jayflash
Flashlight Enthusiast
While up to five output levels may not be too many, too often they're too close and lack low options. Understandably, an 800 lumen light of a "larger" bodied size may rarely be called upon for low lighting needs by many users, but that's not the case for me. I'd like the options of, say, ~0.5 and ~5 lumen choices on the bottom end. Starting off at 50 - 150 lumens, or so, are often ok, but are sometimes more than is needed.
IMHO, unless the difference between output levels is 300% - 400%, it's too little. Even going from 100 to 300 lumens isn't too large a change for my eyes. Maybe I haven't considered all the angles on this topic, so I'd like to know what you think. It seems there are two different camps of manufacturers; some offer widely spaced levels and some have many, but more similar output levels.
IMHO, unless the difference between output levels is 300% - 400%, it's too little. Even going from 100 to 300 lumens isn't too large a change for my eyes. Maybe I haven't considered all the angles on this topic, so I'd like to know what you think. It seems there are two different camps of manufacturers; some offer widely spaced levels and some have many, but more similar output levels.