peter yetman
Flashlight Enthusiast
I haven't got the right sort of hips for that. Plus, I can't dance.
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and it has a small but loyal following (10% of sales). So, the Clicky will be around for some time.
about the HDS clicky
Well I've learnt something today. I had no idea that all the presets could be set to rotary.For the longest time, I had all four presets set to ramping mode. Foolproof. Even for me. Eventually, I did change preset D to level 24, leaving the other three ramping. Set up with press-and-hold for momentary max, I'm good to go. Still love the bomb proofedness of the Clicky, though.
I believe they changed the default as shipped to that, to keep people from getting confused when they got off preset B.
...people would come by the booth and pick up a light and click it like they were trying to make it orgasm...
I've taken to HDS programming.
It is exactly why we changed it... we decided at SHOT when people would come by the booth and pick up a light and click it like they were trying to make it orgasm or like it was the controller for some video game.
I did something similar on my first time trying to program, really screwed it up and had to do a factory reset, read the advanced manual, and ask questions in the main thread. I initially thought i really messed it up.LOL! This is exactly what I did when I got my first used Rotary.
Knowing nothing, I apparently double or triple clicked it and (lo and behold) the rotary function was gone...turned the tail...no level change...WTF? It's broken! I cursed out that no-good shyster for selling me his defective light...then I cursed out HDS for building a light that could go defective in the first place...then I cursed out all makers of everything for building defective stuff...then my lovely spouse said:
"Does it have instructions.....?"
Then I read the instructions...[emoji28]
My 3yr old daughter has her moms hands, so she hasn't quite got enough finger strength to make a good solid click yet. She usually doesn't get to play with the HDS lights. The other night when I brought them all out to play with and list a few on the market; 3yr old daughter and 5yr old son wanted to run around the house playing with them.Lol every and all HDS lights take some getting used to before it becomes second nature. My 3 year old learned all by herself to use my legacy U60 so well she can triple click it to go to lowest setting and double click it press for maximum. That was a proud day for me my friends
That's a pretty narrow-minded view of "most people". Speaking as the official representative of "most people" , the actual explanation is that we don't expect something like a flashlight to be particularly complicated. When "most people" press the power switch, they expect light to come out of the end with the glass lense on it; that's the limit of their expectations, and thus also the limit of their thoughts on the matter.I believe the HDS blinks five times then goes into locator flash after it has an orgasm...
But yes, most people don't want to learn how to use their flashlight. I was previously in that crowd, which is surprising considering how well I've taken to HDS programming.
Indeed. I guess it's a good thing I wasn't the person who took the thread off-topic in the first place. You can thank Modernflame and our Fearless Leader Archimedes for that.I think you've managed to post in the wrong thread.
The thread discussing the relative merits of the the two interfaces is here...
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...6-HDS-Systems-Poll-Team-Clicky-or-Team-Rotary
This thread discusses your Rotary Settings.
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I've read the instructions for changing them and I can't think of any reason to actually do so.