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once a year I email my favorite flashlight manufacturer to ask if they've finally made a flashlight that just turns on and off when you push the button, and every year they're like, "no, but thanks so much for your feedback!"

be honest, have any of you ever used the flashing feature on your flashlight? did it actually come in handy? handy enough that I have to scroll past it every single time I want to turn my flashlight on or off

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Maglite, the last one I bought has twist on and off. No flashing or buttons.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I haven't looked into maglite since proper LEDs priced them out of the market. I'll take another look

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I do appreciate you taking the time to look though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

that's what I was looking at. c-cell is kind of annoying, it's the only one that I don't have rechargeables laying around for, 18650 would be more convenient. but, mainly, the lumen output looks awfully low for a flashlight that size

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

oh man, they're still offering incandescent models alongside their LEDs. none of them are really inspiring hope though, even the smaller LED lights seem to have pretty pitiful lumen output compared to what I'm seeing out there

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Pick a battle. You requested no extra buttons or flashing or modes and now it's not bright enough?

It works for me. Has light and no extra flashing modes. Hasn't really failed me either. I drop shit, a lot.