Peter Atwood
Enlightened
I own several Fenix lights and am impressed with the design and the output. I mean how could you not be blown away, right? My favorite is the AAA Lo-ti which is a fabulous light and is just fine the way it is. I also like the original AA light very much and am looking forward to the new cree version.
But the newest 123 cree lights are a different story....The way I see it there is only way to make their 123 light and here's what I would like to see:
3 or 4 modes instead of the current 5. No one I have talked to has the slightest bit of interest in the strobe or SOS modes. Having 3 or 4 different brightness modes is wonderful and I think everyone agrees that they want these. The order they would come on in is a matter of debate but pretty much any order would be OK with me. But the other two modes are annoying and not very useful.
Clickie switch! Please, please please. Why even bother making this light without a clickie? I still carry and prefer my Jetbeam AA for this very reason as it is so much easier to cycle on and off and through the modes. I don't even care if it is reverse or not although having a momentary would be nice.
Pocket clip! Get rid of the silly lugs on the bottom, get that switch in there and then there will be a rim for two tapped holes and a real pocket clip. Alternatively they could turn a wide shallow groove in the body of the light so that a slip style pocket clip would slide over and click into place. The groove would prevent up and down movement and loss of the cheap clip.
So there you have it. My humble recommendations for making this light what it ought to be.
But the newest 123 cree lights are a different story....The way I see it there is only way to make their 123 light and here's what I would like to see:
3 or 4 modes instead of the current 5. No one I have talked to has the slightest bit of interest in the strobe or SOS modes. Having 3 or 4 different brightness modes is wonderful and I think everyone agrees that they want these. The order they would come on in is a matter of debate but pretty much any order would be OK with me. But the other two modes are annoying and not very useful.
Clickie switch! Please, please please. Why even bother making this light without a clickie? I still carry and prefer my Jetbeam AA for this very reason as it is so much easier to cycle on and off and through the modes. I don't even care if it is reverse or not although having a momentary would be nice.
Pocket clip! Get rid of the silly lugs on the bottom, get that switch in there and then there will be a rim for two tapped holes and a real pocket clip. Alternatively they could turn a wide shallow groove in the body of the light so that a slip style pocket clip would slide over and click into place. The groove would prevent up and down movement and loss of the cheap clip.
So there you have it. My humble recommendations for making this light what it ought to be.