I’d like to see lights that can be reconfigured by USB or bluetooth, having to click 50 odd times just to change a temperature limit seems rather, anachronistic.
As for what I expect, I doubt much revolutionary.
I would like to see a basic web UI be incorporated for easy programming. IMHO, this is the biggest problem with lights today, they all have a different interface. I have over 100 lights and the UI is somewhat different on all of them. Having to look at a manual to use your flashlight is unacceptable. I don’t see anduril as being an end state goal, its more of a stepping stone to where we need to be.
I hope high CRI LEDs will be more common. Waiting for a 95 CRI SST-40.
Wow dude great idea… I’ve been too lazy to set the temperature limit on my Emisar lights for that very reason
I really can’t see myself buying any other brand of lights until I’ve bought every possible variation of light that Hank makes. Went for a walk outside with my new custom D18 last night and that soft yellow yet immensely powerful beam was just stunning. No interest in off the shelf lights from mainstream manufacturers for the time being
I don't think we really need to wait for flashlights supporting USB: all we need are flashing pads supporting a standard pogopin layout. But how do we get to the point where hobbyists demand them?
How about adding Bluetooth for remote controlling a flashlight and also Q wireless charging?
In fact I’m surprised that someone doesn’t make 18650s and 21700s that have a built in wireless charger so you can just set it on a pad
Funny, I have thought that many times this year too, good idea but wonder if it’s doable with just a light itself?
And that is your choice. Other people also have the right to choose and lots of them chose Olight and that’s fine.
I’ve been blamed I’m one of those people that posts “empty boxes” as well. I find it laughable and pathetic. I own 5 Olights and exactly 1 of them is powered by a proprietary battery. Just FYI I don’t agree with this practice, but I did like the light, so I decided to make an exception.
Just out of curiosity and because you mentioned phones, what phone brand do you use?
Dude, this is a flashlight forum. Please submit your phone preferences somewhere else. I was going to write you a PM but after reading your post twice, I’ve concluded that the level of indoctrination is too high to have a reasonable discussion with arguments. Enjoy your devices.
I don`t know what difference it makes, but I use a Huawei P Smart 2021, this one didn`t require reflashing the OS, it was born without google! 
Dude…. You were the one who brought up Apple and iphones and used it as a comparison between companies genius. All I did was present a proper rebuttal with actual facts from benchmarks between devices and performance. How is collected results from testing as basis of argument “indoctrinated”, if anything it seems that you are too indoctrinated to even consider the actual raw numbers from test results to be plausible and just deflecting with an excuse for not having a discussion.
Also I refuted the claim that Apple shifts the highest number of “expensive” phones which is false, they sold roughly 45~ million iphone 11’s (thats base 11 not a pro variant) yes, BUT the phone also comes in lower in price and performs better than every other manufacturer with a phone that comes close to actual performance.
I see, another person with reading comprehension issues. Go back to post #16, “genius”, and see who brought Apple to the conversation. And while we’re at it, believing in RAW benchmark numbers is a bit gullible, as Apple is well known for optimizing their devices exactly for benchmark scores. What you want to look at is real life performance and high-end android phones are sometimes faster than Apple’s, not to mention everybody moved away from the notch years ago, not to mention people use phones with 90-120Hz screens now, I wonder how long until Apple “invents” the high refresh rate screens? Next year? Next next year?
As I said I don’t want to turn this into a phone discussion and I even wrote “enjoy your devices”, but you felt the need to further defend your favorite brand. Are you getting paid for it? If you aren’t, this is a bit embarrassing, honestly.
I see you have writing performance issues as well. Don’t bother, pal.
You’re entitled to your opinion but i think you’re being slightly harsh on Olight. From my personal experience yes the emitters are not fantastic and now they are using proprietary batteries, which is an annoyance, but would i give one to someone as a gift. Hell yes. The M2R and M2R pro are some of the best quality lights i own and in a true SHTF situation i would not hesitate to trust either.
As for their marketing, they are a business so i can’t fault them for advertising however they choose to. They clearly target newbies but why is that such a bad thing. In the grand scheme of things, how many people (outside of the enthusiasts) really care about CRI, Kelvin etc?
Although i would not buy any more (due to the proprietary issue) i would certainly recommend them as reliable duty lights (or at least as reliable as most other brands)
In 2021, I'd like to see the arrival of 21350 cells with decent capacity, decent performance.
Also would like to see the 1-series MCU starting to show up in lights running Anduril2. 3 pin programming, small footprint, factory calibrated temperature, up to 32 KB code space, and a lot more I/O pins are just a few highlights.
I see many people discuss about future technology.
Are there any new flashlights that we can expect to look forward to in 20201? I hope it is good year for everybody.
In the year 20201 hmm, hope we have some leaps and bounds in LED and possibly shift into using supercapacitor’s rather than batteries for a full charge in seconds maybe something that can produce what the MS18 can on a keychain.
But in all seriousness I would like to see more refinement and adoption with LEP technology.
I know some people think the thing is ridiculous but I got the Lumintop Nano GT today and man it’s pretty amazing how much light this little sucker puts out. I wonder how big a light and battery would’ve needed to be 30 years ago to achieve the same throw distance
Someone should start a “I like to argue with people” thread. Heehee
Actually I ask this question because I saw recently that some manufactuer making some interesting new release:
- Emisar looks like they have a new ‘9.3’ flashlight with 9 flood and 3 throw leds, but no official detail
- Fireflies seems like they have a new line of flashlight with amazing specs if true
One flashlight I see that can be similar to the Nano GT is this one with the same LED, but has included charging and more than twice as bright! New Fireflies T1R Mini Thrower-- Release date 25th Jan It is a little bigger but may be worth much larger battery life with 22430 battery which seem like uncommon battery, but it also take 18350.
So I am really looking forward to the new flashlight released soon! Do you know of any other new prerelease flashlight?
The new T1R is deceptive. It's got a bigger head diam than the E01, so with the long tube option, it's not so small at all. With the short tube, it's just stubby, not small.
Back in 2019 we were hoping that 2020 would be the year that USB-C would move from being the exception to the norm. We started off with just 1 or 2 manufacturers using it (eg Acebeam) and now the likes of Convoy and Sofirn include USB-C instead of micro USB.
I think the same kind of thing is going to happen with regulated buck and/or boost drivers. We see very smooth run time graphs (after the turbo step down) on the more expensive options but a gradual decrease of output on most budget lights. This means much worse efficiency on the cheaper options. Recently more manufacturers have started using better drivers. Fireflies have their 6A (I think) driver in their new light. Sofirn have some dual cell lights, which will have a buck driver. Convoy and Sofirn both have an XHP70.2 light, which will have a boost driver.
I think 2021 will be the year that we see lots more buck/boost drivers, leading to more lights with higher efficiency, as well as the 6V or 12V XHP70.2 and XHP50.2 being used in more lights.