Inferion say…. at first I see Inferion talking down to ToyKeeper, what a joke! ToyKeeper is far from an amateur and is the most likely candidate I know of to improve the UI of the Meteor. Or Apple or pretty much anything as far as I can see. Brilliant code writer.
Then Inferion say… shake the flashlight to remove the optics. Yeah, right, ok. I said, in the video, that one leg is glued. You saw me beat it hard into my hand, what you didn’t see was between the 2 video’s I put the bezel on with no lens and used Kinetic energy on the table to no good result. (For those that might not know, Kinetic energy is the force of a moving object that makes it keep moving when it’s host is suddenly stopped. This is how a bullet is disassembled. I’ve done that many times, from .38 Special to .454 Casull to .50 BMG.)
Hank confirmed that one leg is glued to the mcpcb. Shaking the light is a silly vain attempt and not the least bit likely to work.
3 strikes and you’re out Inferion, any more bright ideas?
Coming across rude, I know, and I do apologize for that, but insulting a brilliant mind with comments about amateur attempts is not exactly polite in and of itself. And I have to go on record here to say I do not like the UI of the Meteor. It’s overly complicated, not intuitive and downright difficult to use in real world scenario’s. If ToyKeeper can fix this, I’ll send her mine to do so. As far as I’m concerned, the UI is this lights Achilles Heel. I simply love the design and build quality as well as the concept of making a small compact light do big things. That success is applauded in a standing ovation.
Since I don’t have my own Meteor as yet I am not sure about it’s usage. I can say though that as much as I love the light itself, the UI will be likely to keep it on the shelf collecting dust. If it pans out that way, I am not above tearing it apart and stripping the driver, modifying the light myself to do what I want it to do. I know I’m the amateur Inferion is referring to, and I wouldn’t mess with the boost driver at all. I’d be more prone to take an iron to it and remove all the components to piggyback in a BLF FET driver, one with TK’s firmware on it. With the upcoming Nichia 219C on board, THEN I’d be a happy camper.
I will try to learn the complicated UI, because I like what Hank has done here. There are features that I really do like a lot, the RGB button indicating charge level being one of those. All that blinky stuff is not for me. My memory issues do not allow me to keep up with really complicated geometry’s, mostly a medical issue that is not likely to be improving as I head toward 60 yrs old. But I will try. I really do appreciate the lengths gone to on this light, and apologize for stepping on toes with my opinionated self. But hey, it is what it is. I can only call em like I see em.
(having any mode called Tactical on a light that blinks at every turn is kind of dangerous, no? Every touch of the button brings identification to your location, Tactical strobe being difficult enough to find as to make it easy to get shot. Seems odd to me, hope I can remember to reach for a different light when I hear something go bump in the night.)
All said, still very much looking forward to my own white/black combination M43. I’ll find a way to make it work for me, one way or another.
Done