FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public

In for one please

Thanks

Maybe BLTF? Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Flashlight.

If anyone is interested to see how the finish might look, banggood is currently selling a clear version of the BLF A6.
And the finish on the FW3A will go in the same direction, just the machining of the threads will hopefully be better :smiley:

sweet

Very nice, interested in 2 :slight_smile:

It will be smaller and brighter than the A6 though, yeah?

Yes cabfrank, and a little more elegant and less boring too (IMHO so that is mere personal taste/preference :wink: )
will update list later

So your bringing attention to the bare A6 made me pull my down from the shelf and give it a look. And odd as it is, the Efest 35A cell inside is deaderā€™n a doornail! No charger I have will recognize it at all. How does that happen? Thereā€™s no parasitic drain on this tail clicky light, so why did the cell die?

Left it on moonlight or one of the hidden modes by mistake? Iā€™ve done that

Iā€™m in for 1 please.

My clear A6 has a de-domed XP-G2, the moon mode is low but not ultra low, difficult to not see that itā€™s making light while setting it down especially as it resides on a top shelf above my headā€¦ it would have been shining virtually in my face as I set it on the shelf. A6 firmware, so thereā€™s not really a hidden mode that would not have been noticed.

And, this is the third Efest cell lately that is totally dead on me. (worthy to note that this one IS 3 years oldā€¦)

High internal resistance is my first guess. If the cell was abused like I am sure it was, this is not far fetched. Possibly a short in the tail switch allowing a small amount of power to flow but then the LED should light up I figure.

Yeah, I wanted a bare one so I got them to make a bare one. :slight_smile:

Itā€™s not anodized at all; itā€™s just the bare machined aluminum. The texture is pretty grippy due to the machining grooves:

Some people have polished theirs to give it a smooth shine.

Thats how I think the finish on this should be, just bare aluminum. Clear anno doesnt seem really worth it

Thatā€™s cool. How does the bare aluminium hold up? Does it scratch very easily?

Yes, bare aluminum is pretty soft / scratchable. However, itā€™s not usually very noticeableā€¦ and itā€™s not difficult to polish if desired.

Clear anodizing would make it much harder to scratch, and would still not look bad after scratches form since itā€™s at least the same color. However, it wouldnā€™t be polish-able, and clear ano is difficult to get right since itā€™s so thin.

I am interested, put me down for 1

Welcome to BLF!
Will update list later :wink:

Iā€™m in for at least one.