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Does anyone know of a 18650 flashligiht that does NOT have strobe ?
james_s:
On one of mine I removed the 8 pin micrcontroller that created the modes, bypassed the output pin to force it on and now it works just like a standard single mode flashlight.
I've never figured out the purpose behind the useless strobe and SOS modes, all I can think is that someone in China took the term "flashlight" literally and believed that's what people actually want. I don't know anyone who has ever found a use for those modes, they just add a bunch more clicks to turn it on or off.
ez24:
--- Quote from: james_s on February 06, 2018, 07:51:28 am ---I've never figured out the purpose behind the useless strobe and SOS modes
--- End quote ---
I think it is a plot to drive us crazy.
shakalnokturn:
I have a couple of budget Chinese Boruit RJ-02 from Aliexpress, overall build quality is satisfying for the price, I find it reassuring to have the lithium battery attached to my head enclosed in a solid aluminium can.
There is no stupid SOS/strobe mode, it can be dimmed (and remembers setting) by holding the power button down, it also has a -not so useful to me- IR proximity detector mode (full power only). Also has a ยต-USB for charge.
http://budgetlightforum.com/node/48353
dug5555@hotmail.com:
re:ez24 Engineers,
I am an engineer and I think your comment was a bit crass and unwarranted.
I am also looking for a torch that doesn't have useless features such as strobe and 'SOS'.
I want one to adapt to my RFS fire helmet that has features that might be useful in all torch applications:
Bright enough to see ahead at a reasonable distance, able to run for an operational time say 4 hours on and off over a 12 h shift, rechargable from a USB adapter, simple to turn on and off even with work gloves and hence no strobe, flash or SOS features.
Ed.Kloonk:
Last week, a youtuber made a video on how to disable this.
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