You donāt need to do that, this is just an interest list, not a āif you donāt buy it weāll be suing youā list. And Fritz said the shape could still change. I canāt say Iām committed to buy it until I see the final design and specs either, but Iām still interested to see where it goes. Iāll base my decision more on performance than looks.
As a personal opinion, I donāt like the new slanted look much, but I didnāt like the original one a lot either. Iām more in the Lumintop Tool 45Āŗ chamfered camp, applied at both ends. And preferably with the new L2 clear anodization that somebody showed in a picture.
It is indeed just an interest list, but Iām sure the people doing all the work on these projects would appreciate people buying what they say they are going to buy. Keep in mind there is a lot of unpaid work going on in these group buys.
Well, yes, the interest list should be more than āIām curious about this projectā, but at the same time itās not a commitment to buy the final result no matter where it ends. If some people consider the project went off what was originally promised in significant ways and the product doesnāt meet their expectations, they are justified not to buy it. You canāt force them anyway, but there wonāt probably be that many as to affect the project. And I doubt organizers want to deal with ātake me off the listā requests for such cases.
With all the BLF flashlights I have bought, You could make it out of a ball of tinfoil and I will still buy it Itās whats on the inside and if I might add, the outside looks pretty good as well. Round, flat, oval, its all GOOD
I havenāt bought a ācustomā light since Mr. Bulkās (aka Hawaiiās Charlie Wong) programmable Luxeon 3W TWOJ LiOnHeart well over a decade ago. (Still have and use it too!).
This one has my interest especially with a Nichia. So please add me to the list. Thanks!
Another vote for a future FW3A batch or retail option with Nichias instead of the garbage XP-G3s. I had the chance to play with an Emisar D4 with the 90CRI 5000k 219Cs and the light quality completely blew me away. So much that I ordered it on the spot from my smartphone.
How bright will this light beā¦ how will it compare to the blf a6? I canāt seem to find that in original post, nor after reading some pages of comments.
The FW3A will probably put out twice as much light as the BLF-A6, or possibly even more. It uses a triple TIR optic though, so the beam pattern is different than an A6. It has an e-switch instead of a power-disconnect switch, and much fancier firmware, so itāll do a lot more than the A6 did. Itās also significantly smaller, and made by a company with a better reputation for quality.