My point is having “back lighting” on these strobe modes also adjustable. Instead of blinking between on and off, I can have them blink between low and high.
YES exactly what I have in my UI.
Post #3
Strobe will be over OFF.
Bike Flasher will be over OFF or ANY other level.
I am in process of explaining the Features in more detail.
You might also be interested in Post#4 a simple run down.
I think it would be great to have ALL the special modes available for anybody who wants them. But, I don’t want any special modes as part of the normal cycle Lo -> -> -> Hi ( or Hi -> -> -> Lo if you’re weird like that). IMHO, it should take special button presses to get to the special modes. For instance, to get to Moonlight mode could be a click-hold from off. Battery check could be accessed by click-hold from on. And to access the “SOS” mode, you could do three clicks, followed by three click-holds, followed by three more short clicks. 
All can be hidden. I don’t have a SOS mode, but my bike flasher will have 1x-3x flashes.
Edit. thanks for your input David
maybe special modes are not that special 
BTW, that last line in my post was a joke. If you did that sequence of clicks, you would already be doing the Morse code for SOS and wouldn’t need the “SOS mode” anyway. 
No problem with that in the UK, but it wouldn’t suit the German bicycle lighting authoritarians. Who would like to impose their will over all EU countries, but fortunately generally get resisted. Solution in search of a problem (and comfy careers and home protectionism to protect, along with dynamo and standlicht systems, ) 
We are pretty relaxed. As long as there is some sort of light, white at the front, red at the back, flashing or continuous, that’s about it. And a compliant pair of reflectors, in case the battery runs flat. We are also supposed to have orange pedal reflectors, but the keen bikies don’t, actually no way to fit them to their trick pedal systems.
Then there are the e-bike regulations here. Unsurprisingly a certain country is trying to dominate and protect their manufacturers, supplying inferior products (but with cheating firmware that gives an illegal performance boost, for just long enough to cream competitors off the line and impress naive buyers), totally locked down, no DIY tampering possible, only an authorised dealer has the kit to interrogate the controller, and re-set any fault conditions. Or just say “warranty voided” And the battery has to talk to the motor and be sure it is legit. before it will even turn on. And vice-versa. Blatant. But hindering development.
Thank you Bosch. And the others.
And give up on your dirty cheating (dieselgate, you made and your people programmed the ECUs for VW), and the rest. Even integrated into vacuum cleaners. Dyson BEATS infuriating EU rules on vacuum cleaners after energy crackdown | UK | News | Express.co.uk
My twin beam MTB headlamps are nearly as good as a set of legal car headlamps, and have a well defined beam. So why shouldn’t I use them, sensibly, on road ?
https://swhs.home.xs4all.nl/fiets/tests/verlichting_analyse/verkeersregels/de_stvzo/index_en.html
Really this is an extreme example of typical DE bureaucracy gone mad, with nobody at the top seeing sense or calling a halt.
Rant off.
If I still rode pedal bikes I would want something like the BFL Q8 for nighttime rides. Concerning special modes. I really like the momentary “on” feature found on the Fenix LD12’s and the Thrunite Archer 1A’s. The older LD12’s can not use 14500 batteries. The Archer 1A’s are supposed to be able to handle 14500 batteries. I do not have the guts to find out if that is true. Only time I ever use S.O.S. or strobe is by accident in the middle of the night. My wife just laughs at me now and is no longer grumpy about it.
I didn’t get it. Now I am laughing.
Thanks for your input 264.
I don’t plan on multi-color voltage state. I do plan to give plenty of warning before shutdown, and capable of turning back on in the lowest few modes in an emergency. And a warning when inserting a partially depleted cell.
Ahh, I didn’t see that. Must have missed a few lines.
I really do not use any special modes at all. Most of time I run my lights at highest setting. BUT always good to have special modes available and handy when you need them.
Perhaps a delayed shutdown might be useful. After the set time, the lamp will turn off.
Similarly, as some cars do after locking.
i would like a mode to completely use up a battery in case you happen to be using primaries instead of rechargeables AA or CR123A)
preferably the electronics would also permit some light to the bitter end, also
maybe a super low ‘find me in the dark but don’t actually illuminate anything’ mode - 0.1 lumen or less?
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How about programmable blinkies?
You create a sequence with a momentary mode, flashlight plays it in a loop?
A sub lumen look directly into the light with dark adapted eyes is in my plan.
Have no plans for primaries, but I do plan to have emergency light even if it over discharges a cell.