Yeah, stiff is relative. I was trying to get a sense if the feel of that one is pretty much the same across the board. It in’t for my Coast, but maybe it is for most.
Thanks for the suggestion of the Sofirn. That was on my list, but I read that step down from turbo is 2 minutes and from high is 3 minutes. And someone else said that 2 minutes is too long for the turbo step down, that 40 seconds is enough. If turbo is 1550 lumens, high is 900, and medium is 160, that means that the only usable level for me is 160 lumens (I rarely have a need to just go up briefly to those higher settings). If medium were 400 or 500, a level that wouldn’t have to step down, I may have gone with it.
The thumb thing is arthritis in the CMC joint, down at the base. The joint has worn enough that the bones move with any significant pressure and then it gets inflamed. The angle for pressing the flashlight switch is just right for pushing it out. So assuming for the time being that the stiffness of the switch is typical, I’ll work on flipping it around to use my index finger on the tail switch. I’m looking forward to getting it outside tonight and seeing what it will do.