I would like to know how to access the other "3" modes of this light. I only seem to find the on/off switch.
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The switch slides to increase intensity. Could be turned on by mistake. I reverse the batteries for transport. Brightness range goes from adequate for finding your way to amazingly super bright. The term "modes" is misleading. I am happy with it--- it does have a strap with rubber by the way which does'nt show.
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Don - My bad. Ignore 1st answer I gave. I had it confused with another model. The 3 settings are kind of tricky on this light. You twist it to make it come on. That gives you one brightness level. Next, twist it off and twist it back on again. The 2nd time it comes on it will be at a different level. Repeat those steps a 3rd time and you get the 3rd brightness level setting. I think it also remembers the last setting you used before turning it off so next time you use your light it will be preprogrammed to that level. What I do if I am looking for a particular level is to turn it on and off (twist it on and off) rapidly until it achieves the level I want. Hope that helps.
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4 modes if you count "off". the "on" mode is very bright although there could well be a decimal point error in advertised lumens. It is too bright to look into (unpleasant in "flash"). Would anyone recognize "SOS"? Looks well made. I liked the first enough to buy 4 more. AwlDwg
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The modes are built into the led light / board. Not the flashlight. I bought 2 lights and 1 was single mode other was 5 mode and I was able to swap them and one advertised as 5 mode was always 5 mode.
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Hey Tom, if you haven't seen it yet, here is a you tube video that shows you how to switch modes. Hope it helps. Bubba Earl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQsRdH8IP_0
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it's at the tail end of the light! just push the button, it has 4 mode bright,low,strobe and s.o.s.
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The top switch goes two different directions. You press it to the right for one light such as the nightlight and you press it to the left for the main light. In the middle is off.
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Super easy. Once you turn it on (by twisting the head of the flashlight), switch it off and then on again quickly. This will switch between the modes, starting with the least bright going up to the brightest.
80505
It has different settings. I am not near it right now but i believe when you turn the knob on it once it will turn on 2 lights, then again 3 lights, & so forth.
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On my 3 lights if I quickly touch the button it will cycle the light through the 3 levels of brightness. If I hold my finger on the button it will turn the light off. If this doesn't work it is probably a defictive light and needs to be returned.
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Yes, while the controller is off, hold down the left button from the round cluster across from the LCD display, then power on unit. Doing this will switch it between modes 2 & 4. If you change it from right handed to left handed you can get modes 1 & 3.
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One mode is just off and on. Some have multiple modes... High... Low... Strobe. I've ordered from the same people twice and got both types. The three mode ones work great so I reordered and got the one mode and they are a piece of junk so beware.
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No you cannot. We bought parts at Radio Shack and made our own switch allowing us to control on/off for each light.
1047427
Yes, but mine is not 3 way then. I get light on the second twist of the switch.
794335
My lights do that, too, and I read the instructions. If you push the mode switch, it will continuously run thru the 8 modes. You can't just pick one out of the 8. I like the way they keep changing, but I suppose if you just use the on button, you could get a steady light.
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It has a three way switch and uses a three-way bulb. As with any three way switch, if you use a non-three-way bulb, you will have an on-off-on-off pattern with the switch.
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There is only one flash mode. 2 of the 4 lights are (A) the other 2 of the 4 are (B). They alternate flash and flash all together. A A A A B B B B A A A A B B B B A+B A+B A+B A+B then it starts over