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

Do you mean like this?

http://kaidomain.com/Triple-SST-20-LED-Emitter-with-20mm-x-1mm-Copper-PCB-Parallel-w-optics?search=sst-20

@pepinfaxera
Wow, thanks for the work!

Hmm…I guess that must be it. When viewing the triple option on the page specific to the 4000K emitter, I didn’t think the price seemed right - $6.99 for a populated triple board, versus $11.72 buying the pieces separately.

Thanks.

That triple board is a good deal even if you just want single emitters for other projects (assuming you want multiples of three).

I am in for one.

Please add me for 2 lights

thank you

Oh! Thank you so much.
I do what I can, but I don't dedicate much time to it,
And language problem, thanks to ToyKeeper who corrects my mistakes.
Why do I do this?
I suppose, in the absence of The Miller, someone had to continue.
Greetings.

As Jerommel said pepinfaxera…. your doing a fantastic job!! .
Thank You!!:beer:

This seems to be getting so late, with such seeming lack of interest from Lumintop.

Last I heard was that two (yes just two) proto. v3s had been sent to TLF designers. So far with zero feedback AFAIK.

If I had to predict, I’d say it is as dead as a Dodo, Lumintop will have taken whatever knowledge they thought valuable.

Meanwhile the world has moved on, emitters and decent drivers are much more sophisticated. And triples and quads are rather old-fashioned and limited in so many ways.

If I was a Lumintop product designer with ambition, I’d probably make the same decision, move forwards, not back, and Can this one.

Perhaps they won’t, officially, because of “losing face”, but that’s what I think I see happening. The previous project (GT) probably burned them off, considering how badly they handled it regarding delivery. Perhaps more to do with un co-ordinated BLF people than them.

But they did eventually deliver and kept their promises. An honourable company. If and when they are prepared to accept my orders, I will be at the head of the queue. Unless the thing is just so out-dated that I don’t want it anymore.

Edgy Western design ideas, and freaky drivers, component and LED selections, put into a race-tuned body, may have just been too much for them, and I do think the moment has now passed.

Perhaps I am wrong though, nevertheless if it ever happens it will be well out of date (and frankly a mechanical monstrosity which I doubt will ever be reliable)

So sad for the BLF and TLF people who put such hard work into the mechanical, driver and firmware designs. I do sincerely hope that I have got this wrong, and it will all become perfect.

Lumintop, if you have any soul, refresh this thing, make it, ship it, even if you lose money on every one, you would be respected just for doing this. Otherwise, not so much.

Proto 3, it’s supposed to be final proto.
Once approved, start production.
The project is alive and close to completion.
Greetings.
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Well, aren’t you a bowl full of sunshine!

If I understand correctly, Lumintop is waiting on us, not the other way around. They made the prototypes and are just waiting for feedback.

I nominate Tom Tom for Motivational Speaker of The Year!

Has anybody seen any updates in the last week or so on TLF?

Using Google Translate, I see that Cawi said he and Fritz had received a v3 prototype 2 weeks ago, but Cawi was traveling internationally, and I’m not sure how active Fritz has been in the discussion, or if there is more than the two threads I’ve found there about the light.

It won’t be out of date until Zebralight or some other company with a more sophisticated driver design decides to match the UI features. Even then, the price difference leaves a pretty compelling appeal to making the efficiency sacrifice that linear drivers accept.

Tom Tom, triples and quads are old fashioned and limited? How so? I must be WAY behind the times.

What a genius you are! Acknowledge a potential reason for them not being on board, suggest they burn themselves again, regardless, just so you can get a light.

That’s what this is really about isn’t it? You want a light, thought it would be ready by now so instead of showing patience you get all butt hurt and come on here sulking about it.

Grow a pair.

Tom Tom might be in a downer mood. We should just let him be. We all get this way sometimes.

We’ve probably noticed that lots of folks just like to vent on the forum. It’s not helpful or constructive to any of us, but it helps them to get things off their chest. You just have to roll with it and pay no attention.

If this is still active I’m interested in one if we are still using the +90 CRI Samsung LH351D emitters.

What new emitters and drivers? Why are triples and quads outdated?

Why would it be a “mechanical monstrosity”? What is different - and inherently less reliable - about the FW3A as we’ve seen it so far?