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

I sure like the latest move towards the dark grey, bead-blasted finish. :arrow_right:

On the other hand, will this light have ‘momentary ON’ ?

I like the new title as well.

Yes. Give it 5 fast clicks from Off and you go in to momentary mode.

I believe you break battery contact to get out of momentary mode.

@ JasonWW: Nice! After going into momentary on mode, will the switch have some more functions, like, a full click, etc. while in that momentary ON mode, or will that be its only function/mode?

I can’t decipher the illustration.

I can’t wait for this. I’m not interested in any of the nonsense politics in this thread… I just hope production starts soon :slight_smile:

Both the “updated design with bead-blasted surface and light grey anodizing” and 2nd prototype photo look great.

Please put me on the interest list. Can’t wait to order one!

Are you thinking this has a mechanical clicky switch where you can do half presses and full presses?

No, this is an e-switch. So when in momentary mode it’s hold button - On. Release button - Off. Just like a NarsilM light from version 1.2 and up. So no other functions.

I’m not sure if the momentary mode in Anduril is Turbo only or a setable level. I’m also not sure how to get out of that mode. It’s a good question for ToyKeeper or someone with a ROT66 running Anduril. I don’t have an Anduril light yet.

I guess we all thank you for those answers!! And we also hope that in this “final phase” there will be more communication at least for the team, and then to the interested people here on the thread!

If I may ask this, I would like to know if it is possible for the Team to inform us when the final decision about when the production will start and with which LEDs (XPL-HI first, and Samsung later; or all at the same time).
I have my FW3A Giveaway still active but I will need to sort the winner, and the information about date and LEDs will be important for me, due to the payments and also ’cause I gave the possibility to chose the emitters, in case of more than 1 type was going to be used.

If this is possible, I would appreciate! Thanks :slight_smile:

Yeah, more like the mechanical momentary function.

Anyway, nice explanation and thanks a lot.

I don’t have an Andúril light but if my notes correct according to Post #3 momentary does use the brightness you used before in the normal ramp.

To get out of it: Disconnect the battery.
It is the only function.

joechina, that isn’t a rendering… it’s Fritz’s light he made as the original prototype. Raw knurling straight off the lathe does indeed look just exactly like that. This is the kind of thing you know when you have done it yourself. I just haven’t had a lot of luck making it look that good…

Yes. It’s at 5 clicks from off.

The brightness in momentary mode is whatever the user used last in the ramping modes.

It’s intended to be able to do Morse code and such, so there is no sequence of button presses which will exit momentary mode. To exit, disconnect power.

These pictures are both computer renders, not real-life objects:


This image is what Fritz actually made:

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Want

To me, either one of these are appealing, more than fine
But that’s just me
The question still lingering in my mind is actually not related to the looks. Looks, functionality, weight and dimensions (!)…are ok. Double tube is what I’m not sure about
But again, that’s just me - hope it eventually turns out ok

I hope it ends up like this…… Thats one beautiful light even if its Convoy Grey (or darker).

TK, you’re saying that Fritz wanted to make the light available as a fresh off the machine light, then he bead blasted his? I had the original pics from when Fritz listed this but have had computer issues and lost them.

Makes no sense why he would say that about no bead blasting, fresh off the machine look and then bead blast his own prototype… but that’s the thing about having a horrid memory, there’s a lot of things that don’t make sense.

The one with the beveled transition to the head looks more elegant to me.

Now you’re just teasing us…

I think it is a Fritz thing. It seems that he ploughs his own furrow, slowly, in a pedantic way, and communicates only when it suits himself. But never publicly, that is left for the minions to pass on.

I’ve had to deal with this attitude in a previous life, where the brilliant project (with a fixed timescale and serious amounts of deliverables) somehow was never quite ready to be signed off, just one more tweak required … I got the idea that the process was more interesting to the designer than actually delivering a result, never-mind signing off a declaration of design and performance (a serious thing that requires evidence, and balls). So had to move the designer sideways and finish the thing myself. Perfectionism is all very well, if the designer is swift, decisive and competent. And knows when to stop titivating.

And listens to the copious feedback here and elsewhere, from people who are enthused about this thing, and makes it correctly. Not meaning e.g. bead-blast, dark grey ano, etc.

Meanwhile serious people with jobs to do, factories and employees to keep busy, distribution chains to ready, money to be made, or just volunteering their best efforts, have to wait.

Be in no doubt, the bottom line is the money. This is not a charity. If things don’t stack-up on the spreadsheets it will not (or should not) happen. But I see no reason why they should not, even now.

Some involved must have the patiences of saints.