There's enough of the high quality flashlights that make you cycle through them routinely. The Olight T25-T is an example of how even some of the best quality companies don't understand the
user part of the U.I. And that's just one example of how a simple overlook can flaw an otherwise great light. I've done a lot of searching and you'd be surprised how limited your choices can be due to things like this.
Luckily, there are a
few great series of lights out there for those who never want to stumble into those functions when they don't need them. You just have to do a lot of searching for them before making your choice amongst the ones that fit your needs.
It takes a lot of time sifting through the ones you don't want because it's not readily apparent when looking at a specs sheet which models and companies offer the U.I. that fits your needs because you have to thoroughly read and learn the operation of each model series you come across before you realize "Darn, that one was so close to getting it right" and moving on to finding and reading the next disappointing operating instructions.
But that's the nature of the beast when shopping. Yet in this case, most flashlight manufacturers are very slow to catch onto the fact that the majority of the market views extra functions as an asset only when they can't be inadvertently activated or slow down output changing. It's sort of like if the majority of clothing companies were still making bell bottoms while oblivious to the current trends (at least you'd be properly dressed when your flashlight accidentally starts a disco).
I see now that flashing modes have their niche. And when implemented properly within the U.I., they can be very convenient. But most of the time they are
not implemented properly even by the high quality manufacturers. Even selfbuilt himself had something to say about this topic in his review of the Eagletac T20C2 (
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/239321) when he said:
"The other (unfortunately not-so hidden) mode is strobe. This can accessed by doing a rapid twist from General mode to off and back to General mode again. Unfortunately, it can also be accessed by simply clicking off-on within 3 secs. :sigh:
This removes the ability to rapidly signal in momentary mode, and means you will always strobe yourself if you turn the light back on within 3 seconds of it turning off. I would have preferred if strobe had been confined solely to a head switch instead of a simple off-on tail click. "
"Strobe mode is easily (and potentially inadvertently) accessed by clicking off and back on within 3 seconds."
This light is part of Eagle
tac's "Tactical" series of lights. Yet in a "tactical" situation it's very easy to unintentionally activate strobe on this light. There's nothing "tactical" about that.
As I've mentioned before, it's very disappointing in this case because Eagletac
was one of the few companies that didn't let extra functions get in your way if you didn't need them at the moment. A definite step backwards for this relatively new producer of quality flashlights.
If there is a plethora of suitable choices that I'm unaware of, I'd love to know about them. But right now I've only found a few flashlights that meet my particular requirements (and I've done a
lot of searching). Yet there
would be a ton of lights out there that would suit my needs
if the current ones filling the market only had a U.I. that didn't allow you to accidentally stumble into flashing-modes or let them slow down output changing. Instead, I have to choose amongst very few suitable offerings. And that's something that could be completely turned around if the manufacturers simply got the message.
Anyways, thanks again for enlightening me on some of the more practical ways of using strobe to make some situations easier.
I will make use of this knowledge in the future. :thanks:
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