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

I can see it now. You’re exploring a cave and decide to turn off the flashlight for a moment to appreciate the total darkness. When you try to turn it back on, Windows catches you with the ol’ “Please wait, installing update 1 of 24…”

Or a wall of blue light from a BSOD :stuck_out_tongue:

Ain’t that the truth…… :person_facepalming:

Or when you try to turn it off it hits you with the “Do not turn your machine off, downloading updates…… ” . :wink:
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BSOD…… :+1: … :person_facepalming: … :smiley:

Sapphire watch glass should bring some better results

And so it did joechina!! Thank you for the tip…. :+1:

I see now why it is good & pretty expensive too.

Everything You Wanted To Know About Sapphire Glass, But Were Afraid To Ask [Q&A]
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SAPPHIRE GLASS… in pictures


Sapphire glass is a synthetically produced crystal second only to diamond in its hardness, making it extremely durable. It is typically grown in cylindrical sticks called boules, and is slow, expensive and energy-intensive to produce.

Put me down for two please!

Windows? That is just asking for trouble. Your flashlight will just crash without reason. You will have to call Geek Squad to remove spyware and malware from your flashlight. Or you will get an email telling you to send bitcoins to someone that is holding your flashlight software hostage. Some 12 year old kid halfway around the world will be turning on your flashlight remotely in the middle of the night.

Just a quick gif to show something cool the button does…

(apologies for the large file size, slow loading, and shaky camera)
(edit: moved to imgur for faster downloads)

Thanks for this tip nvanlaar!


At Mountain Electronics there is an XP-L mod option that can be added when purchasing a Carclo 10507:

Anyone know what this option is about? Thanks.

It will make my day when you do! Take care, and Thanks!

@ ActiveAl…… He opens it up a bit to fit over XP-L emitters. This DOES NOT gave to be done for the XP-L HI.

Maybe sth from this thread HowTo: Modify Carclo Optics for XP-L Use--For $0.25
HD has a dome
HI is flat

Edit:
Massive advantage for drilling the optic. Cereal_killer explains it perfectly here: triple XP-L project, need your input. Problem solved?

That is neat!! Thanks for showing that TK…… :slight_smile:

The original XP-L doesn’t quite fit into Carclo triple optics, because the dome is slightly too big. It’s a really close fit though, so the optic can be expanded a little to fit.

This is completely irrelevant for XP-L HI and LH351D though.

… and a few more pictures to show the size, color, and box:



Sizes and colors… The lights shown are, from left to right:

  • Okluma DC2
  • Reylight Pineapple (1xAA)
  • SK-68 clone (1xAA)
  • FW3A proto4
  • FW3A proto2
  • CNQG Brass Beauty (original), my smallest 1x18650 light by volume
  • Reylight Dawn
  • XinTD C8 V4 (bottom)


I’m also hoping there will be a diffuser cone made for it, because I like those and they work well with candle mode. I’m using a Fenix AOD-S now, but it’s not ideal. Here are a few of my lights with their party hats on:


Ideally, I’d like the FW3A diffuser to be nearly identical to the Olight S-Mini diffuser, except scaled up to fit.

One other nice thing about the FW3A is that it doesn’t cover any of the optic. Most Carclo triples obscure the outer edge of the optic, but the FW3A lets all the light through un-hindered:

… and just to keep all the pics in the same post, here’s that shiny button animation again:

Thanks for the pics & info TK. It looks as though most things are coming together fairly well…. hopefully that will continue. :+1:

Do I really need to insert the Futurama meme of Fry screaming “TAKE MY MONEY” ???

I think I just drooled on myself a little. It looks so nice! :smiley: Thanks for keeping us updated. I really appreciate it.

In the OP it says “current status: anodization is dark gray”… now, I can’t speak for others of course, but to me dark gray would be something like graphite (or maybe a bit lighter than that) - in the pics it looks like it’s closer to silver, kinda like a middle gray actually lol.

Did you swap in clear optics btw? Or did yours not come with a frosted medium spot?

Have to admit, I actually prefer the dark grey.

Whatever color gray Proto 4 is, in TK’s picture above; looks just fine to me. :+1: