This is one of the main use cases that brings me to the flashlight community in the first place.
I’m sick and tired of bike lights that have such opinionated modes.
I’m hoping to find good devices that work well as a bike headlight (considering mounting options as well as all the light characteristics), helmet light, and tail light, while also being useful for general purpose applications.
I can’t count the times my bike headlights have been pressed into service as flashlights, and I can’t count the times I’ve been embarrassed as my flashlight goes into lightning strobe mode or some crazy thing. That’s a feature that literally no one has ever asked for, right?
They didn’t even think about the price This is just an “Interest check”. So feel free to say “Yes” it will help Lux and Sofirn to start taking the project to the next level and maybe even lower the average cost/price per piece.
1.) Because SP10R will be a (slightly) improved SP10S using another LED. Sofirn is still in development of a driver capable of running Andúril and providing dual chemistry support (1.2-1.5V / 3.2-3.7V). Andúril cannot be used on lights using 1.2-1.5V batteries yet. Eventually, SP10R could be delayed.
2.) For reasons of costs as developing another AA/14500 driver running with Andúril would allocate a lot of Sofirn‘s resources and may have an impact on SP10R‘s sales price.
3.) As much as I like Andúril, for now the UI of SP10R is meant to be kept very simple to reach a broad customer base buying a small (deep red) keychain light. That’s why we also decided to refrain from using any strobe modes in SP10R.