Nightstand light with specific requirements

[benhar]

I couldn't quite make the checklist useful for my request, so please forgive me. Until now my Quark AA2 tactical has been my bump in the night light. However, I'm finding an increasing need for both the moonlight mode and medium modes, so I'm considering getting something else to keep by the bed just for "tactical" use and use the Quark for everything else. Here's what I want:

Floody
LED
Forward clicky with ability to have momentary on at 120-200 lumens
Quick access to strobe
Either 2xAA or 1x18650
Reliable
Not EagleTac
Warm light is a plus

The Klarus XT11 would seem like an obvious choice, but the first on/momentary on is too bright. I'm afraid anything brighter than 200 might be way too bright inside my house in the middle of the night. I have an EagleTac G25C2, and it would work for what I want, except it isn't 100% reliable and sometimes flickers. I know this might be resolved by cleaning and greasing the threads, but frankly my quark is way older and still way more reliable. So I have trouble trusting the EagleTac.

To be honest, as boring as it sounds my thoughts are to just buy another Quark. Is there something else that might be better suited for my needs?

 

[Kamerat]

Zebralight H600Fw Floody 18650 Headlamp Neutral White?

Or

A P60 dropin with low, medium and strobe?

 

[benhar]

Thanks, I'll give those a look!

Also, if I need to reconsider the <200 lumen requirement, I'm open to that as well. I would think anything more would be too much indoors, but 500 seems to be the new standard for SureFire. I'd like to think they wouldn't do that without good reason...

 

[benhar]

It looks like the Fenix TK15 might suit my needs. The access to strobe isn't ideal, but works. It appears I can put it at the 165 lumen setting and have it stay there.

 

[LightCrazy]

I keep a TK15 S2 by my bed. Most of the time I keep it on low so I don't wake people up. Medium is great for inside at night. Has mode memory, and a 1 second or so hold on the button gets you a blinding strobe.

 

[Rexlion]

+1 on the Zebra H600 or SC600. The nice thing about the interface is that you can have your choice of immediate strobe or low, just by whether you click fast or you hold for 3/4 second. Once you use it a bit you will find that you hardly have to think about it, your brain says "I want this mode" and your hand does the right thing. And from low, medium is just a short hold away.