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Glad to see they're still in use by many.
Maybe a defective unit?maybe it's something else then, same light has burned a couple batteries that way.
I have Freedoms that I found the other day which have been sitting for years and they're fine and fired.
That drain is so low, it hasn't been a factor for me. As I age, I find my EDC lessening. I no longer want or require a folder, big pry bars, etc, on my person.
A small Victorinox SAK and a 1xAAA light is really all I need. I'll have these Freedoms deployed within the house and as zipper pulls.
Maybe a defective unit?
You can enable signalling mode in the Freedom, so the switch only turns on when press and held.Maybe, the simplest explanation would be that it got squashed twice somehow and was turned on low or high, unnoticed in the jacket pocket.
I've got a red bike flasher light that developed a severe drain over time, to the extent that it would glow dimly when off, and after it has happened twice I jumped to the conclusion that something similar happened to the Freedom...
If there's ever a Freedom II with a mechanical lockout for the battery, I'd snap those up.
You can enable signalling mode in the Freedom, so the switch only turns on when press and held.
This ensures it want stay turned on in your pocket.
Gurdygurds,
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Here is a 2 minute video comparing stock Photon Freedom (notice the Pulse Width Modulation while ramping up) with a Yuji daylight Freedom, a warm Yuji with only a 2032 battery which may not be particularly fresh, and a newer amber driven by a decent 2032 in a knockoff Photon type host. Used a Zebralight SC62d to kick things off.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Rk5Oku4JAcssmb7l1
Correct.If the Freedom can be set to signaling mode, what's the allure of the Photon Micro 1?
Edit: I may have answered my own question. I figured signaling mode was basically momentary, but if you hold for too long in signaling mode, it looks like it kicks you back to regular mode.