I remember way back hearing about flashlights hiding the blinkie modes so they're still available but not getting in the way during ordinary use. I thought that sounded like a great way to keep both sides happy in the great rift over disco modes. But the D25LC2 is the first light I've actually bought with that feature, and I have to ask -- what in the world were they thinking? The modes aren't kept the slightest bit out of the way: the way the D25LC2 works is the modes cycle
low - medium - high - low - medium - high - SEVEN disco modes - repeat
with no timer involved.
If you're only concerned with the use case of turning the light on and accessing brightness mode x the above is adequate (as is the traditional way without repeating the low-med-high sequence). But if you like to switch brightness modes while using the light this does nothing to help. The first time you cycle through it's vaguely convenient, then you continue your walk or whatever. Several minutes later you switch modes again and this time you're hitting the disco modes. IMO it should be a timed feature, eg you should have to cycle low-med-high-low-med-high within a second or two to hit the disco modes. The way they've done it on the D25LC2 was quite a surprise to me and seems mostly useless.
What do the rest of you think? Do you like the feature implemented that way? What about the various other lights that hide the blinkie modes? I expect there are lots I've never heard of; do the others do it the same way too?
low - medium - high - low - medium - high - SEVEN disco modes - repeat
with no timer involved.
If you're only concerned with the use case of turning the light on and accessing brightness mode x the above is adequate (as is the traditional way without repeating the low-med-high sequence). But if you like to switch brightness modes while using the light this does nothing to help. The first time you cycle through it's vaguely convenient, then you continue your walk or whatever. Several minutes later you switch modes again and this time you're hitting the disco modes. IMO it should be a timed feature, eg you should have to cycle low-med-high-low-med-high within a second or two to hit the disco modes. The way they've done it on the D25LC2 was quite a surprise to me and seems mostly useless.
What do the rest of you think? Do you like the feature implemented that way? What about the various other lights that hide the blinkie modes? I expect there are lots I've never heard of; do the others do it the same way too?
