I recently gave one of my adult children, and her partner, THREE flashlights. They use the Olight S1R to walk the dog, he uses an S1 Mini High CRI at work, she has an S1 Mini CW in her purse.
Imagine my surprise when the other night we got into their car, and my daughter said, my car has a water leak in the roof, and she proceeded to illuminate it with her cellphone..
so, Why did I give them Three Flashlights? Because I Love them. But now I think I wasted my time giving away lights.
Where I live there are Often bicycles on the road, at night, with no lights. I dont see as well as I did in my youth. I live in fear of running over a bicyclist.
When Im walking, day or night, I like to use Strobe to alert cars when I am crossing the street. It is Extremely effective. I love strobe for use in the Urban Jungle, where cars are always in a hurry, and they act like they have right of way, and ignore pedestrians standing on a corner, waiting to cross. Pedestrians here know cars wont stop for them. They wont step out onto the street until there are no cars, rare, or until a car stops, even more rare.
A flashlight with no strobe, is not very useful for getting across the street.. here.
There should be a Law that requires bicycles to have lights on at night.. actually there IS, but, do people obey the Law? Nah, they can see fine, they dont feel the need to bother.. Of course they are Only thinking about Themselves. No clue how their behavior affects others.. Thats the curse of the Me First cult of the Individual. They think Laws apply to other people, but clueless about realizing they are Not Alone on the road.
Rude, selfish, and unaware of others.. thats how I see the behavior of others. Of course I dont do those things, Im Enlightened, and I definitely dont want to get run over by some Me First SOB. So I carry a light with a Strobe!