Agreed, I’d much rather see click for off and hold to change modes instead of the other way around. Have an Armytek Prime C2 Pro and a UTorch UT01, and I definitely prefer the Amrytek’s UI, which uses the click for off, hold to change modes system.
Can someone talk Simon into a forward clicky 18650 tube light with extra switch for mode change, single frequency strobe, and memory for all modes including strobe.
The setup used on this light is click to turn the light on, click to change modes, and long press to turn the light off. Double click activates strobe.
On their e-switch lights, Armytek (and I believe OLight as well) uses a click to turn on, hold (aka long press) to switch modes, and click to turn off. Armytek also has double click to moonlight, triple click to turbo, and I think 4 clicks to strobe.
I find the 2nd option more intuitive. Easier to quickly shut the light off. Not having to click multiple times to cycle modes makes it less likely to accidentally double click. And having strobe something other than double click makes it extremely hard to accidentally activate strobe.
On my Olight S10 R III a single click from off turns on to the last used mode, and a single click from on turns the light off. A long press while on changes modes. Long press from off goes to moonlight, double-press from off or on goes to max, and triple-press for strobe.
I really like that UI, and I’d love to see it on more lights.
One of the nice things about it is that you can hand the light to anyone and they’ll be able turn it on and off without instructions.
The Utorch UT01 and Convoy S9 are ok, but if you hand them to someone who’s not familiar with them they’ll probably end up looping through the modes when they try to turn it off.
I really wanted to like this light, but the combination of 580 lumen high mode, no moonlight mode, not especially useful thread on the tail cap and muggle-unfriendly (IMO) UI, I’m pretty underwhelmed. The best feature seems to be the choice of colour temperature.
However, Simon has already committed to changing the tail cap thread for the next batch, and everything apart from max output can be fixed in firmeware, so I’m hopeful that this light will turn into something really good eventually.