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Ravendon
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Jan 28, 2018
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It's a nice light but, has one major flaw. You have have to cycle the light on, then off, then on, then off, then on then off to change modes. Also, Medium is probably not necessary. With 1 full click it should go max brightness. With 1 full click, 1 partial click moonlight mode. To get to moonlight, mode, why would want to turn on and off the flashlight 5x to get to it? Other lights can be programmed. Some come with a pre-programmed set of light brightnesses that can be altered such as 1 tap for full, 2 taps for medium, 3 taps for low, 4 taps for flash. 1 full tap to stay on. I guess, I'm expecting Massdrop to produce a light that is more flexible. Or simpler. Either programmable and changeable so you get the light patterns you want, or simpler and just be max bright ness only.
Jan 28, 2018
SteveDrop
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Jan 28, 2018
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RavendonDisagree completely.
If you are camping or using the flashlight at night, the first mode should absolutely NOT be High mode. L-M-H is the best sequence. You always want to start with the lowest amount of light required, it's more efficient, maintains battery life, and preserves your night vision.
I like the idea of two quick clicks to move to Medium, but your sequence is just wrong.
Jan 28, 2018
Ravendon
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Jan 29, 2018
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SteveDrop1st should and is always brightest. There is no flashlight that has L-M-H as standard. It's always H-M-L, including this flashlight. I own the limited edition Blue and Gold version of this flashlight and have used it extensively.
Whether you are camping or in a security or emergency situation, you absolutely do not want the 1st light to be lowest and dimmest. If you are trying to see into your car or spotting around your car at night, trying to figure out the source of the growling outside your tent, or travelling across rugged terrain at night you do NOT want a dull light. Your life may depend on it. If you need to dull the light, simply place your hand over it. We use that technique in boy scouts and in the army.
Unless you absolutely need it and require it, then you can program it. Not with this flashlight though. Hence the complaint. That's why the TENTAP system is so nice. You can set the light to whatever method you like to use. So it's always available. For instance, on one light by the bedstand, I have Low-High only. For my EDC light, I have High-Low only. For the kitchen light, I have the standard, High-Medium-Low-Strobe. In 4 partial taps I can cycle through all 4 or 5 light modes and settle into whichever one I want, then do a full click on that mode. So to get to Low, I do 3 taps: 2 partial, 1 final full push. With this light, I would Turn on, Turn off, Turn on, Turn Off. Turn on.
Jan 29, 2018
SteveDrop
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Jan 30, 2018
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RavendonDisagree. Sorry. You always want to start on the lowest setting. I don't care if every flashlight manufacturer in the world uses H-M-L... it's a bad sequence.
I've been using the Brass version of this for quite some time, and I most frequently use Low, then Medium and rarely do I switch to High. Who wants to kill their battery for a couple extra Lumens you don't need anyway??
Jan 30, 2018
Dermott
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Jan 31, 2018
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RavendonThe blue-Ti model of this light is, emphatically, L-M-H. Heck, even my Surefires are L-H.
Nobody's life depends on a AAA micro/pocket light. This is for looking under desks, not a gunlight, FFS, and the needs are not the same. If you're using this to investigate growling, you already screwed up big time. If you're using it to migrate rugged terrain, you've probably screwed up. Or you're looking for a challenge... I'll reserve judgement on that one.
Jan 31, 2018
Flashman
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Feb 12, 2018
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RavendonIt's really a personal preference, one way is not a flaw, there are plus and neg to any setup cycle on a small aaa EDC light like this. I don't want the high setting to come one first, often I need a little light and don't want to kill my night vision. For the lum output on this flashlight with low at 3lum, I would rather the M first, 20lum. Not too bright to kill night vision, but brighter then the dim 3lum. For me, the med would be the most used so I would like that first. I know there are some flashlights that go M-L-H, that or M-H-L would be ok also,,, but I'm fine with L-M-H,.. but would "never" buy a small EDC that was H-M-L. For a larger task light, sure H fist would be my choice, but this light is not made for that kind of task. Going from what I currently use a fenix that goes L-M-H, I think it's 10lum, 25lum, 85lum. I find the 10lum to just be enough light at times, sometimes it's not. I run it about 30% on 10lum and 60% on 25lum, once in awhile I bump it to H. For this light at 3lum I would probably not use L much, so would pick M-L-H if I could pick the cycle myself. I don't think I have ever come across a small aaa EDC flashlight that starts on H other then when it only has one output :-)
Feb 12, 2018
AdamB
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Oct 17, 2018
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Ravendonthis is just a bad take - this isn’t a gun light or something to be used as a weaponlight or in an emergency. there are lots of lights out there (not made of copper and with much higher capacity batteries) that fit those situations. this is more ‘i need to take a piss in the middle of the night but don’t want to turn the lights on’.
starting on high ruins night vision
Oct 17, 2018
nuke
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Jan 23, 2020
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FlashmanI wish this light was programmable, and that an extra-low "firefly" mode could be activated by default. I own an L3 Illumination L10 Nichia 219, and love that I was able to purchase it with 4 modes of output which turn on in order of XL-L-M-H, which are 0.09, 3, 30, and 120 lumens. They call the extra-low setting "firefly" mode, and I frequently use it since it's still plenty of light in a dark indoor room, is much less likely to disturb my roommates, and apparently lets the battery last way longer! They quote battery times with a 2500mAh Ni-MH AA battery as 147hr on firefly mode, and 1.5hr on high mode. Obviously that's a AA battery flashlight and this Massdrop is for a AAA battery flashlight so completely different category, but I love the firefly mode feature and the potential ability for programming the modes!
Jan 23, 2020
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