How to minimize/eliminate the initial jolt of light in Fenix L1D CE

victor01

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Whenever I turn on my Fenix L1D CE in normal - low sub mode, it gave a short jolt of high intensity light (before quickly returning to low) to which I find irritating. Is there a way to reduce/eliminate this irritating effect allowing me to go straight to low mode without having my eyes blasted? I use Alkaline battery.
 

pipspeak

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Yeah, seems to be a "feature" to destroy any night vision. Some folks are lucky enough to not have this fun feature, but not me.
 

d1337

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Hold the bezel next to your leg or body when you turn it on.
My old L1D-CE has the flash too. I quickly got used to using this technique. I now have a L1D-CE Q5 that doesn't have the flash but I still find myself using this technique out of habit at times.
 

cal..45

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Yeah, seems to be a "feature" to destroy any night vision. Some folks are lucky enough to not have this fun feature, but not me.

unless they build the ultimate flashlight that is as bright as a nuclear blast, I don't see how this could happen, because the initial flash lasts only for a fraction of a second.


regards, holger
 

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I find that the ONLY reason it's annoying to me is simply because I don't understand why it has to happen.
I don't understand what, in the design in the circuitry, prevented them from eliminating the flash.

Other than that from a "dumb engineering" standpoint, the flash doesn't bother me one bit.
Like others, I simply click it on held to my leg and go do my business with no additioanal fuss.
It certainly hasn't stopped me from buying a second L2D-CE/Q5. It's still one of the absolutely best "jack of all trades" flashlights available.
 

deathkenli

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It happened to the P2D CE as well. I have heard the problem is due to low quality components they used for the circuit.

Highly unlikely. How much cost can they save from doing that? I don't think Fenix is that stupid. After all, quality and design are what distinguish Fenix from the huge crowd of Chinese manufacturers.
 

deathkenli

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Well, it's "digitally regulated", maybe it's loading an operating system during that fraction of second...:rolleyes:
 
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