When a light has an electronic switch on the side and the charging port is on the opposite side. In the dark, they both feel the same.
Terrible design.
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I hate it too 
I try to position the clip so that it points to the switch. But for lights where I’m not using a clip I put some anti-slip tape next to the charging port to make it stand out more from the switch.
That’s why ALL SWITCHES SHOULD GLOW!
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That would help.
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I don’t like it either.
My latest flashlight, the Convoy M21F is like that.
I actually prefer tail e-switches, but they’re kinda rare, so I went with a side e-switch. 
Far too many lights work like this. Often the charging port cover is more pronounced than the switch. No matter how hard I push the port cover - it still won’t work. 
You should not need another light to find the switch on your light.
Constantly lighted switches!
I do the clip thing too - to locate the switch.
All the Best,
Jeff
+1 on lighted switches and tail switches… but I don’t generally have difficulty regardless. This might be in part due to using a clip, which I place exactly opposite the switch. That way, holding the light in a natural position with either hand automatically puts the switch by my thumb.
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You beat me by 4 minutes… 
I put the clip opposite the switch too. Which is very helpful. But I still struggle to find the button sometimes. I have lots of lights, so some don’t get used that much… is it on the body or the head…? It doesn’t help that many of the switches are not easily identified by feel.
I like tail switches the best. A carry over from the good old days I guess. Very natural and easy to find and access in most grip styles.
Lighted switches… not my favorite. Too many flashlights around, lots in drawers… too much light generated that I don’t normally or regularly need, too much power wasted.
My clips are at the specific angle that naturally lands my thumb exactly on the switch when reaching for the light clipped to my trousers. The clip angle stays as a reference in my muscle memory even when the light is not worn.
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Aux off in lockout solves that for me…
I’d prefer them on opposite sides than on a non-opposite side. I can just pinch the light with my finger on each (thumb on front, pointer on rear) and either the front or the back will depress.
If it was on the side and I pinched it, I’ve got a 50/50 chance
Yeah… but then you can’t find the switch to unlock it… so there is that. 
If the day comes that there is no lit switch around me, I’m doomed.
That’s what my FC13 switch does (and I can regulate both the color and the amount of ‘glow’), and I love it.
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I bet that you just didn’t use enough pressure – I guarantee a few tons/inch-squared would turn it on spetacularly (even if for only a few nanoseconds) 
On my FC13, I have aux on low, and I use hardware lock-out – so when I take it out in the dark, I just screw in the tailcap and on the aux goes – no power wasted, and no chance of the light turning on accidentally in my belt pouch or wherever.
I don’t like lighted switches, just another thing to go wrong. We see with Acebeam E75 they were too bright. Anduril has exactly the opposite switch light behavior of what I want. I ask Hank to put black switch covers on all my stuff these days.
I think its best to keep things simple, and use physical affordance. Like when you see a knob, you want to grab it. The knob has affordance.
So in this case, i think the shape of the host could help by having better affordances. If its perfectly symmetrical, with same texture things on opposing sides, its a bad design.
However, a host that has a deep recess like ZL on SC700 etc, it guides the finger right where it needs to go.
Also notice the finger groves along the battery tube of some Zebralights, again like the SC700, guide the hand in holding it right.
Ideally, I should be able to reach for the light and turn it on without looking at it, just by how it feels in the hand.
Perhaps another thing would be, for flaps, to have a very different texture.
I don’t care if they feel different, but if they feel similar (e.g. rubber USB port flap cover, and rubber switch boot) then it’s annnoying.
Agreed that all switches should have aux.
What exactly do you want that it doesn’t do? Are you referring to RGB, single colour (which are handled differently internally), or both?
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I think I’m going to put some Gorilla tape on top of the charging port of my Convoy M21F.
Gorilla tape is really nice duct tape that doesn’t usually make a huge mess like regular duct tape does.
Gorilla tape is kinda pricey, but I love it compared to regular duct tape. 
How is that going to help you.