Poll: would you consider getting a Noctigon Meteor M43 with a simple UI?

LED Flashlights ā€“ General Info 18650 Flashlights
17

Oh, I think I misread blue8llz UI. I am a person that likes to Click to change modes, rather than holding the switch.

I actually like having a Clicky at the back for complete power off, and side switch for switching between modes. (but that wont work with the meteor)
Double click to Turbo, Long press to Low. normal click to cycle through modes.

But if its only a side switch:

from off: click= last memorized mode

from off: double click = Max

from off: long press = Moon

when on: click= cycle through modes

when on: double click = Max

when on: long press = mmmmmm off maybe.

18

Long press to turn off.. is a turn off for me. Absolute deal breaker.

19

Iā€™d love to put my code on this light. I looked into what it would take though, and thereā€™s an awful lot of twisty assembly code with comments only in Russian. And its author warns against anyone modding it because it apparently ā€œfails openā€, meaning code bugs could cause explosions. :frowning:

But if I could, Iā€™d like to run an improved version of my ramping UI on it.
While off:

  • Single short press turns light on in last-used mode.
  • Double click goes to turbo.
  • Long press turns light on in lowest mode. Keep holding for a few seconds to enter or leave lock-out mode.

While on:

  • Single short press turns light off.
  • Double click goes to (or from) turbo.
  • Press-and-hold ramps smoothly and pretty quickly until button is released. Release and press again within a second or so to reverse and ramp the other way.

ā€¦ and probably some extras, like for triple click.

20

Will this be a reality or we just dreaminā€¦?

21

Still dreaming.

22

This would be the perfect UI and should be in every electronic-switched light I use. :wink:

23

Considering the price of this fl. I would say that sale is going quite slow or, nobody is asking about the fl. itselfā€¦

24

Maybe time to produce a brother/sister of this meteor....

25

Itā€™s a nice light but the problem is that manufacturing small quantities of high quality product will always be expensive, that custom made noctigon MCPCB is not cheap for sure, more stock parts you use cheaper it getsā€¦

26

Well originally it was going to just be a single run of 300 flashlights. But word recently came out from RMM that Hank has a second run in process that should be out in a couple weeks. This new run also contains the new tan body.

27

Sounds like a familiar UI, and also my favorite

28

Ok so now that I have a Zebralight, itā€™s very similar in its layout. The Zebralight is fairly straightforward, but Iā€™m also not a big fan of the quick press instant turbo. That said, itā€™s still a nice light. I like the meteor, but it isnā€™t the UI thatā€™s keeping me from buying it. I can live with it. Itā€™s really the price. Not that it isnā€™t a great value.

29

maybe if enough people vote , there could be a possibility that a more simplier meteor ui will actually get produced.
so far there is 31 people that they will consider buying itā€¦ā€¦im sure there will be alot more if it really became a reality. not everyone posts here.

30

With a ZL UI and XPL HIā€™s Iā€™d buy one for sure. The UI has put me off the whole time

31

If I understand correctly, the M43 driver doesnā€™t actually make true smooth ramping possible. It sounds like it has several different power channels at different levels, and distinct visual differences when it changes the channel. I think. Iā€™m not sure I understood everything with the browser auto-translating from a language I donā€™t speak.

Anyway, it sounded like the ramps between levels arenā€™t actually usable as regular output levels, due to hardware limitations. The earlier versions seem to have a fair amount of discussion about hiding this limitation, minimizing the visual glitches between levels, etc. So a true ramping UI might not be feasible without driver hardware changes.

32

Weird thing is that is has something like that.

33

I followed this thread and took notes, specially from blueb8llz and TK. I implemented a ramping UI in Narsil, still needs some tweaks and testing, but almost there. See this post in the 25/45/85 thread:

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/34900/800

It is a smooth ramping implementation, but not all finalized yet. Might still add a dbl or triple click to get direct to hi/turbo. Not sure I'm content with a 3 sec ramp - 2 secs might be too quick to stop where you'd like, thinking of about 2.5 secs.

34

Hay Tom,
Did you ever get a chance to complete this awesome ui your developing?
What do you have so far?

35

Lots of posts and a video on it in the big BLF Q8 thread. The video will give you the best idea of how it works.

I am still working on it - did a mini poll in the thread on how to handle moon mode in ramping, and working on the overwhelming choice - my choice too.

The new method is:

  • From OFF, press&hold, the light comes on in moon and pauses there about 1/3 sec, then ramps up. This will allow you to engage moon mode by releasing the switch during the pause. A press&hold from ON always ramps up, unless you are already a the max, and if so, it ramps down.
  • Double-click , from OFF or ON, goes to MAX
  • I'll probably implement a triple-click, to what you configure: strobe or batt check - not sure yet on this

Either way, the smooth ramping mode will be kept simple, and probably be the most popular mode, and should be the default.

36

Man, sounds already like my dream ui! When I have time today, I will read up on that other thread.