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

i meant length- which i think is 94mm, right?

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I’m in

Interested please. :slight_smile:

It’s not a twisty but has a tail switch

Oh, was he thinking this light was a twisty? I didn’t really understand what was said.

Anyway, this light has a rear mounted e-switch with Narsil ramping firmware. It’s quite unique.

Please add me for 1.

Please add me to the list. Thank you.

At the end of the day, this light will be in our hands. And it’s best to accommodate what our hands desire. So I’m a fan of the prototype.

If I understand correctly, the button location is probably the single biggest difference between the FW3A and the Emisar D4. Also one of the most sensitive to personal taste. Side switch or rear switch may be enough to determine which one a person chooses.

I think the FW3A has several nice advantages though… things which aren’t really a matter of taste:

  • Three-channel driver with regulated modes up to about 3 Amps (instead of 350 mA).
  • Less tint shift and higher efficiency between ~150 lm and ~1500 lm.
  • Clip nicely integrated into the design and included by default.
  • Rounder beam (no pinwheel pattern).
  • More flexible / powerful interface.
  • Button somewhat easier to find in the dark, and easier to press when hot.
  • Lower price, probably.

Meanwhile, the D4 has some advantages too:

  • 4 emitters instead of 3, so higher maximum brightness.
  • Bigger heat sink for higher sustainable output level.
  • More tint/emitter choices available.
  • More host colors available.
  • Works with 18650, 18500, or 18350. (possibly also 14500 and 16340 with a spacer)
  • Choice of two optics.
  • Is already possible to acquire.

Between the two, I suspect I’ll probably like the FW3A a bit more, but it’s a close call. For me, I think the FW3A’s clip and 3-channel driver and tail switch may outweigh the D4’s higher brightness and bigger variety. Won’t know until I try one though.

You can only hold a tailswitch in dagger or cigar/ette mode
I quit smoking in 1995 and don’t want memories of that experience
and Psycho scared the shite out of me

at least you understood tailie :disappointed:

TK, I’d add that D4 is available with 18350 and 18500 tubes.

Good point. I completely forgot about the swappable tube, and added it to the list.

I tend to agree.
However this picture is very distorted - close up with a wide angle lens. I can’t even figure where head and tail are… The light looks ‘fatter’ then what we have previously seen too.
I hope we get to see some picts of the samples Lumintop sent a few days ago.

That clip is for me unusable, I have to replace it.
I need a clip parallel to to the tube and it had to be straight not pointy.
It is completely rubbish to add a magnet on.

Maukka tested another light with the XPG3 LED. Fingers crossed the FW3A does better.

The Olight S1 baton seems like a completely different design and not relatable to the FW3A.

Single TIR clear frosted vs triple TIR clear.
Edit: Your are right not compareable

But unknown angles in both lights
And it is not Olight’s first light.

Frosted optics and another LEDs where suggested right at the begining because of XPG3.

But we need first prototypes and then I hope they switch optics and LEDS and do propper beamshoots.

The Olight XP-G3 has a frosted TIR.

Ups, sorry. I corrected it.
Ok, not compareable.
It makes me even more afraid.

My point is Olight know to build lights. Used a frosted optic to reduce rings and they still got a green ring.

Honestly, I’m just waiting for the finished product to decide if I will buy it or not. Right now I’m 50/50. So I’ll wait and see what the Team comes up with. No premature decisions.