Aha, so you were the one to point us to those Boruits. I knew you sounded familiar.
Damn you, I ended up getting 4 of ’em. Not all for me, but…
No memory on this critter, though? Man, that’d drive me buggy if I had to ride the side-clicky every time I turned on the light to get to the brightness I’d want. Even the Boruits remember the brightness setting…
But seriously, 12bux for this (questionable quality, lousy UI), vs 15bux for a DV-S9 (thing of beauty)? No brainer…
Probably should’ve posted this reply here rather than in the other thread, but why not, I’ll just c&p…
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No offense to anyone who likes this light, but I think for ~15bux the UltraFire DV-S9 kicks its ass.
Diving light, magnetic switch (slider), you set the brightness like a wall-mounted dimmer switch to whatever brightness you want. As in instantly, no ramping up/down or anything. Want “turbo”, slide it all the way. Want almost-moonlight, just give it a small nudge. Damn, I love that…
It takes a 26650 (comes with a sleeve to take an 18650), is a rather beautiful deep indigo color, and is waterproof (being a diving light, well, duh).
I’m still waiting for my second one, as I liked the first so much I had to get a spare.
As for this unnamed critter, it sounds really nice and I’d probably get 1/more if (going on what other people said here):
• NO STROBE (like seriously, why does every light have to have that accursed mode?!?)
• brightness memory
but the really nice options are:
• built-in charger (just in case)
• red/green indicator
so I’d be tempted, but…