. Spotlights, however, will focus on a tighter area.

Flood lights are used to brighten larger areas such as driveways, warehouses, car parks, etc. This type of light is not ideal for inside use because of its harsh nature and fakeness.

This effect is seen with vehicle headlights. High beams have a narrow pattern, so the light goes further. Low beams spread out, and the light won’t go as far.

The LZ ZOOM Luminaire is a compact, stemmed spotlight designed with zoom functionality to allow the beam to be easily adjusted from a 5 degree narrow spot to a 50 degree flood.