For my mechanical switch lights, I like a simple 5-mode UI, provided the lowest mode is sufficiently low and the mode spacing is good. I don’t care for blinkies.
I still use the OG Convoy 8x7135 Biscotti drivers without thermal protection all the time. Simple, functional and extremely reliable.
sounds good to a newbie i guess
5 modes
party down
whoo hoo
pocket cooking, is not related to the 5 mode issue
I hated them for the inconvenience of the stop-and-use-two-hands-to-twist. My connecting that amounted to a parenthetical thought.
To be clear, I can totally work with a standard five mode—if for no other reason than that they are practical and marketable to non-flashies. I guess they are niftily equipped, some might say. Just ordered some more budget torches with five modes. And it got me thinking.
Hey, I still got (and use) 1-mode on/off lights. Just 7135s, not even a µC.
My GTmicro is usually on momentary mode (ie, 100%) for what I use it for.
Got other lights that are just low-high, usually twisties.
Not all lights need an operating system.
Never were…
The LT1S has a nice interface.
Press and hold for moon.
Click to go to last used mode. Click to go off.
Press and hold to cycle brightness.
Red and 2 red blinkies slightly hidden.
Slightly hidden - turn off 180 degrees of LEDs - this is stored in memory till you turn it off.
Slightly hidden - cycle color Temp.
All the Best,
Jeff
Have you got a link to that mod??
It sound interesting.
TIA 
If I’m in the drawer at all I must be a spoon. Had to look that up.
“parenthetical” that is
Light painting photographers like lights with memorised (constant frequency) strobe modes. Unfortunately these are becoming a rarity.
My Nitecore lights have 5 brightness levels and 3 strobe levels. I never used the strobes and the 5 levels used to be fine for me. Then I got my first Emisar with Anduril 2. Now I’m spoiled, I love a ramping UI. Even the Convoy S2+ lights I’ve built have Crescendo for the firmware because of the ramping. I figure, if I can have a dimmer on every light in the house, why not on my portable lights?
3 mode - low, med, high with memory for me
I think everyone agrees that blinkies shouldn’t be in the main mode group. I find 4 well spaced modes to be best. 3 is too coarse, 5 is too fiddly.
Re: fw3a, either do an oring mod, or you can use the timed auto-lockout in anduril 2. Should save your clothing if that’s been an issue.
i need something with ramping as well as configurable steps like anduril
battery volts gauge is nice
that is what i use most
sometimes the play modes, controllable strobes, lightning
but blinkies in the main section, no
i do not mind just having 5 light levels, that was common for a while, with hidden blinkies
and if the light is really small, i can live with anything pretty much — but still do not like cycling past blinkies
I would be incredibly happy if I could get any and every light with a high efficiency boost driver, thermal and polarity protection, 4 modes, no strobes, and a battcheck.
Anduril is nice, but can get very fiddly if you aren’t used to it. I do love quite a few of the click shortcuts and the near full calibration/settings adjust in the newer revisions though.
Depends - my pocket light is a foursevens mini mk III set to medium and high only. When I use that light I want full power first, and if I need more runtime, I drop it down to medium.
Otherwise, I’ll take the 5 mode. I understand strobe being useful, but SOS should be eliminated - if you’re trying to get attention, there are other ways (hell, if someone is actually looking for you, having light on is enough)
Anything from 1 to 5 modes, but pleeeaaase NO disco!
I only need 3 levels personally. The SOS mode might might be useful on one light I keep in my car, should it slide off a dark desert highway.