I'm not in LE, but my overall requirements don't differ much from those who are, based on what I've observed and 'heard' from those who are, so I'll comment...
I believe that the ideal has historically been a '2-light solution'. We could use the Stinger and Strion as being loosely representative of the 2. I'm quite certain that if one were in the original 'concept' phase product meetings at SL for the Stinger 2020, one would find that a significant part of the 'Objectives and Requirements' doc and discussion involved an objective to, at least some extent, successfully provide a '1-light solution'; if not necessarily exclusively, at least so that one could, when convenient, move directly between the 2 roles without finding it necessary to switch from the one in one's hand to a different, second light in many situations.
That light may or may not succeed in meeting that objective in the market, because user acceptance (or lack thereof) may prevent that. That is largely due to the fact that the light is (of course) very different from either of the 2 'standards' we're accustomed to using. It's not 'your father's flashlight', nor is it like any other light that I (or most) previously owned and used, and using it requires time in use to adapt to. It is not a light which feels at all natural initially - nor did I expect it to, which is something many will find difficult. I have my 'ruts', but I've learned to be pretty adaptable though. Having worked through the adaptation process with that light personally (mostly, if not completely yet), I now find it a great light in practical use.
Doing that took effort. It spent the first 3-4 weeks sitting on my coffee table, and I picked it up and handled / play-'used' it often in spare moments. For the first week, it felt like a 'foreign object' when I picked it up. Only after several weeks of 'off-line' adaptation (one could call it practice), did I begin to say "yeah, I get this now". It never left the house or performed any serious duties during that time. I went from 'I get this now', to being comfortable using it in those ~4 weeks. Some might not require that process, but I did. Many are not flexible enough to adapt in that way, but I am, and did so, and I'm glad I did. Would the light work as a 1-light solution in LE? Based on my first weeks in the living room, I decided that to some degree it does, but I'm not in LE and that's not the 'real world'.
I'm afraid the primary target markets (at least some of them) for the light may not be predisposed to the sort of adaptation that I went through, so I'm not betting any money on its being successful. I'm not saying it will put my Strion away into retirement either, but in the time I've had it (since shortly after release), I do now consider it a highly useful, light, and I'm very glad I have it. No regrets buying that light. Due to its features aimed at providing a 1-light solution, plus a considerable number of innovative features engineered into its design, it will historically come to be seen as very innovative in a number of ways, even if it isn't a big seller.
I believe that the ideal has historically been a '2-light solution'. We could use the Stinger and Strion as being loosely representative of the 2. I'm quite certain that if one were in the original 'concept' phase product meetings at SL for the Stinger 2020, one would find that a significant part of the 'Objectives and Requirements' doc and discussion involved an objective to, at least some extent, successfully provide a '1-light solution'; if not necessarily exclusively, at least so that one could, when convenient, move directly between the 2 roles without finding it necessary to switch from the one in one's hand to a different, second light in many situations.
That light may or may not succeed in meeting that objective in the market, because user acceptance (or lack thereof) may prevent that. That is largely due to the fact that the light is (of course) very different from either of the 2 'standards' we're accustomed to using. It's not 'your father's flashlight', nor is it like any other light that I (or most) previously owned and used, and using it requires time in use to adapt to. It is not a light which feels at all natural initially - nor did I expect it to, which is something many will find difficult. I have my 'ruts', but I've learned to be pretty adaptable though. Having worked through the adaptation process with that light personally (mostly, if not completely yet), I now find it a great light in practical use.
Doing that took effort. It spent the first 3-4 weeks sitting on my coffee table, and I picked it up and handled / play-'used' it often in spare moments. For the first week, it felt like a 'foreign object' when I picked it up. Only after several weeks of 'off-line' adaptation (one could call it practice), did I begin to say "yeah, I get this now". It never left the house or performed any serious duties during that time. I went from 'I get this now', to being comfortable using it in those ~4 weeks. Some might not require that process, but I did. Many are not flexible enough to adapt in that way, but I am, and did so, and I'm glad I did. Would the light work as a 1-light solution in LE? Based on my first weeks in the living room, I decided that to some degree it does, but I'm not in LE and that's not the 'real world'.
I'm afraid the primary target markets (at least some of them) for the light may not be predisposed to the sort of adaptation that I went through, so I'm not betting any money on its being successful. I'm not saying it will put my Strion away into retirement either, but in the time I've had it (since shortly after release), I do now consider it a highly useful, light, and I'm very glad I have it. No regrets buying that light. Due to its features aimed at providing a 1-light solution, plus a considerable number of innovative features engineered into its design, it will historically come to be seen as very innovative in a number of ways, even if it isn't a big seller.
