I wouldn’t buy either light. 3lm is useless to me, and I have no use for what would effectively be a single-mode 100lm light either.
It’s unfortunate, because I was looking forward to this light, but I need an LMH sequence along the lines of 15, 40, 100lm. I’d be fine with moonlight, 3, 15, 40, 100lm too, though - I don’t mind skipping to the mode I want.
It means I would buy any of them if they were available on Amazon.
I hate waiting for Alibaba.
Why they can’t list even the old ones on Amazon vexes me.
i have never seen what i want: even log-spaced levels
.3 1 3 10 30 100 300 1000 lumens
with a FAST way to switch them [like half taps go up]
and a way to go back {longer tap}
and no memory
and after 1000 lumens it starts back at .3
This is a 1xAAA twisty. It won’t get very bright, and it’s not very easy to “tap” for variable amounts of time like a reverse-clicky button, so it’s probably best to stick to only short and long intervals instead of short/med/long.
About log-spaced levels, that’s one of the options in the ramp calculator, but it’s not the default or recommended setting. Most research suggests a cube-root model instead of log. Here are a few “evenly spaced” ramps, using different curve types:
IIRC, the blf-a6 used a cube-shaped ramp. On some newer lights with higher output, I’ve used a fifth or even a ninth, in order to put the lower modes closer together at the expense of high-end resolution. I don’t think I’ve ever actually used log in a production light though, because it tends to cluster the low end together a little too much.
The “pro” was already planned before the C01. When I asked Barry/Sofirn if they would make our Yuji 5mm twisty, they were directly interested because a small AAA twisty was already planned by Sofirn, just not one with a low output 5mm led. Still it was pretty awesome that they went for it . So the C01S is the type that they originally wanted to make. I did advice on how they could set it apart from other AAA twisties (especially the cheap and very high quality Olight i3s and i3e), so that is why it has modes and a high CRI SST-20 led. And the Noir-tail of course