I’m grooving on my Astrolux EC01 right now. USB-C recharge, and muggle mode. Not as floody as a D4SV2, but definitely not a thrower, either. Available in 5000K.
I only paid $26 for my last order, so you might look around here for a coupon code.
Ah, I missed that part for some reason. That makes it a bit harder. You could give the Olight S2R ii a shot, but I can’t speak to how floody
it is. I recall my old S1A being relatively floody. It’ll blow your budget, though…
Not exactly what you asked for, but you might look up “https://www.bestpathlight.com/”
3xAAA motion sensor light that attaches to canes, illuminates while in motion.
Three 5mm blue-white LEDs, plus some status LEDs on a control panel.
Might be moddable. I’m looking at one for an elderly neighbor.
I would also say that the Wowtac A6 or A7 (more throw) are good muggle flashlights. However the NW versions are not out yet. It does appear that they are coming.
And I have thought about what you’ve said varbos about not going with a cheap Chinese light. Something like a Olight Seeker would be perfect. I’ve got one. But I’m not getting mom a $150 flashlight.
The Sofirn and Wowtac look really good for them. I’ll probably wait to for the warm or NW A6 to become available. It seems like the more simple UI.
But maybe it is best to just grab a Coast AAA or the Duracell from Costco for them.
Fairly lightweight, can take 3×AA-to-D adapters (which I’m using now) just fine, rubberised tube, simple Mag-style clicky switch on the side.
Nomem, always defaults to high, but also has low and strobe. Click on/off, don’t even mention the modes. I even forgot they were there, as I never use ’em (half-clicks).
Uses a hateful little XP-G3, so slap on some diffusion film and you get a wonderful floody blurred beam with not even a hint of fried-egg.
Me, I went whole hawg and replaced the plastic(!) front “glass” with actual glass, and put the diffusion film on the inside, but if you get the sticky kind, you can leave the light as-is and slap the film on the front. Makes it removable in a pinch.
So it’ll take common-as-dirt D-cells which’ll last quite a while (light doesn’t draw that much), and they’re easy to replace, if they’ve been using a D-cell light anyway.
Or a plain ol’ Maglite, but they’re a bit heavier than the Luxpro. And then you could go from spot to flood, as long as you don’t mind the Dark Doughnut Hole Of Death when widened to flood.