The inner tube contacts the driver ground at the end of the tube, the rest of the tube is anodized and therefore doesn’t conduct electricity… hence a mechanical lockout should work as far as I can see. ToyKeeper?
Mechanical lockout works, but it’s a little awkward. Instead of unscrewing the tailcap, it unscrews between the pill and the tube.
There is also a soft lockout function on 4 clicks, which is reasonably fast to enter/exit and doubles as a momentary moon or low mode. It takes about a second. In comparison, the D4 takes about 3-4 seconds to enter/exit lockout.
As for the poll, there are 54 votes so far and it seems smooth ramp has a clear lead. The 3-mode clicky option has been consistently in last place. The other three options keep trading places in the middle. Perhaps I should start on a smooth-ramp muggle mode soon.
It also sounds (from discussion only) like most people prefer 6 clicks to exit, rather than disconnecting power. That’ll take a little extra space, but it should be doable.
I’ve been following the poll, and it is polarised If there has to be a muggle mode, then yes please, 6 clicks on, 6 clicks off, but please make them very rapid (should not be a problem with an e-switch).
Same parasitic drain as Q8. Estimated standby time is longer than a cell can hold a charge. It is possible to change the battery without rebooting the light, because the standby power is so low.
Thank you, it’s all good (actually better than that). Very excited about this one.
Edit: no true lockout (take out the cell if it worries you), but the switch communication can be locked out to save any pocket incidents. Soft lockout in standby will last forever, and will be stable as long as the switch communication is also locked out. I am happy with this, and trust that the firmware will behave nicely and default to “off” in the absence of communication with the switch, though I’m not sure how that is possible without a couple of tiny hardware (and/or MCU pin programming) changes so firmware can tell whether the switch is actually present, or locked out.
That’s good as long as the anodising lasts on the critical interfaces. It had better be good. (It doesn’t last, even the best).
And when it is gone, where will we be ? I think no big issues, just lack of true lockout which doesn’t bother me.
I can’t get my head around how precise the tube lengths, and assembly of other parts, would have to be if they are indeed sufficiently anodised to make no electrical contact anywhere but at the contact faces with the driver and the switch.
Perhaps I have mis-understood, or maybe the designer could chip in here as to how it is supposed to work…
Could someone please tell me if the first list for this GB has already been done and delivered.
I haven’t been paying attention of course, my numbers where, 2 T18: 399, 439
I saw a mention of a second batch and couldn’t really tell exactly what was meant, it was quite a few pages back,
Perhaps I missed out on the first batch and didn’t get a notification.?
Really should pay closer attention, thank you…
T18, the “second batch” is for prototypes only. Things aren’t far enough to actually start manufacturing or other production-related stuff.
The list is public so there is a good chance Lumintop has looked at it, but I don’t think it has been explicitly delivered. People can still sign up whenever.
Ideally, something more opaque would be better, like the Olight GitD traffic wand included with the S1 Mini, or the Thrunite T10T traffic wand. Those are both nice, except for being too small.
some hot running olights has this staged turbo (turbo 1 -> double click -> turbo 2) and it works for the users.
The FW3A overheats (without regulation) in Turbo, so I guess it makes sense.
a double click, double click brings you to TURBO
With this setup you has quick access to 4 different brightness levels froom OFF
floor (or Moon if you chose that low)
memorized level
ceiling
TURBO
The FW3A will run about 15sec on turbo an than throttle, so it will reduce anyway. I guess most will have as ceiling a level which is thermally stable. The ussage of a 15sec blast is for me limited.
you can set the ceiling to TURBO, and you can have different ceilings in SMOOTH and STEPPED
maybe it can be configured by the user if he wants to to have from OFF -> double click -> TURBO
The question will come anyway