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GOOSE, IF they do not glue the tailcap it can be easily removed. If they do use glue on the tailcap it might be a bit more tricky.

Snip the metal and file it down in worst case scenario.

Ah I see, thanks Teacher for clearing that up.

Today is the last day of CNY. Just sayin’.

If the tail is glued and you cant get the clip off I’ll be very irritated. Can’t stand pocket clips on my lights

Interested dependant on cost of shipping to Australia!

I would bet that worldwide shipping is included in the price.

I really need to not respond to threads first thing in the morning :frowning:

Im not above saying something stupid but…. I suppose it is no more ridiculous than flashlights made of meteorites and hiking boots.
Actually I was serious(but as I mentioned earlier in the link above)as a custom clip that would work on the bill of a cap…. why wouldnt this design work if the other clip could be removed? I realize this design would not be preferred for a ‘dedicated’ pocket clip even though it could still be used as one(using the 1st bend) but more important to me, also on the bill of a cap. As I said earlier, I dont like or use pocket clips and would probably remove the current clip if it wasnt glued.

My pleasure GOOSE. :+1:
If you still want to be on the list, you may want to edit your "remove me" post. :wink:

Good point…. :person_facepalming: . :+1: . :wink:

I would personally prefer to be able to use the clip on a cap, or remove it, so I hope it is not glued. If it is glued, I will use it with the clip as is, and be fine with it.

I assume you don’t wear caps with a duck bill?

There are different categories of meteorite depending on their composition.

The one above is an iron meteorite, composition as follows:

91,8% Fe; 7,7% Ni; 0,5% Co; 0,04% P; 2,4 ppm Ir; 1,97 ppm Ga; 0,111 ppm Ge

So mostly iron with a bit of nickel. If I remember correctly, these are likely to represent the core of large planetary bodies - the space material which has undergone differentiation (light stuff floats to top, heavy sinks to bottom leading to compositional stratification). Not too disimilar to earth - iron-nickle core and ‘scummy’ crust floats ontop.

Wiki link to the meteorite this material came from:

Gibeon - Wikipedia*“:Gibeon - Wikipedia*(meteorite)

Sure got quiet I thought I might get either a “that’s a stupid idea because ……” or “thats a neat idea” or some response in between ……… I don’t know what to think…… maybe I AM missing something.

People were complaining about the off-topic noise, and there hasn’t been much on-topic news to share… so it got quiet.

Oh well, just to rekindle some interest. how about a photo of the ‘softer’ side of the fw3a:

!!

Here’s some on-topic noise. I just read the review of the recent prototype, which notes that the battery tube is not quite long enough to accommodate button-top cells.

Isn’t this a glaring oversight for a product that has been in development for so long, with several prototype stages already past? How difficult can it be to add 50 thousandths of an inch, so that another entire family of common cells can also be used?

I will be pretty disappointed to find this thing in production and still unable to accommodate the collection of high-drain cells I have accumulated for my D4, D1S, and Q8. I don’t want to have to maintain another special set of batteries for this one application.

Hmmm,I could be wrong, but I think this has been designed for flat tops since the beginning.

Proto2 worked fine with button-top unprotected cells. However, proto4 only fits flat-top unprotected cells. I think this is caused by the known issue with the driver being in the wrong spot, and it should be fixed by correcting the driver fit.

It’s supposed to fit like this… which is how both proto1 and proto2 were made:

… but proto4’s driver cavity wasn’t made quite big enough, so it ended up more like this:

I hope it’s clear from the diagram why this could cause issues with battery length. Restoring that part to how it was in earlier prototypes should fix it.