Yeah, NOTA for me, too.
Sadly, that’s why MLH-with-nomem is so popular with The Muggle. I got used to M on my (Xeno) E03, and rarely bap the switch for L or H, so I treat it like a 1-mode light. Also why I never got any otherwise nice-looking OnTheRoad lights.
Lights which default to H, eg, my big honkin’ Tacklife, heavily diffused, I also treat it like a 1-mode light, even when I don’t need full blast. I just can’t get all worked up to hit the switch a 2nd or 3rd time. :weary:
As for The Muggle, I’d also push the magring selector like the Sofirn diving lights, even though parasitic drain can kill the cell if not “maintained” by The Muggle, so for that I’d also have to DQ any light with too much parasitic drain.
The SP10 I gave to my gf, she “presets” to M or so, so that she can just click it on/off and have usable light that’s neither too dim nor too bright.
I think she’s okay with her Cometa, but forgot if I left memory on or turned it off.
With one major caveat, one of the best lights for The Muggle is probably this 4×AAA LuxPro light, heavily diffused. Really nice soft-touch tailswitch, driver-in-tail so it’s just one switch which will take you to your desired level within like 4 clicks. Defaults to H, so it’s as simple as click-on/click-off, only cycles if subsequent clicks are within N seconds of being turned on.
Would take a 21700, but I’d need to add a tall spring to the driver first. Protected cell with built-in usb charger would make it perfect for The Muggle without having to worry about an alkaleak crapping the bed in an impossible-to-get carrier.
If you configure the Hell out of it, the SC31pro would be great for The Muggle. Turn mem on/off, set manual mem, whatever it takes, to kinda dumb it down but still let it be used in non-lobotomised form.
In short, it’s not so simple. And that’s why 2×AA Maglites are still incredibly popular.