【convoy】H4 and B35AM options are updated

3% of 10 Watts is 0.3 Watt.
How can that be “much too high”, even in a tent at night?
BTW, i use my lights the most when i’m in rural France, so i know what darkness is.
Besides, when you only have 3 or 4 modes, you basically sacrifice a usable mode when you add a moon mode to it.

But either way, inside a tent, it is preferable to have a wide flood light (like a light bulb) hanging from the ceiling, but that is not always possible.
In a tent a normal reflector light is far from ideal.

I was actually wondering if we were used to different levels of darkness. It is something a lot of people who have access to low population density areas take for granted. Seeing the Milky Way plastered across the sky on a dark night is amazing. But it sounds like we just are accustomed to different methods.

To be fair, we always got by before any flashlights had moonlight mode by blocking the lens with a thumb at night. It was not that big of a deal, but now with the luxury of <2 lumen modes we don’t have to. Now the brightest things I see in camp are overpowered 5mm red LEDs on cheap plastic headlamps. I am only one data point, but I wouldn’t buy a 1000 lumen light that didn’t have the 0.1% mode any more due to the way we use flashlights in the wilderness.

I don’t care about mode memory myself — there are pros and cons — but predictability of modes is important to some people. It would be nice if it was possible to cut a trace on the circuit board to disable the memory.

Okay, i see your point about camping etcetera.
But i have other lights low level usage.
In a tent it’s always a little difficult though.
You need one hand to lean on, and the other hand to move stuff around.
No flat surfaces to tailstand a flashlight on…
Yes, a headlamp would be okay, or a single AAA light you can hold in your mouth, but some wide flood light hanging from the ceiling would be better.

As for memory, well, opinions vary.
I hardly ever switch off in the highest mode anyway.
But when i switch it on, i don’t want a moon mode to skip through.

Aaaaanyway… This is the Convoy thread…
I decided to comment because i decided to buy some drivers from Simon, but most of them are missing a low or mid mode, jumping to or from 10 times the brightness to the next mode…
That just sucks i.m.h.o.
But apparently the solution will be complicated firmware that takes ours to configure…
I don’t know, maybe it’s me…

I bet people would be happy with another mode and finer spacing. I only object to the removal of the lowest mode because that would be removing a feature.

Also when backpacking/bikepacking in groups of 3 or more not many of us bring an extra light. Redundancy comes from the group size.

I got a Cometa that runs bistro/biscotti/baguette/whatever, and all this crap is selectable. Moonlight on/off, hml/lmh, mem/nomem, buncha modegroups, etc.

Can’t just dump that UI on the driver’s µC?

+1.

18650 convoy C2+ with same body slightly bigger head diameter, with TIR.

I think you should bring an extra AA or AAA light.
I definitely would.
Just in case the larger one fails and for low level lighting (like in a tent)
It’s not as if an AA or AAA light congests your backpack or adds significant weight.

Yeah, i’ve been thinking about that, and thus getting some reflashing gear.
It seems it’s the only way to get a normal UI…

IMHO a flashlight / torch should have 2 modes.
0% (off) and 100%.
Anything else is a solution looking for a problem.

Quite funny! :-D

First of all we call that single mode. We do not count “power off” as a mode, that is absurd. Absurd as some chinese cheap flashlight ads where they count “zoom in” and “zoom out” as modes.

Once you get used to having a handful of output intensity levels, it's all good.

One mode would be unpractical if the flashlight has lot of power. Quick overheating, unpractical in short distances, generally unpractical. I think Convoy makes good UI, simple 4 modes is enough for me. Sure, it could have ability to turn mode memory on or off, or have 2 groups of modes, one 20% 100% and the other one more EDC.

Guys, (and TK) what do you think about 3xXHP70.2 in Convoy 4X18A? It has a quite big head, and only one XHP seems too little for me. Do you think 3 would be better, worth trying?

A triple reflector is much less deep, so you’re left with a lot of unused space in the head.
Besides, you’ll lose all throw because of the small reflectors, but i know it can be fun.
But a dedicated design would be better, but you can get that from other brands already.

This can be an interesting flashlight for close range. Or 4xXHP50.2 (4000K), then will throw a little more.

10–30–50–70100% It would be ideal for those who use cycling …

Will you use biscotti in your 20 and 22mm drivers too? (6A)

Yes, less throw, but much more lumens. There is already S12 with 3x led, and I like it’s beam pattern and throw. I know there is SST20, but… More lumens with less throw would be nice. And funny.

yes ,after China spring festival

Simon, will the upcoming biscotti in 22 mm driver work with nichia? I have the S12, nichia-5700k. It’d be great if this will work with it.

yes, suitable