Originally Posted By: Phaedrus
I strongly dislike multi-mode lights. I find two modes (a HI and a LOW setting) to be useful but beyond that it's a pain to toggle thru them all to get to the one I want.

I agree. Although I do use four different modes on my light fairly frequently. Ultra-low (0.2 lumens), Low (4 lumens), High (about 110 lumens), and Max (about 180 lumens). I could easily get by with 180 and 4 however. I do think two modes is useful for a pocket light however. And those two modes must be easy to get to. None of this "push and hold...", or "rapidly click through...", or "cycle..." mess you see on many lights. I prefer a simple on/off switch, and a seperate mode selector switch that function independantly. Trying to make one button do 25 different things necessitates a complex user interface.