What features are you looking for in future lights? What would you like to see more of?

  • Wavien collars
  • Double-action switches (differentiating between weak and strong press)
  • Zooming LEP
  • Type C, USB-PD powerbank integrated with flashlight

Adjust / upload firmware wireless

Ooooh this has turned up to be interesting - I did think about adding more options, but though t it would be too much. Keep the ideas coming in here though hopefully now and again a flashlight manufacturer will look in! :slight_smile:

Integration in my hue home lighting. Aux lights signaling when the motion detectors in my garden detect something.

The best flashlight is spoiled if one dislikes using it. So, I’d like to see more lights with a good UI.

Direct to moon, direct to turbo, moon and turbo not in regular mode set, low follows moon. Sounds like Olight. Even better is a MCR. And that’s my answer: I want to see all sorts of lights equipped with a MCR. The lesser the additional space used for it the better.

More GITD options. I’d like to see “faux trits”, tiny tubular LED’s installed like trits. Of course, it would mean a path through the body for the wiring but as long as it’s potted that should be fine. Mini LCD display. So many variations are out now. I think they should be able to come up with a better symbolic lexicon to minimize letters. Remove language from the equation, just numbers & symbols. Battery voltage, estimated mAh, temperature, setting indicators, charging indicators, low batt…

Magnetic card reader?

Might be a bit cumbersome, though. Swipe for turbo?

I like to carry minimal tools when in the arcade,but one thing I could use (and pondered on making) is a light with a decent screwdriver in the tail.
I did find a cheapie one somewhere I was gonna ‘frankenstein’ into one (the driver bit) but it went by the by lol, The bits were too small really - but I think a regular bit would fit in the middle.
Somewhere I saw a photo showing the smaller driver bit holder, fitting into a larger regular sized one below it.

Yes, parental control. No?

Or maybe I’d like a magnetic control ring.

Aha, okay.

Kinda big for an EDC, but Sofirn/Wurkkos have a few magring lights. Discrete steps, though, not continuously variable.

The DV-S9, also kinda big, has a magslider which is continuously variable.

Discontinued, but price was not even $17 :open_mouth:

Thanks for showing.

Huh… whaddya know.

Good thing I grabbed 3 of ’em when I had the chance. :stuck_out_tongue:

FT had ’em for 17 and change, same with GB.

BG had a goggle entry then plays dumb and makes like it doesn’t exist when you click on it.

I’ve been saying for a decade that I’d both personally enjoy and could use at work, a NC D11.2 using an 18650 and putting out 500 sustainable lumens of punchy” flood.

Not having that, I voted for Aux LEDs, mainly due to really enjoying them on the Emisar KR4 I’ve had for about a dozen days now. The Aux LEDs are not just pretty and enjoyable, I’m finding them practical as well.

I would like to see Anduril support NiMH and an easier way to keep all my lights (firmware) up-to-date; maybe via USB-C?!

I prefer a ‘regular’ no frills light. But it must be Hicri, with true IPX8 and works with button flat cell.
Unfortunately such lights are much more rare than frills light)

OLED display which can display the output, time remaining, colour temperature.

I think a simple OLED display could do wonders for a flashlight. Telling you the current mode/output level, temperature, and remaining battery would be great! Estimated runtime at current load would be interesting to have too.

I’d like to see a BLF light similar to an Olight S-Mini/S2 or ZebraLight SC64… pretty much as small as possible for a 1x18650 / 1x18350 light with a single LED and an e-switch. The focus would be on ergonomics and quality, like making it easy to carry and produce a neutral untinted white beam which isn’t too floody or too throwy. Output would probably range from about 0.1 lm to 1000 lm or so, though I expect it would probably only be able to sustain 300 or 400 without getting hot.

Of course, I’d want it to have an easy way to reflash firmware too.

Some sort of charging might be nice, though it isn’t necessary. Perhaps also a LED in the button capable of indicating charge level.

Overall though, designed to be nice but not very complicated.

TK, isn’t Lumintop EDC18 pretty much it?

Ideas from someone who likes having the ability for configuration; but then has choice-paralysis.
One of the reasons I stick with iPhone, even though I like the open nature of Android!


Getting OCD about extensively tailoring something to one's own desire, only to replace the item or carry something else every few days is just too time-consuming now. For example on cell phones (the industry in which I work); flashing new roms, rooting, customising, settings, widgets, layout, apps, icon packs, fonts, etc. Only to then have a new firmware available after a couple of days. Then starting all over again because it needs to be the latest and greatest. Plus swapping physical phones all the time for work and having something completely different to setup again.

This is one of the reasons why an 'Out the box' / 'Off the shelf' experience is so important to me now. With easy customisation possible where required, but not overly complex or overwhelming amount of selections.

I love the wonderful capabilities of Anduril, NarsilM, and others - and worship the great efforts of ToyKeeper, Tom E and other developers who manage fitting all that into what is effectively 'legacy' hardware. The form-factors and components haven't really evolved greatly whilst the firmware capability has leapt.

Between all the various versions, settings, configurations in just Narsil, Bistro & Anduril, plus juggling all the other niche, budget and designer flashlights with their own UIs, it's becoming impossible to figure everything out without carrying CRX or Joechina's guides. And I consider myself a techy, flashaholic with a good memory! I'll even admit that many of the more advanced UIs I frequently end up resorting to a Reset after fiddling, just to make sure I haven't left it in some ridiculous mode or advanced setting!

So with all that said, here is what I'd like to see personally:

  • Configuration capability away from the light itself. Similar to the apps that compliment some Casio G-shock/Edifice wristwatches:
    • You can connect with Bluetooth - or to reduce expense just have a data connection via the same USB connector.
    • Have a nice GUI interface to selects various options and configurations. (Opensource, crossplatform)
    • Save and load saved settings and shared configs/templates (users/devs can share on forum!).
  • Still have all/most configurations possible locally on light if desired (as per current single button clicks); but can lock that capability from app - for muggles or when not wanting accidental 'config' changes when handing light.
  • Option to leave button presses for 'Modes' and brightness levels only. (No config, changing between ramping/stepped, or selecting of groups.)
  • Ability to flash firmware and update via same standardised connection. Requires USB data connection to driver.
  • Waterproof USB connectors. Get rid of rubber-bungs! Same method as iPhone and many Android connectors remaining open yet water-resistant.

Thoughts?...