How low ? How often? How come?

That could be tinnitus.
Various ways to get that.
Clubbing for example.

Same goes for visual. Next time you’re on the bowl (quiet, well-lit, no motion anywhere), rest your head in your hands and keep your whole body as absolutely still as possible, and also focus your eyes on one fixed point (intersection of tiles, etc.), even forcing yourself to do so (your eyes will naturally “jitter” to prevent this effect).

What you’ll see is “white-out”, when the image you’re seeing will be so static that it’ll fade to white. The slightest bit of motion/jitter pulls back the actual image. Kinda like how a T. Rex mainly sees motion, but not static images.

Oh, I’ve had ringing in my ears from exposure to loud sounds, so I know what that sounds like, and can appreciate tinnitus (typically a constant high pitched tone or buzzing), but I’m pretty sure it’s not that.

Oh, and absolutely DO NOT BLINK when trying for white-out. ANY change in the image, even a few “pixels” in any direction, pulls back the static image. You need to make the image as still and unchanging as possible, at least 10sec or more.

I think i have tinnitus, and it’s just noise, full frequency spectrum, but louder in the higher regions.
I used to be a sound guy for DJ’s and also bartender (and technician) in the legendary Blauwe Aanslag basement.
Smoking ‘herbs’, drinking and everything else may have made it worse too… The roaring 20s… :person_facepalming:
Still, my hearing is quite good.
But the background noise is always there…
I’m used to it though.

But back to vision, i may have done some damage with big black light lamps (in that same basement)…
We used to hire a couple of big fat ones for the Goa parties.
Great for the fluo decorations they brought, and everyone (everything) looked weird, of course…
Or maybe it was the stroboscopes for the Tekno parties…

I’m gonna try it some time, what is the minimum but still useful to me.

Can relate to this. :person_facepalming:

My Reylight Pineapple Mini lives on my nightstand.

The Mini is my go to at night and in the morning when I don’t want to disturb my wife and I rarely use more than the .1 lemon moonlight mode (on AAA) when getting dressed for work, etc.

I have many other lights around, but the Mini is used a ton. Was surprised the output is that low, could have guessed it was like 1-3 vs. 0.1

I was playing around with my SC52w, trying to get the locator beacon to function (it’s the older version, prior to the programming change), and gave up. But I must have accidentally changed the L1 to the lowest mode (there are 3 settings). The lowest is so incredibly low… must be that half lumen you speak of. I thought my battery was getting low… but the 4 clicks gave back 2 flashes (1 is lowest charge level). It’s pretty amazing. The only thing I can get to go lower is my old NovaTac 120P.

This thread speaks to me. I’m always on the search for sub-lumen lights. To this end, I have 3 Thrunites on the way. Supposedly the Ti3 goes down to 0.04 lumens but I’ve seen that low lumen ratings (from all brands) are usually inaccurate. My lowest low is probably my Photon Freedom Micros, which can appear even lower for the colored LEDs. Another thing about low modes is they usually have PWM. It’s hard to find a manufacturer that does sub-lumen modes without PWM.

But I don’t usually use the low modes to light things up, though. Like mentioned in the first post, I use them to locate the light, like a glow in the dark that doesn’t need to be charged or a brighter tritium.

I used to use my D4 while walking around the house in the dark, but I always seem to hold the button a little too long when turning on moonlight mode and it goes brighter than I need. Since my Thrunite V6 arrived, I use that on firefly mode and I’m liking it a lot. I think it’s .5 lumen. I get up a least once a night to check on my son, or go to the bathroom. I don’t want to wake my wife or my son so I use the least amount of light as possible. I find that .5 lumens is plenty of light for me. I think most of us are middle of the night P’ers. lol

Used to use sub lumen a lot . As my eyes got older , I went up and up . I now use the MR70 defused side light at its lowest level. ( they rate it at 3 lumens ) . That seems to be working best for me during my nightly trips .

