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

i hope this light is not too green at low lumens

If it is, the $1 swatchbook has minus green filter material, but really, the xpl version will just be poor cri with no particular greenness, and the sst20 or lh351d versions are going to be between yellow and green when you go hunting white walls and pretty okay otherwise. It should be fine.

Decided to drop in on the progress of these lights, anyone care to give a synopsis on how the evaluation samples are coming?

This is pretty off-topic, but anyone have any ideas how to make a strip of RGB LEDs work? There’s someone trying to make a fancy flow wand which draws things in the air while it moves, and I haven’t really tried to do anything like that:

About more on-topic stuff though…

If I understand correctly, the optics might be in now… and then Neal is planning to send some lights for sanity testing to make sure nothing is broken. I haven’t heard any details yet though. Hopefully soon?

That’s something I still need to try. It sounds really promising. At least, it’s a good way to make use of those dog farts. :slight_smile:

You mean like a neopixel strip or ws2812? 3 wires and all are individually addressable, lots of Arduino libraries out there for POV

+1 interested

This gets quite tiresome. No, it is green in use as well. Tint with yellow, or green are, for me, not noticeable outside in foliage. However, it is very noticeable in use indoors, or outdoors in a more urban area. So unless you’re in the woods, it is absolutely noticeable.

/\ … Yep. :+1:

Mass production will commence after the QingMing Festival ( literally a day for tomb sweeping; but significantly a day for remembering past ancestors)

Leds to be used are the XP-L HI 3D .(~4875K)…as for the other led version(s), no definite news about them still.

Time to start putting some money aside! :money_mouth_face:
And to remember that I am running a GAW for a FW3A here :beer:

Thanks for the update tatasal !!

Whatever, I’ll swap the LEDs anyway…
But I don’t see how the price would be the same between XP-L HI and SST20…

Thanks for the update tatasal… :+1:

QingMing Festival this year is 5 April 2019 by the way. :wink:

I ’thought’ the XP-L HI was gonna be around $6 more per light. :question:

From the OP:

Sorry guys…
Well, it’s a clever move from Lumintop.
Begin to produce the long awaited FW3A with XP-L HI, sell it for 36$ to evryone would can’t wait anymore after all this time…then you eventually put some SST20 in the production and sell more for 30$…

I don’t think Lumintop is trying to do anything “clever”. It has been known for a very long time the XP-L HI was going to possibly cost around $6 more per light. It has also been known the other LED options have been, for whatever reason; hard to source.

FWIW, the QingMing festival is on Friday, Apr 5 in 2019.

I wish I was as naive as you are, the world would seem like a better place.
Anyway, at least it move forward

Nice! I got mine too :smiley:

Not for me, i’ve been using a 4000K SST-20 for the last week or so on the low modes of a biscotti 1400ma driver and while it is immediately a bit green my eyes adjust within a few seconds of use (even with sunlight through windows as background lighting) at which point it just becomes a joy to use, sublime even (see what i did there :D), with no noticable tint just very useable light with great colours and depth perception (because of the green i think) which is exactly what i want.
In fact it’s (at least temporarily) put me off rosy tints, but that’s for another thread.

For this thread - i’ll be choosing the SST-20 4000K version :slight_smile:
Edit: Although from above it seems this is not confirmed as an option yet :S

Not wanting to delay any further but I was under the impression production samples were to be sent to a number of membrs for a final check over prior to full production commencing.