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If it had a separate switch for the array, I probably would've bought a couple more of 'em. I really wanted to keep it because the main light was stellar and I loved the overall design and heft. I held the power button down on turn on hoping that would send it to the main light and held it down to shut it off didn't work in either case.

I stand by my criticism of the LBP: The single power button would not shut down without having cycle through and not going to the main array first made me nuts. The other light we kept was the Coquimbo: It wasn't the Big Larry but the Larry Boss Power (which I said I liked.) that I sent back. I screwed up on the details of the Nebo light. I attempted to find the original 'Lern Me' to post this but couldn't find it so we get a new thread with my rant. The main array that you wanted didn't come up until the third or fourth push of the button. Nope, you got the little end light White, then some sequence I don't remember. The first wasn't the one you wanted 99.99999% of the time: Main array, white, NOT flashing. The Big Larry on the other hand, had the maddening multi-function single button which meant that EVERY TIME you used it, you had the opportunity to cycle through about six separate types of light. They even have the standard drop light function of automatically orienting themselves in such a way as to blind the user. Well, the Neiko and Power Boss absolutely rock.

There were a bunch of others too that I gave for Xmas presents but the Big Larry and the Neiko were for me. I ordered one of those along with a Neiko 4064 and a Nebo Power Boss. Sometime late last year, someone posted a 'Lern Me' about hand held LED lights and the Nebo Big Larry was suggested along with some others.

Nebo the big larry