I’m looking for a AA/14500 light like the Wuben E05, but click on/off instead of hold for off. I like the size, price, and regulated output of the Wuben, but for a light that the rest of the family can use, hold for off is just not going to work. Heck, I can’t deal with hold for off.
A not so white LED (closer to warm white) would be nice, the Wuben is maybe too white. But I like most the other features of the Wuben E05, including:
Good brightness modes on the Wuben
regulated output, good run time
Side switch (not a fan of tail cap switches)
even the included diffuser and strobe functions is really nice for emergency car light
Try to check with someone here that also participates on TLF (Taschenlampen Forum, from Germany). Wuben launched a special E05 TLF version with Nichia and a modified UI, click on/ off, if I recall correctly!
Skilhunt M150 in the second mode group. Available with a 5000K 90CRI LH351D. I have one and love it. I also had the Wuben E05 and while I liked it, the hold-for-off got to be too much for me as well.
Mode Group B is click on/off. Single click for memory. Hold for low, double for turbo. Small, well regulated. Magnetic tailcap. Side switch. Magnetic USB charging. Great light
The only reason why I didn’t recommended this one - that I like and used today - is because of the mode order ML-L-M-H-T-H-M-L-ML when cycling :weary:
Also, because of the parasitic drain if the switch beacon is turned ON :zipper_mouth_face:
I wish Skilhunt could fix both these things and make it use the M200 UI and no parasitic drain! :innocent:
Fair points. I leave the beacon off - I love aux illumination but it needs to be steady. And yeah, the mode order of up and back down is a bit different but something I can work with (better that than hold-for-off!)
Why does hold for off exists? I’m still pretty new to flashlights in general, but it’s there a camp of people who prefer it, or does it exists because it’s easier from an engineering standpoint to design?
As I wrote, Xanes XT03 may be the best choice for you. It has click On, click Off. Press and hold for cycling through the modes M - L - H - T. Pretty bright, 900lm with a 14500.
Not sure if I understand correctly, do you mean the side switch operation is:
- click to turn on/off
hold to change brightness levels?
1) Blitzwolf BW-ET1: uses AA/14500, has click for On/Off, hold to adjust brightness (it only has smooth ramping, but the ramping is slow, unlike Anduril). There are shortcuts to Turbo (double-click) and Strobe (triple-click). Has mode memory.
(unfortunately this model doesn’t seem to be available now in BG) Other than the slow ramping, I find this flashlight good to use. Also, it does not have PWM in any level.
2) Klarus Mi7: uses AA/14500, click to cycle Off -> High -> Low -> Off (so need to cycle from High to Low first before going to Off; but it has only 2 brightness levels). Actually there is a Moon level, but accessible only from Off (hold to turn on in Moon level). Double-click to Strobe/SOS. Triple-click for Batt-check. Holding down for 5 seconds results in Lockout mode (need triple-click to unlock)
The Lumintop EDC05 and UTorch UT01 uses hold for Off, so won’t satisfy your criteria.
Access to Strobe ———- Double click from Off
Access to Moon ————-Press and hold (about 1s) from Off . Or single click from Off, if the Moon is memorised.
Thanks for suggestion.
