Comment on why does every single flashlight have multiple settings that you have to scroll through?

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Same man, where do these people get their flashlights

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    this guy, always and forever.

    I’m not paid but I love his lights and will shill any time for them. I have a couple and they’ve saved me through so many blackouts. Also if you TURBO MODE at the ceiling, you can use the bounce light for AMAZING cat pix.

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  • electromage@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh boy: intl-outdoor.com, www.killzoneflashlights.com, flashlightgo.com, jlhawaii808.com, www.fenixlighting.com, www.acebeam.com, are some commercial manufacturers and retailers. Some of us that are further gone also trade used ones.

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  • tilefan@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Anker.

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    • lud@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Consider not buying from Anker then.

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• electromage@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You might be in another world, or the 90s perhaps?

  Different settings are useful because modern flashlights use LEDs and get absurdly bright. Dimming them lets the user select an amount of light appropriate to a task, and preserve battery life. If you’re in the dark you’d want to start dim to avoid blinding yourself or annoying others (in a campground for instance). Strobes are good for getting attention.

  Many of my lights use a common firmware called Anduril, which has some other nice features like a simulated candle flicker, or lightning storm (I use this for Halloween). It also allows me to turn it on directly to the lowest or highest settings, otherwise it defaults to the last level I used. There’s even an auto-shutoff feature which is nice for a night light.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Man I WISH I was in the 90s. Our biggest political scandal was that the president was getting laid.

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