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once a year I email my favorite flashlight manufacturer to ask if they've finally made a flashlight that just turns on and off when you push the button, and every year they're like, "no, but thanks so much for your feedback!"

be honest, have any of you ever used the flashing feature on your flashlight? did it actually come in handy? handy enough that I have to scroll past it every single time I want to turn my flashlight on or off

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Just

  • on off switch/button
  • rotate the head for bright-dim-wtf

That's it. That's what I want.

[–] strawberry@kbin.earth 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yeah but rotating the head is usually focus

[–] tilefan@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

all these super bright LED flashlights you buy on amazon, or at the checkout counter of the hardware store, I just now realized they don't have adjustable focus and I've never needed it with them.

[–] rosa666parks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You should look into Anduril UI flashlights. They are enthusiast grade flashlights but you have so many setting for it. It one click on one click off double click for max brightness and when the lights is on you hold the button to make it brighter and a double click and hold makes it dimmer. Also when it is on and you double click it goes into a turbo brightness which is the brightest setting.

[–] scala@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Where can you buy them. Google search seems odd

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I'm too lazy to look it up but there's a flashlight community on Lemmy. It has a bunch of the really active enthusiasts who made the old flashlight community on reddit good. Tons of guides and recommendations.

[–] rosa666parks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

I have a Noctigon KR4 it puts out about 2000 lumens. I haven’t been in the flashlight scene for a while so only flashlight brand I can recommend is Noctigon and Sofirn. You can buy Sofirn flashlights on Amazon for fairly cheap.

[–] resonate6279@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I know reddit=evil but, r/hanklights is a good starting place for anduril lights. I've been EDCing the D4V2 for seferal years now and love it.

[–] zueski@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Start here with what kind of one you like to find some options

https://1lumen.com/flashlight-guide/

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

My daily driver uses the Anduril UI, but that can be mind blowing if you get lost in the settings.

[–] commandar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The old FourSevens Quarks used to rotate the tailcap the switch between modes. I've got one of the older QT2L-Xs that's probably my favorite light ever for that reason. That and it's the perfect size for pocket carry while still being decently bright. The newer models since they got bought out ditched it which sucks because it was such a simple interface.

I got a couple of Fenix lights recently that I don't hate. They still do the "cycle through modes with a button" thing, but it's at least a dedicated button separate from the tailcap switch.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 0 points 1 month ago

Thank you for copying the top comment and contributing nothing. /s