I bet he can’t make that promise haha
Max output is not much an issue for me as well, fully regulated is probably a better option for a light like this. In the same respect I don’t need a technical UI but none of which will turn me off. I don’t know if the optics have been talked about much but my preference for practical little lights are to be floody. That’d make an ace edc :disguised_face:
What I can promise is that if they get the emitter right and I find it pleasing I won’t do anything to it at all as far as modification goes. Will just use it. If the emitter choice leaves something to be desired then I will change the emitters, but this only to give me a better color and/or beam profile.
This is, for all practical purposes, a custom flashlight. As such, I will honor it’s inventor…. 
(which is why I cast a vote to keep it styled as originally intended)
Am I on the list if not add me in for one
Yes, exactly this
I agree with everyone who has expressed a preference for quality of light and overall balance over maximum output. I also think the default configuration with the ramp ceiling set at the max regulateded level and FET mode for turbo sounds great.
I’m really excited about this light and the direcition it’s heading. It was the look of Fritz15’s original design that hooked me, but I don’t mind the design changes at all.
At this point I’m equally excited about Andúril and the prospect of having a FW3A, a Q8, and a a fleet of Emisars (which I don’t yet own) all running the same great firmware.
Interested in one
Yup
Add me to the list please
All run different firmware. All are ramping, though.
They can all run the same firmware if you have an AVR programmer.
They’re also all the same, or at least similar, for most functions.
Hi,
My name is on the list Interest (278, 519 Nguyen)
Please put me down for two more.
Thanks
They all come with different firmware, but I’m hoping to flash them all with Andúril eventually.
Not sure how I missed this beautiful light, but I did, wow what a beauty … !
I hope it’s not to late to get on the list for this GB…?
I read $30 each plus shipping, if that’s correct and if the buy is still open I’d like to purchase 2 please.
Nice to see that Lumintop will be doing the manufacturing after having just gone through the BLF GT GB, Lumintop did a spectacular job on that light and I’m positive they will do the same for this beauty.
Thank you and it’s great to see a collaboration between TLF & BLF,
It sounds like I was wrong about a lot of people’s preferences. Maybe they already own Emisars for brightness. I don’t yet. I guess we’ll see what is decided, but I didn’t imagine people wanting a less bright triple.
Yep, that is what the D4 did to this project. I have no opinion on if this is the best direction but it makes sense that it should distuingish itself from the brilliant D4, perhaps also in a slightly more manageable performance and even better user interface.
personally, I put off buying the D4 because of the FW3A project, I suspect a lot of people did. Now the D4 has been around long enough that many have bought it anyway, or are no longer as enthusiastic about the FW3A as a pure performer, since it won’t really be anything new in that regard.
I would like to see the FW3A become the EDC of choice for the enthusiast, in the size category of single 18650 of course.
In order to attain that I imagine it would have to:-
Look classy
Be unique
Have a good CRI
Have a neutral tint
Have a powerful turbo (well above 1500 Lumens)
Have a ramping UI and a choice of other group modes
Be able to sustain a good high mode (over 500 Lumens) as long as battery life permits
Have no significant parasitic drain (months to drop to 80% battery life if unused)
Have a proper moonlight (around 1 lumen or less, preferably adjustable to user preference)
Have a beam profile that has both wide spill and useable throw
Now I am committed to the FW3A, but will probably buy a D4 as well anyway, because - well if you are on this form you probably understand…….
I want it to be my main EDC light, but have lost track of how many of the above boxes it ticks, I count at least 5 definites , though some appear not to be decided yet.
interest
Please put me down for one.