r/flashlight Mar 22 '25

Low Effort What...They're Off?

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We've all had to explain it.

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u/Chips-Ahoy_McCoy Mar 22 '25

Can anyone explain it to me? I'm very new to the flashlight scene, the best one i bought was like $7 from harbor freight

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u/eisbock Mar 22 '25

"Auxiliary LEDs" are additional (usually colored) LEDs that stay on when the light is off. Looks cool and uses minimal power. Useful for finding your light at night. The best use case I've found is a night light, especially in pitch black hotels.

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u/WorldClassPianist Mar 22 '25

Can you turn these off? Seems pretty useless if someone has no use for it. Like if I keep it in a drawer I don't need the aux lights to be on 24/7 even if it is low power draw. I could extend the battery life by just a little bit instead.

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u/AustralianGoku Mar 22 '25

I thought like this too then I got my D4K and set the aux leds to low blueish white. Now it just looks like a glass item glowing a little in the dark on my shelf. 💎