Share your opinion with us!
!!! WE NEED YOUR OPINION !!!
Dear friends! We want to know your point of view on one issue.
Now we are gathering the feedback to decide what shall we (or shall not) improve in the temperature indication of our lights.
As many of you know at the moment we have a real-time active temperature detector in Wizard Pro. And when the temperature reaches critical level the brightness of the flashlight decreases till the flashlight cools down and then output rises again.
In conditions of good air-cooling the flashlight usually doesn't heat up to critical temperature and the brightness remains constant for the whole operation time. But with ambient temperature of about 25-30°C the flashlight delivers light in Maximum mode for about 6-10 minutes and then the brightness steps down for similar period of time. After cooling-down (provided that battery voltage is sufficient) the brightness increases to the Maximum mode again. This stepping goes cyclically to maintain the user's safety and the flashlight's functionality.
Some of our clients don't like this cyclic steppings, that's why we decided to discuss it with you also.
We can't avoid heating up in a compact flashlight of such brightness. We could make a timer for stepping down in order to avoid overheating but that's not what we want to offer our clients and doesn't corresponds to our policy in flashlights' production at all.
Using real-time temperature measurements we are able to offer you constant brightness at High modes and we see advantages in it:
- if you use the light underwater, on a bike etc. where it will not heat up critically you get constant brightness without steppings down
- after stepping down the brightness rises to the Max brightness again
At the other hand, we also understand that some people would prefer if the brightness will step down once or decrease gradually rather than experience these "falls & rises" of brightness. But if we refuse of it and add timer or discard full stabilization the flashlight will deliver Max output only for a short period of time (3-minute timers are usually chosen by Chinese manufacturers - we don't want to be like them=)). And we want our Pro lights to have full stabilization in all modes including Maximum.
So we want to hear your opinions and suggestions – what would you prefer to see in the lights and maybe what other variants you can suggest. Our main intention is to provide both safety for user & flashlight and quality bright constant light.
This information will be helpful not only for reconsideration of Wizard Pro driver, but also for all 18650-operated models with high light outputs.
Looking forward to hear all you opinions & suggestions!