I recently gave into temptation and purchased an Olight S2 Baton. Yes, I already have dozens of flashlights, and yes, it is yesterday's news. But it looked so compact, and the deep-carry clip looked pretty nice, and the 1/2 lumen, 2 month runtime was just too much to resist.
I find that I like it more than I thought I would.
I like the 1/2 lumen mode (directly accessible from off via long click). My eyes are very sensitive to bright light, and if they are already dark-adapted, 1/2 lumen is just right for up-close use. And, with such low power usage, you can leave it on all night to make it easy to find in the dark. As a side note, I could not detect a trace of PWM at 1/2 lumen using the move-hand-fast method. Maybe Olight figured out how to use very low level current regulation, or maybe the frequency is higher than I could detect; either way I was pleasantly surprised.
But unexpectedly, I find a great appreciation for the simple UI. Not for myself, but it is the perfect UI for a non-flashaholic. Set it to, say, mid-level brightness and give it to anyone. Most people are not technophiles. They don't want to hear "Click three times for this; use that button for on/off and this button for brightness; or click 10 times and the brightness will ramp up..." They want it to work like they expect; click on, click off. Somehow I find this very satisfying.
I find that I like it more than I thought I would.
I like the 1/2 lumen mode (directly accessible from off via long click). My eyes are very sensitive to bright light, and if they are already dark-adapted, 1/2 lumen is just right for up-close use. And, with such low power usage, you can leave it on all night to make it easy to find in the dark. As a side note, I could not detect a trace of PWM at 1/2 lumen using the move-hand-fast method. Maybe Olight figured out how to use very low level current regulation, or maybe the frequency is higher than I could detect; either way I was pleasantly surprised.
But unexpectedly, I find a great appreciation for the simple UI. Not for myself, but it is the perfect UI for a non-flashaholic. Set it to, say, mid-level brightness and give it to anyone. Most people are not technophiles. They don't want to hear "Click three times for this; use that button for on/off and this button for brightness; or click 10 times and the brightness will ramp up..." They want it to work like they expect; click on, click off. Somehow I find this very satisfying.
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