In the simple mode, 3 clicks while on does nothing.
While off:
- 1C: On (mem)
- 1H: On (floor)
- 2C: On (ceiling)
- 2H: Momentary ceiling
- 3C: Battcheck (returns to off after one readout, other blinkies are blocked)
- 4C: Lockout
While on:
- 1C: Off
- 1H: Ramp up (or down, if pressed again)
- 2H: Ramp down
- 2C: Ceiling
- 4C: Lockout
While locked:
- 1H: Momentary moon
- 2H: Momentary low
- 4C: On (mem)
- 4H: On (floor)
- 5C: On (ceiling)
… or to go into advanced mode, it’s 10H from off.
The old muggle mode went from about ~5 lm to ~300 lm. It was really kind of a terrible mode which was only added as an afterthought.
The Simple UI is much more robust, and has actual thermal regulation and stuff, and typically has a much higher limit. The settings are chosen on a per-light basis by the manufacturer though. For example, the LT1 and SP10 both go to full power in simple mode. The D4v2 goes from about ~5 lm to ~2000 lm in simple mode.
If the defaults aren’t what the user wants, it can be reconfigured, but that involves a trip to advanced mode and back. Like, they can set it up so simple mode goes all the way from moon to full turbo if they want, or they can make it do smooth or stepped ramp styles, or they can change the aux LED color, or whatever… but once they go back to simple mode, everything is locked in and can’t be changed. That way, people only have to refer to the manual once, and then they don’t have to worry about changing something by accident later.
One of my favorite new features is not enabled by default, but a lot of people seem to like it… there’s a timer for manual memory, also known as “hybrid memory”. That way, it’ll remember the last-ramped brightness during use, but when it’s off for long enough, it resets to whatever default level the user chose.
I usually set it for about 10 minutes, so if it has been more than a few minutes since I used it, it’ll reset to a consistent and predictable brightness. Basically, if I forget what level the light was at, the light forgets too.