This post will probably be ignored, so…to the hell! I am writing it with all due respect for all the members, interested or not in the FW3A, and all the parts involved! And I hope you also see this as a point of view, agreeing with it or not! I also “have” to read yours even when I preferred not to …
I do understand that all the time that has passed since the beginning of this project is already long!
I do understand that all of us have different levels of comprehension, understanding and patience with this kind of situation!
I do understand that all of us have different expectations, specially when we compare the “then” and “now”!
I do understand that all of us would do different stuff in this kind of “holy grail” to make it our own grail!
I do understand that all of us have different types and levels of knowledge about making flashlights (hosts, drivers, switches, whatever! )!
I do understand that all of us have different opinions on how this should have been and should go from now on!
I do understand that all of us have the right of expressing those opinions and POV, as I’m doing now!
I do understand that “winter is coming” for some of us and that “when the night has come and the land is dark” we need a light!
I do understand that perfection on this project is something that doesn’t exist and would never exist!
I do understand that the members involved and the manufacturer could have learned things and make this process better!
I do understand that the members involved and the manufacturer could have learned things and make the final product splendid!
I do understand that many of us that have signed in for this project and flashlight are in some ways disappointed with…things!
I do understand that it is unfortunate and not having more possibilities to change it is, somehow, frustrating!
I do understand that due to all of this, we are tired of waiting and anxiously waiting for the FW3A to be produced/released!
BUT
I also understand that it is as it is, it will be what it will be, “it’s done when it’s done”, with the goods, the bads, the uglies, the “could have been this or could have been that”, the “I wanted it to be that way”, the ” Damn, I love it!!!“, the ”it worths waiting for it!“, the ”I could have bought other lights”, the…infinite possibilities of good and bad things we can say about a project that:
- was not conceived, projected, designed by us
- was not manufactured by us
- was not made specifically for each one of us!!!
All this considered, and taking into high account all the contributions given here - except from those that constantly complain or bash - I do understand that this is a flashlight for those who want to accept it as it is/will be, whenever it comes out!!!
Those who don’t, with all due respect and knowing this is a free speech forum (thankfully!!!), please…stop complaining and saying the “All that could have been” stuff! It is boring and annoying, it adds nothing to the future of the project and certainly brings nothing good for those that have been waiting and mostly those that have been giving their time and effort throughout the time to make this possible!…
If you have a better project, make it to yourselves and let us know when it is march to be the “holiest grail of the flashlight world”, one of the biggest projects “from scratch” made by flashlight forums with more than 2000 people interested!!!
That’s all folks…