Do you really think so? It only adds 5mm in length and 3mm in width and consequently a couple of grams.
I wonder if it makes enough difference for it to be beyond pocket carry-able. Maybe due to the weight increase, though.
But then again, come to think of it, i haven’t got a 21700 light yet… :person_facepalming:
Good excuse to get one !
I wonder if it will be as cute in a short version as short headed triple and quad lights.
But there are apparently 20350 batteries out there already (iJoy).
To me it doesn’t matter too much if it’s 18650 or 21700.
But, the difference between 3500 and 5000 mAh is considerable.
5000 is 42% more than 3500.
I’m mainly looking forward to the “volume knob” dimming of this light.
That would be awesome.
It’ll probably be the biggest challenge to get it to work properly, evenly and logarithmically.
With a short movement slider you can suffice with 1 single Hall sensor, but if you want to spread the dimming over a (let’s say, at least) 120° rotation, you’ll probably need 2 or 3 Hall sensors and some clever electronics and / or firmware to translate that to intuitively expected brightness levels, on a logarithmic scale.
In fact, i think it would be wise if someone already started experimenting with this.
I’m thinking of attention-getting lighting for use in pedestrian crosswalks where I now find strobe most useful.
But that illuminated cane I found uses those pathetic little 12v cells, not a robust rechargeable battery.
Including as an option something like the clips that attach flashlights to bicycle handlebars would be helpful to people using walkers or canes who would otherwise have their hands full carrying anything besides the flashlight.
Reading the reviews, that has a lot of useful features. Turns on when moved, turns off after brief timeout when not moving, turns the light off when entering an illuminated area like indoors or under streetlights. 3xAAA, the usual blue-white. $20.
Same here.
BTW, I don’t feel the need to limit output of a muggle light except for children lights (before a child is trained to not shine at other people) and extremely powerful lights. I’d rather give them 1500 lm lights than 500 lm ones.
I agree with that for flashoholics and some of my friends, but most people I know would get worried about how hot the light can get, and after that are surprised that the light starts dimming (“is it broke?”), assuming thermal regulation at these power levels, while in the course of the discussions in this thread I’m more and more convinced that this build should be a no-manual flashlight without surprises.
I’m interested in three as long as it turns out to be kid friendly which means not enough lumens to hurt the eyes. If we want to grow the flashaholic community, you gotta get ’em early. I like the ring control too. Clix aren’t for kids.
I’m in for a couple. Very interesting and fills a need for many. In addition to the grandma’s of the world, I feel like this is aimed at young budding flashoholics who love Dad’s (or Mom’s) lights, just that none are child friendly.
Well done djozz, looking forward to more information as it becomes available.
I’m afraid that there is nothing yet but specifications. On request of Barry yesterday I made a first structural drawing of how this light could be built and sent it to him. At a later stage I may post the drawing but I must first get the comments of this design back from Sofirn’s engineers, discussing something that will not happen anyway is not so useful.
