Hi everybody,
I would like to ask you, what would be in your opinion the perfect User Interface (UI) for a multi-level-LED-flashlight? Please discribe also where or how you would use this light and why you think, this would be the perfect UI!
I will start:
As a LEO, I would use a tactical light on duty. There I would like to have:
2 modes:
Tactical Mode (TM) and General Mode (GM).
Tactical Mode: max. brightness - strobe
General Mode: low - mid - high - rescue beacon
To change between the modes:
You would have to turn a switch (i.e. like Fenix (turn the bezel), like SF Optimus/Invictus (turn selectorring) or like Gladius / Inforce (turn selectorring at tailcap) - I would preferre the last one).
The UI:
For tactical applications, my light would need a momentary on/off as well as constant on. So, for the UI to operate, the light would need to distinguish between press and click and if the light is on or off.
Light is off:
press: momentary on (release press and light is off)
click: constant on (in first stage of selected mode)
Light is on:
press: change to next stage (so you can circle through all the stages of the selected mode)
click: light is off
Why would I preferre such an UI?
Simply because it is simple! I would not need a memory mode, because I would always know, in witch mode it goes on, if needed (max. brightness on TM or low on GM). I would have momentary on instantly, constant on is just a click away and if I need the strobe, it is just a press away. That is easy to memorise, easy to handle and - most of all - secure in stress-situations.
That would be the perfect UI for me! But I did not find a light with this UI! I kown, there are several good (like the Gladius and - as it seems - the new Inova Inforce or the Fenix P3D I am actually using), but nothing to really satisfy me!
So let's see you "perfect UI"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stephan
I would like to ask you, what would be in your opinion the perfect User Interface (UI) for a multi-level-LED-flashlight? Please discribe also where or how you would use this light and why you think, this would be the perfect UI!
I will start:
As a LEO, I would use a tactical light on duty. There I would like to have:
2 modes:
Tactical Mode (TM) and General Mode (GM).
Tactical Mode: max. brightness - strobe
General Mode: low - mid - high - rescue beacon
To change between the modes:
You would have to turn a switch (i.e. like Fenix (turn the bezel), like SF Optimus/Invictus (turn selectorring) or like Gladius / Inforce (turn selectorring at tailcap) - I would preferre the last one).
The UI:
For tactical applications, my light would need a momentary on/off as well as constant on. So, for the UI to operate, the light would need to distinguish between press and click and if the light is on or off.
Light is off:
press: momentary on (release press and light is off)
click: constant on (in first stage of selected mode)
Light is on:
press: change to next stage (so you can circle through all the stages of the selected mode)
click: light is off
Why would I preferre such an UI?
Simply because it is simple! I would not need a memory mode, because I would always know, in witch mode it goes on, if needed (max. brightness on TM or low on GM). I would have momentary on instantly, constant on is just a click away and if I need the strobe, it is just a press away. That is easy to memorise, easy to handle and - most of all - secure in stress-situations.
That would be the perfect UI for me! But I did not find a light with this UI! I kown, there are several good (like the Gladius and - as it seems - the new Inova Inforce or the Fenix P3D I am actually using), but nothing to really satisfy me!
So let's see you "perfect UI"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stephan