ArchaeoCat
Newly Enlightened
I was really excited to get a Protac EMS. I had been looking for a very low powered white light LED flashlight. I wanted something to just provide a long run time, not be big, and most importantly, be very low powered so that it wouldn't blind me when I just wanted to have a quick look at something in the dark. You know how it is probably, when you just want to find something after your eyes are dark adjusted. Sometimes I want to just jot something down or take a little trip to the kitchen without turning on all the lights and waking people up, blinding myself.
Well, the light seems to make a very brief, bright flash when you first turn it on. I've tried three different example of this model. Two of them came from Amazon and were only 7 apart in the serial number! The third came straigt from Streamlight and it does it too (albeit the effect isn't as pronounced)! Is this how it is with all of that model? I have other Protac lights and none of them do it. Is this a common problem with the power regulation or something? If you turn on the light, it does it. If you turn it on more than once in rapid succession (but not so fast as to trigger the higher power modes), it doesn't do it. So that tells me it isn't the switch. It must be the power regulation circuit.
Does anyone else own this light and have that happen to theirs?
Can anyone suggest another make or model in the sub 4 lumen category? Preferably one that doesn't cost a lot, but is of higher quality.
Well, the light seems to make a very brief, bright flash when you first turn it on. I've tried three different example of this model. Two of them came from Amazon and were only 7 apart in the serial number! The third came straigt from Streamlight and it does it too (albeit the effect isn't as pronounced)! Is this how it is with all of that model? I have other Protac lights and none of them do it. Is this a common problem with the power regulation or something? If you turn on the light, it does it. If you turn it on more than once in rapid succession (but not so fast as to trigger the higher power modes), it doesn't do it. So that tells me it isn't the switch. It must be the power regulation circuit.
Does anyone else own this light and have that happen to theirs?
Can anyone suggest another make or model in the sub 4 lumen category? Preferably one that doesn't cost a lot, but is of higher quality.