koziy
Newly Enlightened
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- Dec 19, 2018
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Lights where the ONLY way to turn the light on is a long-press, IMO that's almost always because the light's button is badly designed, and it's too easy to go on in a pocket (viz. various Nitecore pocket lights, etc). I would not ever consider a light where the only way to turn it on is a press-and-hold. I'm okay with long button press to turn it on, ONLY IF it's an alternative to a single-click on mode. For example, I often like a UI where a single click turns the light on to turbo, whereas press-and-hold turns it on in lowest mode. I especially like it if the light ramps automatically if I continue to mash down the button.
Long press off drives me crazy. 99% of the time it's an automatic deal breaker. A light would have to be otherwise uniquely hit my requirements in order for me to even consider a light that required a long press for off. In fact, in my entire life, last month I bought my very first light with a long-press off. I screw it up often, and am constantly doing a click off, seeing that the only thing that happened is that the mode changed, and then sighing and long-pressing
Yeah, I'm totally OK with it, and I even consider it a beneficial feature, if a flashlight has two ways to turn on, for example a quick click to turn on at one brightness level and a long press to turn on at a different brightness level. But if I can turn it on with a quick click, then I had better be able to turn it off with a quick click or else I'm going to put it in my pocket on moonlight mode by accident sometime.
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