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I have the Ultrafire UF-T50 6 years ago, it was the earliest flashlight with ramping, it was fun but not really useful. Of course ramping get faster now and more advanced.
And I get BLF GT this year and I don’t use its ramping after playing with it. It is just adjusting output where a few well-spaced levels are enough for most people. Zebralight do it with a lot of levels to suit everyone. Of course some people still complain those level don’t suit them. For these people I think multiple programmable levels will suit them much better and faster than ramping.

I am talking about ramping, not voltage check feature.

I think I judge thing quite objectively and after I used them and think about its speed and purpose. When I use flashlight, I don’t want to ramp and make judgement is the brightness enough. I just click to levels predetermined for example 10, 50, 100% depending on application. Why double click to turbo when you can single click to turbo, it is so comfortable without off and on again due to double click.

Even high power flashlight can have predetermined levels that don’t consume too much battery power nor heat up too fast. I don’t think only ramping can do this.
With thermal regulation, single click to turbo is not a problem, it will drop to suitable output based on temperature, and that will save battery power too.

I want the Vostro BK-FA30S Thanks//Larry

Thanks for your inputs, i will definitely share it with Niwalker. I find predetermined or customizable levels are much more convenient than ramping too.

Actually Niwalker has a potential winner here with the extra switch A and B where they can memorize the level.
I put switch B to Turbo for instant turbo, while switch A is randomly used for different situation.
Switch A and B also act as On/Off switch which is really clever.

I suggest Niwalker stay with the original design and continue this unique feature of Niwalker. But they have to redesign or readjust their parts to make it more consistent. FW might help to improve it but if it is mechanical problem, better solve it mechanically.
Rotary switch is nightmare for modder and not as easy if we compare twisting and clicking. Click button and switch are easy to replace too when they wear out in future.

Another suggestion from me is there is no grip on the head, it is complete smooth. Quite tough to twist the battery tube open to change batteries where the thrower head is so big and smooth. So I grip on the buttons area but quite easy to accidentally switch on flashlight.

If I may ask….have you honestly wore out a switch on any of the lights you own, ever? I doubt it very much haha. :beer:

I didn’t wear out any yet. Maybe because I bought too many lights. :sunglasses:
But my car remote switch on PCB did wear out so I think maybe it can happen to flashlight too.

Come to think about this extra switches on Niwalker, maybe they can make it to remember ramping mode(if Niwalker develop one) if it is just firmware code development and won’t increase their cost much experimenting with it. If it works at the end, predetermined mode and ramping mode can be access easily for different purposes if user program the switches to remember them. I understand why people like ramping mode, it is fun and some people just like to adjust the level to their perfect preference. From the beginning I don’t mean to say ramping is completely useless, what I meant to say was it is overrated when people say it is superior than predetermined level mode and suggest manufacturer to switch to ramping UI.

Hi, please send me details. Thanks!

I just received my BK-FA30S

Thanks!!!

♥ Niwalker GIVEAWAY 2018!!! thread is UP!

I just received my nova 18iii today
thank you freeme

I have a question to ask for nova 18iii. When I entered the SOS mode when press-hold, then did not change to warning flash and beacon

How about single or double click? I do not have a sample with me now. For my VOSTRO, it took less than a second of hold time to switch to other flashing modes.

double click to SOS mode I press-hole but did not change

ok i can get to warning flash and beacon :wink:

Cool, how did you manage to solve it?

I am interested in the vostro and possibly the others!

I see review on youtube

1x BK-FA30S please.

Count me in.