Moonlight is one of my most used modes though in my D4 it’s still too bright for me. Classic don’t-wake-girlfriend light, looking for stuff in my wallet or read texts/signs.

Using Astrolux S1 daily, Moonlight, Low and Medium 1 are my most used modes. Even the TN40S I just received has a Moonlight mode, just a very throwy one :smiley:

My bedside light is the the Astrolux A01 and i mostly used lowest setting at night to navigate around the house. It kind of fascinating that you can barely tell if the flashlight in the lowest mode is on by day but by night, it does make a lot of differences. I tried using the Sofirn C01 lately and it’s a bit too bright. Never thought that i would say a 5 lumens flashlight is too bright :smiley:

Another Astrolux A01 fan here. I wish I’d bought more of them when the BLF special variety was available. The low level is more than enough for nighttime use.

Ooh, look: they’re on sale at Banggood.

same here
My RRT-01 is my favorite EDC, it has an N219b 4500k 9080, my current favorite EDC LED

the low on my RRT-01 is less than on my HDS 0.08, Novatac 0.1, and Olight 0.5
before the RRT-01, my Thrunite Ti3 0.04 had the lowest minimum of any light Ive tried.

the lowest my meter reads is 0.01, the RRT goes much lower

sometimes I use the RRT-01 ultra low, <0.01 as a locator
I prefer the RRT-01 for night peeing,
the HDS, Novatac, and Olight are brighter than necessary
I stopped carrying the Thrunite because the first mode is useless for the majority of the day. It lived on the nightstand until the RRT-01 took over

I use sublumen often, to illuminate keyholes
I LOVE that I can dial down the RRT-01 when I get really close to the lock
I also use sublumen, for the bathroom, and inside the car…

I find the Sofirn C01 3200k low of 7 lumens fine for walking through the house at bedtime, after turning out the house lights, but way too bright when I wake up in the dark

I prefer warm (2000k to 3000k) when fully dark adapted,
4500k for EDC
The only time I prefer above 5000k is during the day, in the sun, looking under the hood of the car

Been using the Peak Eiger. I just twist until I get it where I need it to be,
Sometimes I use the “Red” light on my AceBeam UC15 but it is a bit bright.

I use ultra-low lumens for a few hours a month as a amateur astronomer. I have a JetBeam RRT01 for 98% of that use. I have some nice red filters for it, but rarely use them. While taking notes I use a Victorinox Midnite Manager’s red led and ink pen. Other than the hobby, I have limited needs for ultra low outputs. Most other usage is in the 10-50 lumen range. The RRT01 is very rarely turned to it’s max output.

I used to use <1lm modes a lot a few years back. Mostly when my main brand was Thrunite (I have a TN12 2014, an older T10 with the steel bezel, and a Ti3). Used it a bunch when I worked the 1PM-10PM shift and stayed up until 3 or 4AM at home.

Nowadays, I’ve switched to the 6AM-3PM schedule, so almost my entire day is spent with the sun out. As such, I’ve switched to the 5-ish lumen modes of the Lumintop Tool AA and AAA and the Biscotti Convoys on the 0.1% mode. They’re perfect for most activities in a house at night during a big blackout… such as a rotten tree falling on your power main. Not a fan of those times, food spoiled in the fridge before the system could be fixed.

Oh believe me, if the Ti3 doesn’t nail the 0.04 lumen rating, it comes damn close. It’s easily the dimmest torch I have.

IMO, I personally use the most 1 lumen mode on my Q8. It’s quite low, but still high enough that I can still see clearly in front of me.

However, at level 1 moonlight in the ramping mode, there is a stupid low lumen mode.

I mean it’s so stupidly low that I actually have problems thinking if it’s on or not. It’s probably running at say 1,5mA of current.

I have/had a Yellow Photon Freedom. I found the the mag clip when I moved. I am sure it is somewhere with the neck holder on it.

Thanks for reminding me of that light.