Hum, I guess I will have to put some things in perspective here jon_slider
1 - “Anduril is not suitable for AA” - That’s why the team is working on it, to make it suitable for AA batteries (if it becomes feasible technically and technologically). And if this is accomplished, we may be seeing a breakthrough in flashlight “world”, specially emerging from a flashlight forum and a small flashlight company
2 - “Anduril is not suitable for flicker free firefly levels” - Although I am not expert on this, I do believe that the people working on this driver will probably test the driver/FW to avoid that the lowest levels will have flickers, even working with AAs. I think that maybe we will not get extreme moonlight levels, but I’d be ‘happy’ if the lowest levels are close to the ones in the FWxA flashlights or even similar to those in allowed by the Bistro HD OTSM.
3 - “Anduril is full of blinky and clicky stuff that I dont want.” - I may agree with you on this, although having a candle mode could be nice on a AA light
4 - “The Nitecore D10 Piston Drive UI is a ramping UI, like Anduril, but it does not require LiIon, and it does support firefly levels.” - Although it may depend on the model we have, my D10 lowest more on AA battery still produces more light than my Tool AA with Bistro HD OTSM (on 14500), being both levels good Moonlight levels, but not Firefly. Still, both these 2 flashlights produce more light than the Sofirn SP10A on its almost firefly level. A true firefly mode on a AA light can be found on the Reylights (that supports AAs and 14500s).
Sofirn SP10A >>>> Tool AA >>>> Nitecore D10 (all in their lowest possible levels)
This said, I guess some concerns are natural, other are more preferences of course, but there seems to be a long way to go adpating this firmware to AA batteries, and we may be surprised by the end of it :student:
I trust the people involved in this project, and thank them for the time invested in it. I am sure they will get us a good compromise between quality - power - usability - efficiency - looks - price