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| Does anyone know of a 18650 flashligiht that does NOT have strobe ? |
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| ez24:
Do you know a 18650 battery LED flashlight that does not have strobe? Hardest thing in the world to find. I have looked through 100's on Aliexpress with no luck. Why does every company think everyone wants to send an SOS? My guess is the first engineer designed it and all engineers since then are brain dead. thanks |
| jeffaroo:
Check out Convoy flashlights at FastTech.com. Here's one, https://www.fasttech.com/products/1653/10002364/4021100-convoy-s2-led-flashlight, that is a single mode flashlight (on-off only -- who would have thought!) and here's one, https://www.fasttech.com/products/1653/10002364/1826700-convoy-s2-1-cree-xm-l2-u2-1a-1067-lumen-2-group-3, that has two modes, one of which doesn't have strobe (Low-medium-high only). You can switch between the two modes. I am quite happy with the latter one unless, by mistake, I switch into the mode with the strobe. |
| nidlaX:
Only bottom of the barrel lights tend to have the strobe modes activate in a way that clutters the interface. Personally, I would expect any decent light with mode memory to not have such problems. And you're right, the bottom of the barrel lights all rely on some very basic LED controller that tosses in 2+3 useless modes so marketers can write bigger numbers on the packaging. :palm: |
| cs.dk:
I've got a couple of these, and use them everyday. Seems to be good quality (they are a couple of years old now); https://www.banggood.com/BLF-A6-XPL-1600LM-7-4modes-EDC-LED-Flashlight-p-991823.html Mine is configured in the 4-mode operation, and with memory enabled. So I can soft-tap the powerbutton to switch between 4 brightness modes, and it will remember the setting at next turn on. If I'm not mistaken the firmware is open-source, so if you prefer, you can write your own. Forum topic; http://budgetlightforum.com/node/36667 Firmware page; http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~toykeeper/flashlight-firmware/trunk/files/200 |
| amyk:
The "dumbest" ones with a simple on-off switch, no microcontroller or other fanciness, may be what you're after. |
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