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Wow, that’s super neat. Put me on the list, I’m definitely interested in buying one.

You remembered my lost EDC from 4 years ago Wow! Good memory! Actually, I’ve not lost it again since. I’ve just changed from keeping it in my front pocket to my rear and the longer tube causes it to be pushed up and out of my pocket. (I’ve had to move it to my rear pocket since phones are getting so darn big - too big to accomodate a flashlight in the same pocket.)

-Garry

That’s a great idea, but single click to turn on should always (no memory) go directly to a “useful” general use mode so anyone could pick it up and use it.

Do you mean in mode sets?
I think in ramping mode you can’t turn off memory.

Well, I guess muggle mode is a seperate thing?

The mugliest of muggle modes, one level, 400 to 500 lumens.

I imagine if they made ramping part of muggle mode, no memory could be done. Hold to ramp, or single click to go straight to a 150-300 lumen mode.

hi, i am interested too)

Well, who could forget? That was a pretty traumatic thread for all of us here. A faithful little flashlight sent into the maw of an evil snowblower. :open_mouth:

Or just me?

You wouldn’t have 5 seconds to say “Hold the button to adjust the brightness” as you hand the muggle your flashlight?

After losing one to the snow, and finding it months later (it wasn’t in the snow at all), all of my pocket lights either come with a properly fitted pocket clip (that I use) or I won’t buy it. My brother lost the exact same light and refound his also. He also uses the pocket clip now.

Thus begins the slippery slope of turning the muggle mode into a full fledged UI with a learning curve. Sure, we think it’s simple, but to most “it’s just a flashlight” and shouldn’t be so complicated. If it didn’t have memory it would act as a single mode muggle light, but with the bonus ramping UI for those who may be more interested in it.

Isn’t muggle mode 4 mode next memory mode including strobe and SOS?
:smiley:

This is a bit late, but would it be possible to add a magnet to the tail cap?

The tail cap is where the switch is. How would it fit?


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I suppose it would be possible to make an indent for a standard-sized magnetic ring, like the convoy s2+.

But I don’t think it will happen. You could always put a magnetic ring around the tailcap, and glue it in place.

A better way would be to make the whole button a magnet. And you epoxy a plate underneath it.
So you get a verry flat T-shape, upside down.
If you consider this while construction it is easy to chose a standard flat barrel / coin sized magnet while altering the size of the bezel arround the button.

CRX did this kind of mod on his titanium Tool AAA, before he added the lit switch.
EDIT:

The first three pics:

  1. original switch cover
  2. plate + magnet + a top cover?
  3. both side by side

As the backside bezel is screwed on, Lumintop could ad two switch covers, on metal, on magnetic. The user can choose.
And the optic wouldn’t alter.

I’m fairly certain that the design is carved in stone at this late date. Maybe it could happen, but I think it should have been brought up in the design phase and not now.

Understand, I have no inner knowledge, but in general after a design is finalized and is this far along, changes are doubtful. I also don’t think making this light larger (would adding a magnet make it so?), if that would be the result, is going to happen since one of the design parameters was/is it’s size, and lots of us bought it with that in mind. It’s essentially the size of the D4, with small variations, for $30.

Taken from post #1, the underline is mine:

The FW3A

Small elegant EDC triple flashlight designed by Fritz15
Runs on a single 18650 battery.
94.8 × 25.5 mm

But maybe I’m all wrong. It wouldn’t be the first time. But I do know that if it was made larger it wouldn’t do the job for me and I wouldn’t want one. I don’t need another light, but I want this one due to the stated design goals.

It was brought up,

- I read about a magnetic tail cap before.
And other stuff too

- I suggested a back and forward clipp.

- Slots for tritts

  • lanyard hole
    But you rarely hear something from the dev. team. (As I understand The Miller does more general communication)
    Not one word what they think about it.
    Also silence in the german forum.
    I find that quite frustrating.

I dont think it would be much larger.
CRX solution has the same size, for a smaller lamp.
We have a 18650
As comparison a Skilhunt H03 Magnet is
16 x 2 mm with a 0,5mm thick cap on it

If we want it super sticky we can go with 3 or 4mm thicknes.

From the drawing, there is the switch cover missing, but I guess 1 to 2mm is needed.

If the lamp is 4-5mm longer and I can chose between a magnetic and non magnetic tail without altering the length and optic I would go with 5mm more.

Hi, if you look at the cross section of the light you see that it’s not easy to put a magnet under the switch. The actual switch would need to have to parts of you don’t want the magnet to be visible from the outside.

Regarding the slots for tritium vitals - most of the buyers would probably not use the slots, so I think it’s a better solution to see if one of the modding guys here can come up with a switch that has tritium slots milled in.

Also, the design is pretty much decided on right now. The clip is as it was designed but we’ll look into the possibility to make it mountable between head and body as well if it does not bring any significant design changes to the design.

Interested in one.