What is your prefered start up brightness?

[RTTR]

Just out of curiosity, what does everyone here prefer their multiple output lights to start up with, a bright setting 1st or a low setting 1st. Just wondering.

90% of the time I have my Quark start up in the lowest mode.

 

[AlexLED]

LOOOW !

If the light starts in mid or high you will a) loose nightsight and b) attract more attention then necessary.

 

[Locoboy5150]

I actually have no preference.

 

[choombak]

Low -- as low as possible, especially in indoor setting. If I am outside, then I prefer it in the turbo mode.

-Amarendra

 

[Moonshadow]

Whatever it was set to when the light was switched off . . .

 

[pwatcher]

for indoors, low, and for outdoors depends on need. brighter the better for bumps in the night, unless I want to remain stealthy for some reason.

 

[It01Firefox]

It should be low first, then high by the way of a two stage twisty like on the A2 or LX2 so there's instant access to high if neccessary.

 

[angelofwar]

What ever setting I want it at...thank heavens for U2's!!!

if not for U2,s, I prefer to start off low like the L1's/L2's.

 

[NonSenCe]

depends of the task im about to do. i prefer pick a light suited to that.

outdoors : medium or high first.
indoors: lowest low first.
edc general use: low/medium first.

generally i prefer to start from low and then just ramp up to higher modes.

 

[cheetokhan]

for indoors, low, and for outdoors depends on need. brighter the better for bumps in the night, unless I want to remain stealthy for some reason.

+1
My dog walking lights all start on high, but my bedside lights all start on low. Although I do keep a direct drive P7 next to the bed for bump-in-the-night use.

 

[420light]

LOOOW !

If the light starts in mid or high you will a) loose nightsight and b) attract more attention then necessary.

+1 on that.

 

[andrewnewman]

Actually, as others have noted, it depends upon the application. For indoors and when I am camping with others in close quarters I want the lowest of low to both preserve my night vision and minimally disturb those around me. For utility use around the house it should start in medium. If I need to, say, immediately light up the side of the tool shed to catch some errant "youth" up to no good, then the brightest of bright works.

I don't like "last mode" lights as I have to remember what the last mode was in order to predict how bright it will be.

Right now my ideal single light is the Jetbeam RRT-0 as I can adjust the "turn on" brightness without illuminating the light.

 

[vesapu]

What ever setting I want it at...

Yep, that's why I'm so fond of my new Zebralight! Click for high, press and hold for low

But, generally I prefer lights that start from low and have shorcuts to high output, without need to click throug the modes in between.

 

[curtispdx]

At home, low first. (And I prefer a twisty to a clicky.)

At work, high first. (And I prefer a clicky to a twisty.)

 

[damn_hammer]

My preference does depend on the light, and it's use, but generally I prefer high -> medium -> low and as a second choice medium -> low -> high.

 

[RobertM]

I prefer instant access to either (SF A2/L1/LX2 switch).

Otherwise, I prefer high, then low (SF E1B). As I see it, an emergency would probably need the high beam, but most low beam needs would probably not be an emergency. To preserve my night adapted vision, I will hold the light against my pants, block the light, and switch to low.

-Robert

 

[ma_sha1]

What is your prefered start up brightness?

1000 lumens :devil:

 

[RTTR]

1000 lumens :devil:

rofl

 

[BigHonu]

What ever setting I want it at.

+1


If I were forced to choose a level however, I would always choose low first.

 

[SuReFiReRs]

I prefer the High first, then low like the E2DL...like was mentioned, if you have an emergency then you need the high right away. Just my $0.02