@caleb - you mentioned wanting to get rid of disco modes - that can be done with a solder bridge over two legs of a chip that is easily accessed without having to remove the driver.
See this thread (post #31)
I did this on mine and like it a lot better after the change. It’s a really nice light, feels REALLY good in the hand, though a bit underwhelming in output, so I am looking into options for upping the output on mine. Has anyone swapped a different driver into this, or flashed new firmware to the existing driver, yet?
I might be willing to do some exploratory surgery on mine “for the greater benefit of the group…” if anyone has any suggestions about how I might go about with in the least destructive way