This is a precision complex electromechanical device, quite different from e.g a Convoy host. Tail E-switch, driver and body are an integrated design. I’m not sure what a host would look like or contain, or who would have the skills to configure one. Best to buy it complete (at the very reasonable price) then change the LEDs and flash the driver yourself, if it doesn’t suit you as-is.
Potentially it is 3/4 of a Q8, with latest driver and firmware updates, in a tiny (rather hot) package. I think it could be great.
I’m not sure it is suited as a warm candle mode light, there may be better/simpler/cheaper ways of doing that
I’m hoping there will be an option to add a diffuser, actually, to make it useful as a candle and a traffic wand. I haven’t found an off-the-shelf diffuser which works well on it though, so it might need to be custom.
I like the voting system you used, but i always feel guilty casting my vote - I have an opinion, but it’s not a particularly strong one, and it definitely wouldn’t affect my buying decision.
Unrelated, but are there any drivers that can run your UIs and don’t rely on a FET? I would love a TK/TA boost driver I could toss in my lights.
There doesn’t have to be a FET. For example, Mtn’s Moonlight Special driver can run FET+1 firmware even though it has no FET. Instead it has 7x350mA on one channel and 1x350mA on the other (or maybe it uses 380mA chips, I forget).
Yes, they seem to gather outside elevators, frantically pushing the already lit button. They are also noticeable in traffic jams, apparently trying to get messages through to each other via morse code in some secret language.
I doubt it, it seems to me that the main current path through the outer tube will be maintained even when unscrewed a little. All that would be locked out would be the connection to the tail e-switch via the inner co-axial tube, preventing it from functioning.
