Y’know, just thinking. All deference to the SC31 aside, sometimes there needs to be an idiot-light. People loved the hotwire Maglite because it was twist-on, twist off, twist to flood, twist to spot. Period. One brightness, one control, yet built like a tank.
My first “mod” was to drop a Magbulb into a Taskforce 2×AA light. Rubberised all over, thick enough to fit C cells so nice’n’grippy, simple stoopit on/off like for any hotwire bulb. Toss the retaining cap, shave the reflector-hole ever so slightly to press-fit the Magbulb, done.
Decent brightness overall, 4× the runtime compared to before, constant brightness and color throughout. Perfect for the muggle.
So we need something like an S2+ with, again, a simple on/off. 1 mode. Gee, maybe a twisty, just like the venerable Mag, only fullsize, not like a Jet-I/-II or any AAA light. Like maybe an S2+ but without a tailswitch, just a cap. Use TCLO as a twisty function. Throw in a moderate-width TIR to compromise between flood and throw. Say, 600lm-700lm.
Make it like the River Rock I have which use 2 C cells. Decent runtime, doesn’t stress the cells, decent brightness.
Wanna go crazy?, give it a rubber sleeve like those LuxPros I got. Maybe all over, not just the grip. Dial down the output if heat becomes an issue.
So… 2×C, rubberised, twisty, maybe 500lm, 1 mode.
Who’s in?