I like beacon mode. I clip a light on beacon mode to my pants or backpack, facing down, to make sure cars are aware I’m there when walking along dark roads.
Beacon blinks slow enough to not annoy drivers or myself. And having it point downwards doesn’t blind the drivers.
Too many people stoned, drunk or spaced out on any one of the crazy drugs so many people are on today for me to be out walking along dark roads.
If they can drive the wrong way on an Interstate ramp and then continue on the highway oblivious to the fact (until the collision)….I don’t think I could put much faith in a blinking light.
Just me.
ymmv.
Hate strobe modes on all lights. The beacon or SOS aren’t so bad. If I was an avid hiker, hiking in out of the way places, a flashlight with these modes might make more sense. I can’t see a strobe making any sense for anyone other than maybe law enforcement.
I hate SOS and see no purpose to it even as a hidden mode - if I wanna do emergency signaling, I’ll wave a strobing light around.
As for blinky modes in the normal operation… I already get peeved by the single blinky of the stock Convoy firmware, let alone constantly-blinking ones (really wish the stock nanjg105 didn’t come with that irritating “choice”, or that I’d bought my S2 and C8 from Simon so I could have picked only the 3 modes if not Biscotti outright).
I should also point out that someone who is extremely drunk or stoned may actually target fixate on a light and hit you. Would help with anyone sober who isn’t fixated on their cell phone, though.
No, this should be a thread showing peoples true feelings towards it so maybe manufactures will actually understand that we don’t want blinky modes anymore.
Having been stranded without way to signal on a large body of water with 2 diabetic children without their insulin and testing equipment for a whole night, I want a true SOS available if the light lacks an ability to manually signal via a reliable switch. Likely, I will never need it, but its good to have it available.
I use strobe regularly on my property (wooded with no area lighting or neighbor in sight). It really helps warn off critters and such before I let my dogs out.
I personally find it more useful than strobe mode, not that I need to ever use either of them.
TBH sos can just be done manually too if really necessary.
Same here! I love it! I’ve never used it, hopefully never have to. But I like it to know it’s there just in case. Of course you can sos manually, but for how long if you’re bleeding badly.
Yes, all these disco modes must be well hidden. I also like fast and slow beacon…