I would pay a couple of dollars extra if I liked the light. But like everyone else why should I pay to disable something I didn't want in the first place. I need never run out of lights with flashing modes, I already own a lot of them.
I was away yesterday at a friend's place and felt the need to take about 12 lights. Two of those did not have flashing modes. The kids liked the strobe modes.
I'm with you. I might pay $5 extra, but not $10. Especially on a budget light where $10 would be a big chunk of the cost of the light. With good mode memory, it isn't quite as bad to have flashy modes. I can get a new driver for $5.
I would pay 10 extra dollars to have a better UI. Strobe shoud show up if you clic it fast may be 3 times (?) for an emergency.. and the SOS and beacon should be hidden before some high med low cycles. And if the high med low are programmables.. much better
Because the cheap manufacturers makes smaller series of those lights and that sometimes results in a higher price.
I'd rather have a torch that I love to use than two that I hate and keep in the drawer because of their blinky modes. After all, I only have so many hands that I can use to wield a torch. We all have different outlooks on things, some people are bothered by blinky modes while some are not.
I voted yes because I hate blinky modes. Though depending on the light, I could probably just swap or mod the driver in order to get rid of the blinky modes. I can do that for less than $10, but whether I would do it or not depends on the light in question and its overall UI. A light with a good 9-15Hz 500lm+ strobe would be nice to have if you really want to annoy someone though
The more I use my various torches, the more I'm coming to realize that perfect for me would be Hi>Lo>Moonlight. I'd pay extra for that, but not $10 for strobe removal. Like it's been stated, that's more than a good driver.
I honestly don't care that much - a lot of flashlights the flashing mode is easy enough to avoid. As for why manufacturers put them in... well, apparently it's quite highly requested by a lot of general users.
I'm not gonna rant all day about it but it's apparent if you've ever done business with chinese ..that tacky gaudy and ignorant is all the rage in china . i think it has to do with a country that hasn't had a pot to piss in and suddenly the bright lights are on ..It's disco time and it's exciting .. ask women anout chinese fashion .. it's pure garbage it's bling bling blong? all fizzle and flash ..To get something done right you have to demand it and demand it and get way up in their faces . if you relax they see it as an opprotunity to cheat steal and cut corners to save 3 cents ..they will ruin a product you can sell for 30$ usd by trying to save 3 cents and turn a good thing into garbage overnight .
they make strobe because they think it's cool ...no one wants it ..NO one .anyone who does has 700million lights to choose from .
Why does a 3 inch AA flashlight have an attack bezel..lets get real here .. someone is not thinking ..at all
Simplest thing to do would be to hide the strobe modes .. or make an easy way to disable them on the driver ..cut the red wire or connect the jumper by moving the connector over onto different pins .. too simple