Would you like a Moon mode (1-8lm) in your Convoy S2+ ?

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I voted yes. I hardly use moon mode, so the moon mode is a good place to hide that 5 second blink that changes mode groups from the 3-mode to the 5-mode groups.

I never use moon mode, so I voted no.

I voted no. I’ve only used it 2 to 3 times in my life but even then I didn’t really need it.

I started this pool and voted YES, as moon mode is something that I use very often. With moon I won’t disturb sleep of other family members and preserve my night vision.

I voted NO too! No Need for it!

Moonlight mode is a must have, for all under 1200lm flashlight class for me.

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Yes liking moon.

I wake up before my wife every morning, so a light with moon mode is a must have on my nightstand.

voted yes because everyone say so .

just kidding.

Moon mode is nice to have when you’re under emergency with no power source/ reserving power for camping :smiley:

Moon mode with long run time is the reason i buy Zebralights. They are legend at this :smiley:

Moon mode is a must for me on smaller EDC lights as per the reasons listed above.
Bigger throwers or 26500 lights not so much

A 1% mode would be nice in an S2+ because the 5% mode is a bit bright. That would be around 4lm for 3×7135 up to 9lm for 8×7135. But if it was a true 'moonlight', 2 lumens or less, it wouldn't be very useful to me.

Yes to moonlight mode. The lower the better. Sub one lumen preferred.

Moonlight mode is the reason I have multiple copies of Astrolux A01.
Moonlight mode is the reason I chose the guppydrv firmware upgrade for my Convoy C8.
Moonlight mode is the reason I chose the Astrolux S1 over the Convoy S2+.

That’s right, I don’t have the Convoy S2+ BECAUSE it doesn’t have a moonlight mode.

I had Astrolux S1, but sold it - my friend was in need for good light. Now EDC’ing S2+ and missing the moonlight very much… Actually that’s the only con I see in this light. And only reason of thinking about having another Astrolux S1.

Great idea. I barely use moonlight mode myself. I voted yes as well

I totally believe that the S2+ is a great light. I read great things about it, I have its cousin, the C8, which is beautifully made, and I was so close to getting it. Pity it doesn’t have moonlight.

In a world where more is always considered better, more horsepower, more megapixel, more lumens… Sometimes I enjoy having less.

But don’t get me wrong, I also drool over that 12,000 lumen monster that RMM sells as much as the next guy :slight_smile:

Pretty much depends on how the light is used. In my case moon not needed in this particular light. In a even smaller light, maybe yes.

FWIW, I tried to put a moon mode on one of the nanjg105d 8x7135 drivers Convoy uses. I found that the 7135 chips are really unusually slow to turn on, which made moon mode more unstable than usual with chunkier resolution than usual.

However, on most drivers I slow down the PWM pulses in moon mode to make it more stable. Like instead of 16 kHz I’ll run that mode at 8 kHz. In this case I had to go down to 1 kHz to make it stable, and the lowest I could get it was about 0.8 lumens.

Even the low mode, a 1% mode, needed to be slowed down (8 kHz) to make it work.

However, aside from that, it seems that a moon mode and a lower low are possible on the Convoy drivers.

I think the spacing looks pretty good at 0.1% / 1 / 10 / 35 / 100. Or at 1 / 20 / 100. Much better than the default 5 / 43 / 100.

I think a good moonlight - 10 lumens. For example Olight Baton S15R. I like this flashlight special for its 10 lumens mode.