BLF Sabre......

[DavidEF]

@toddcshoe

@DavidEF

Uhh… you mean firefly mode, don’t you? Usually, when we talk about moonlight mode around here, we mean anywhere in the range of “almost-a-lumen” to “a few lumens” which would include the range that you say is “too bright”. Firefly mode is what many of us think of as being well under a lumen. And very few of us want that or find it useful. That’s probably why we haven’t had it as a priority on any of our BLF lights. That being said, it is theoretically supported in many of our driver designs and some (most?) of our firmware choices.

Call it what you will, don’t matter to me what you call it. It’s just not implemented well on EDC, do almost everything flashlights. A theory is a fact that has been done over and over and is readily accepted as a fact. When in fact it is rarely done or done well in multi emitter lights.

The statement of very few of us want that kind of feature isn’t really factual either. Unless of course you have polled everyone that is active here and then that is really only a poll of a very small group of enthusiast. There has been a many of threads about sub lumen lows and their implementation, or lack there of. You can even see a few folks who, when a new light is introduced, notice the lack of such modes and don’t buy it. That doesn’t even include the people that aren’t active here, the shy ones who don’t speak up, lurkers, or the general public that don’t even know we exist.

It’s constructive input on a light that Spartan was kind enough to render and start throwing ideas around. I put in my two cents. You should to. Or you can just crap on everyone else’s input because it doesn’t match your desires. I feel the same thing about the CRI bunch but I don’t go crashing their party and slapping lights out of their hands either.

So maybe you should try to not be an elitist while thinking you speak for the masses because I will call you out on it every single time.

Well, I’m not trying to “speak for the masses” just letting you know I’ve been around this particular forum for a few years, and I’ve seen lots of topics and opinions about those topics over the years. It is not my opinion, but my observation that there are only a minority on this site that want or need firefly mode. As I said, it is technically possible already with BLF designed hardware and firmware. So why don’t any of the BLF designed lights implement it? Because it isn’t a priority here. That’s all I’m saying. You have every right to like it, want it, need it, whatever. But that doesn’t change the facts.

Here’s an idea. Use the search function. Find how others have modded their lights to have a lower low, and do the same for yourself. Actually, start by poking around the Firmware Repository thread. ToyKeeper loves low-low (firefly) modes and has implemented them for her own use in many firmware revisions, and she owns and maintains that thread as well as the repository itself.