Thanks for the incisive tech talk. Btw what are those simple hardware mods from your perspective?
PS…In light of what Tom Tom has said here and reflecting on what others have experienced I’m glad now that I didn’t have time to mess around with the UI modes. I kinda had a hunch to wait and see if others got consistent results before I started choosing this and that mode configuration of the apparent 8 modes available.
So here’s just a copy and paste of my post # 676 of T18’s thread for those that just wanna stock simple reliable light that works every time in a way that’s expected……
“Ok. So again how come apparently I’m getting #7 of the BG erroneous list?
Getting it by……
Tail cap unscrewed half turn (Or even 1/4 turn unscrewed. Whatever floats yer boat. Extra unscrewing to say half is extra insurance of it not coming on accidentally during for instance rigorous activities.)
Screw tail cap in. Tail cap lights blue.
Full click to on. Get moonlight.
Half click (momentary press actually is a better term IMO) 6 times to turbo.
Then again this may not be # 7 of BG bad list to begin with but is part of the corrected modes? This is all confused up me thinks.
IDK….
PS…Oh and if I continue to half turn or so tail cap after it goes into turbo it strobes, half turn again appears as a beacon, half turn again stuttering strobe, half turn again back to moonlight, half turn again right back to turbo.
Now if I do a half turn screwed in without the tail cap blue lit, I get moonlight, then unscrew half turn, then screw in half turn again, I get right to turbo.
I like to keep this kind of flash while in a jacket pocket for example with tail cap disengaged at all times btw. Just me. The main reason is that I like moonlight to come on first especially on new moons. So with this arrangement without messin’ around with the clicky (and it making noise) and using the tail cap instead it goes right to turbo which is what I want for throwing and mega flooding.
Also I now have the option if I want to “ramp up” the increases that can now be done with silent momentary presses. Likewise momentary switching to get ramping decrease right back to moonlight and ramp up gradually to turbo again. IMO the true forte of this rig is immediate full power when ya want/need it. Finesse when ya don’t. Standard desires, right? The tail is your friend. Kinda like a twisty zoomie. No pussin’ around.” :laughing:
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