TBH, no particular reason. Things just kinda grew that way. The strobe group was originally just the two strobes. And the blinky group was just battcheck and tempcheck. Beacon seemed like more of a blinky than a strobe, so it went in the blinky group. Generally if I want a light to blink forever like a beacon, I find battcheck is sufficient… but people also seemed to want a dedicated beacon mode, so I put one after tempcheck.
Things could perhaps be moved around a bit now that there are more modes. Do people often want instant access to beacon mode? I got the impression it was something which isn’t used often, so it may be best left in the blinky group where it’s not in the way.
I’ve never had a need for beacon or strobe and would be happy to never have them in any of my lights; perhaps freeing up space for something more useful
I live in South Africa. Come and take a walk in our neighborhoods at night. I’ve used tactical strobes twice in serious situations. If it wasn’t for that I would have been mugged, or even stabbed. If you own a gun for self defense, why keep it locked in a safe? Anyway, not gonna get into politics.
. :person_facepalming: … My gosh, I was just asking. I did not mean to upset you. I will pass on coming there to take a stroll however. There are places around here I don't go for an evening stroll either.
But I understand that completely… who wouldn’t.
I do not keep all my guns locked in my safe either.
No need for politics… not sure what you even mean by that???
Lol! I just said I’m not gonna get into politics. I just wanted to emphasize how important quick access to a proper strobe mode is. And the Anduril strobe is fantastic. The way you can adjust the frequency is awesome and I fined tuned it on some of my friends… Really disorienting. Now it just needs a quick access from on
I use beacon mode to help induce sleep, the adjustable brightness and speed are wonderfully useful for me. I can see a benefit in having it instantly accessible to avoid the brighter modes first but not enough to warrant a code revision, i’m happy with it where it is, i’m happy that it exists at all!
Thanks TK. No, I do not require instant access to beacon, just seemed the logical place to put it in with the other strobe modes. We all compartmentalize differently. I do like watching lightening mode for some reason. Very cool.
I had actually been pretty happy with a 18350 S2 with 219B. This is about the same size and it has a better firmware, I have been very excited for this flashlight for years! I know that the D4 had some firmware issues before and I was looking forward to getting an LH651 flashlight that didn't need to be modded.
I also use mostly AAA lights since its all I need but the small size and the firmware of this light excited me!
