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We just hit 2000 subscribers! I’d like to thank everyone for showing up here to create a new community, and what better way than giving stuff away?

I’m giving away the Nitecore MH10 v2 I reviewed. I can ship it anywhere in the USA or EU, but EU winners will have to wait until mid September. This is a basic, beginner-friendly flashlight that can accept almost all 18650 and 21700 batteries.

To enter, leave a top-level comment on this post before midnight UTC on Sunday, August 27, 2023. Only accounts that have posted or commented on /c/flashlight prior to this being posted are eligible to win.

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[–] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've always tried to find good flashlights, but seem to fail almost every time. The best flashlights I've got are actually little tiny rechargable ones I got for my bike.

The main things I care about are:

  • rechargable
  • long lasting battery
  • decent brightness

Would be nice features:

  • usb-c charging
  • replaceable battery

Things I would love to see, but almost never do, are:

  • not having to toggle through every damn brightness and flashing setting and just be able to turn on/off with a single button
  • red, orange, or yellow setting so I don't fuck up my night vision

Are these things unreasonable? Am I just crazy?

[–] Reader9@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

not having to toggle through every damn brightness and flashing setting and just be able to turn on/off with a single button

You’re in luck, this is one of OP’s own requirements for all the lights on the “arbitrary list”:

A user interface where a single click turns the light on in a reasonable mode, and another single click turns it off.

https://zakreviews.com/arbitrary-list-2023.1.html