Hi everybody,
if someone is asking me, the User Interface of the Blackhawk Gladius / Insight Typhoon was the best UI for tactical applications. It provided full one handed operation and each owner I know was very satisfied with those lights. It's a shame that Insight did not took this flashlight and kept it up to date.
I think the Inova Inforce has the same UI (or at least quite the same) today, but also their (official) specs do not make me pay more than 200 EURO for an Inova Inforce White. And there where some QC problems when it was released (see different discussions on CPF about that).
What comes closest to the great UI of the Blackhawk nowadays are the selector-rings. I know four manufacturers who build flashlights with selector-rings:
- surefire: U2 Ultra
- Fenix: TA-series
- Nightcore: SR3
- Jetbeam: RRT 1 and RRT 2
But all of them do make the same mistake:
They place the selector-ring at the head of the flashlight.
This way, one-handed operation, the most vital aspect of low-light-tactical application when using multiple-mode-flashlights, is disabled (see my review of the TA20 for example).
Why does none of those manufacturers think about that? Why do they all make the same mistake? Will we see a flashlight that comes with the Selector-ring on the tailcap in the near future?
All of the flashlights now available with selector-ring are a good basic for a tactical flashlight, there are just little adjustments to do.
I am still waiting!
:sleepy::sleepy::toilet::toilet:
Regards,
Stephan
if someone is asking me, the User Interface of the Blackhawk Gladius / Insight Typhoon was the best UI for tactical applications. It provided full one handed operation and each owner I know was very satisfied with those lights. It's a shame that Insight did not took this flashlight and kept it up to date.
I think the Inova Inforce has the same UI (or at least quite the same) today, but also their (official) specs do not make me pay more than 200 EURO for an Inova Inforce White. And there where some QC problems when it was released (see different discussions on CPF about that).
What comes closest to the great UI of the Blackhawk nowadays are the selector-rings. I know four manufacturers who build flashlights with selector-rings:
- surefire: U2 Ultra
- Fenix: TA-series
- Nightcore: SR3
- Jetbeam: RRT 1 and RRT 2
But all of them do make the same mistake:
They place the selector-ring at the head of the flashlight.
This way, one-handed operation, the most vital aspect of low-light-tactical application when using multiple-mode-flashlights, is disabled (see my review of the TA20 for example).
Why does none of those manufacturers think about that? Why do they all make the same mistake? Will we see a flashlight that comes with the Selector-ring on the tailcap in the near future?
All of the flashlights now available with selector-ring are a good basic for a tactical flashlight, there are just little adjustments to do.
I am still waiting!
:sleepy::sleepy::toilet::toilet:Regards,
Stephan
