Special Order / Ready for purchase_In your dreams_.
FW3UN = Unoptainium
_ Use within attention to CAUTION listed
FW3Ga = Galluim
_ Caution & Protective Gear Required
Could be & probably Will Be HAZARDOUS to Health & Life!!
..!..USE AT YOUR OWN RISK & PERIL….!.
FW3PL = Plutonium
FW3U R = Uranium - Raw
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…………….FOR COMPLETELY HOMEMADE LIGHTS ONLY…………….
TRY TO USE ONLY IF YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH, BECAUSE YOU WILL DIE
YES…. DIE!! GRAVE YARD DEAD. YOU WILL MOST LIKELY BE IN TINY BITS.
FW3AA = Azidoazide Azide
_ SciFi Models
FW3Ad = Adamantium
FW3CD = Carbon Dioxide
FW3DG = Dragon Glass
FW3DI = Dry Ice
FW3Kr = Kryptonite
FW3LN = Liquid Nitro
FW3Mi = Mithril
FW3MF = “Mr. Fusion” (power source)
FW3TAl = Transparent Aluminum
FW3Vi = Vibranium
_ PENDING
FW3XX = ???
Please Note:
1.If your model or suggestion was omitted, my apologies; I simply overlooked it.
2. THE LISTwill be update until the FW3A is announced for sale. After that there will be no further updates. . It will be time at that point to get real serious about reading the “I ordered mine.” or “I ordered 3.” , etc., etc. posts.
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Please …… Do Not “Quote” this looooong post. . Thank you.
…… Added…. 22 February 2019
FW3AC = Apple Coral (Melithea)
FW3DG = Dragon Glass
FW3F = Fire (an even cheaper copy of the FW3XXX. Use at own risk.)
FW3Iv = Ivory
FW3Ob = Obsidian
FW3PP = Personal Preference (have it your way... everything is optional)
Thanks for the reply TK
I have an 18650 A6 with a reverse clip on a cap that I keep on a nail by the door. I use it more frequently than any other light(including Emisars). Although the business end hangs over a bit, weight is not a problem if the cap is ‘secure’. I dont think the FW3A is as long. I was hoping someone might know a good supplier for clips that are similar this one that I could mod. If it involves more than just dremeling the ring, I probably wont go to the trouble. Anyone?
Isn’t it a little difficult to use a tail switch on a baseball-cap light? It seems like it would be a lot easier to use a side switch. Instead of a FW3A, for that purpose I’d probably try an Olight S2 or similar.
Not really with the 18650 A6 but I also tried it with a 18350 short tube and that does carry better but at the cost of runtime. The longer tube really isnt that bad when you need two hands.
You know I agree that generally the dual direction clip is a great theory that fails in execution and real use, mostly due to overall thickness and poor shape. The FW3A though has a really good chance to change that with the tapered tube, since the ‘gap’ in head-down mode is ‘inside’ the diameter. As demonstrated in the rendering I quoted, there’s no excessive thickness and it looks very possible to work well. Granted, with that said, I don’t ever carry or utilize this design with tail-switch lights and I don’t wear duck-billed caps (I have other headlamps), but plenty may want one, and I think there is space in the after-market for this design to be offered.
Also I didn’t find my own personal led preference (because it’s better than everybody else’s preference ), I want lightsaber green, please :innocent: …. for just such occasions I need to defend myself against Tusken Raiders (sand people).
There was never a promise of 67mm, as far as I’m aware. Battery size was only specified as “18650” until mid-2018, when I added “maximum 66mm” to the OP. The only prior mention of 67mm was this comment, which was not official or correct. I have no idea where that number came from. Anyway, old snapshots are available on archive.org if anyone would like to see how the first post looked in the past.
However, in proto4, it’s really more of a maximum of 65mm. But I’m hoping Lumintop can fix that because the reduction from 66mm to 65mm was only caused by a manufacturing error.
Maybe it will sound strange but am I the only one who thinks that almost two years for flashlight development and putting into production is way too long? I really dont understand why it take so long and why there is no feedback from manufacturer and members who assist in development (and production?) process about schedule of production and actual date it will be ready for purchase?
Looking to the specs its probably best ever EDC light that will (hopefully) be available (also direct competitor to Emisar D4 and many other similar lights), so I assume for manufacturer and development team this need to be priority number one. Instead it looks like manufacturer is not interested (maybe initial price calculation is wrong or other reason?).
Again, looking to the specs, its clear that this light will be one of the best available (for that price) and manufacturer should know that as sooner it will be available for purchase, more lights will sell.
Sorry if this all sounds dumb. I dont know anything about production, just wanted to know why its soooo long.
Turnover. None of the original project members are still involved.
Communication issues. Remember when Ford Prefect wrote an entire book about Earth, and his editor shortened it to “mostly harmless”? That sort of thing happens a lot.
Getting stuff manufactured in China is complicated. Many surprising things can go wrong.
It’s being made by volunteers, not employees.
However, it’s still happening faster than many Kickstarter projects. My experience with those has generally been about 3 or 4 years between buy-in and actual product delivery.
Ok. But what about feedback from manufacturer? As I understand, some production samples where made and sent to few volunteers for testing. I see three reviews, but why there are no information from manufacturer like, what is the status and when they plan to make first 2000 lights? Can someone, who knows better, guess or just ask manufacturer actual status?