About the FW3A, mostly just waiting still. I hear Lumintop wants to adjust a part by half a millimeter, and needs Fritz to update the CAD model… so kinda just waiting on that.
My problem is that I don’t know anyone selling this led on a mcpcb. I can buy the led from MTN E and the mcpcb from led4power, but I can’t put them together (reflow). Do you know of anyone selling this combo?
Arrow sells 5000K 90 CRI. They don’t sell it on an MCPCB though. It does work on XP/219 size MCPCBs.
I’m not sure what to suggest other than learning to reflow. It does not take a great deal of skill or special equipment. Here’s a demo of reflow with a lighter. If you’re concerned about breaking stuff, Arrow has cheap LH351Bs and you can test for functionality using a lithium button cell and a couple wires.
Hum, despite I get your point, and despite trusting the team, I guess we may be talking about modding this before the FW3A is completed/ out for sale/ delivered.
Even this is my specific case, and even if I don’t know how it will look with the XPL or the LH351 emitters, I am sure (well, 95% at least) that I will probably mod it with Luxeon V emitters just because I love how they make the beams look!!
Brainstorming about modding is something that may even help the FW3A Team to get some nice things on the final version of the flashlight, be it UI, look, internals, emitters…
And, again, being a fan of this project despite delays and all the stuff involved, I trust, appreciate and thank the work done and to be done! :+1:
Of course people are talking about modding it on BLF, whether it exists yet or not. That’s what we do here.
And given that it’s a FET triple with Carclo 105xx optics, there’s sufficient information to predict the results of most potential mods. I’m sure I’ll be modding more than one of mine because I’m sure I want one with SST-20s, and there will probably be more emitters that interest me.
Also, not to be confused: the interest and discussion about modding this light means that it will be MORE successful as a product, not less so. We don’t want t omake (or buy) a light that is difficult or impossible to mod. Although, we do sometimes get a light made that is close enough to “right” for everyone that few ever do end up modding it. Some still will, and it’s good that they can, and that they want to!