I'd prefer it to be just your bog standard torches and cheap lights which are likely to be the only light sources for mining you'll ever use out of the list. Lanterns have their cosmetic value even when turned off.

let's hope this works for handheld torches

perfect mod for peter popoff

*clap clap*

"And while this means you cannot manually "turn off" an affected object, you can still wire them up and have them operate like before! While wired, a light will not pop-off if 'used'. Simple, yet effective."

This way, you can not turn lights off.