Hmmmm, ’personally’ I do not see black; just lighting anomalies. But that & any other speculation is counterproductive at this point. It is useless. Time will tell.
The good news is new prototypes are being sent out, so hopefully we will have info soon. Also that “should” mean we are close to production. Maybe.
Actually, it says samples are being sent, not prototypes, which may be even better news. Maybe.
closer production then this it cant be since they are releasing those lights if it gets ok from those people they will start production so that sounds positive to me.
Sorry, we didn’t say that the production version will have a black pocket clip but this is definitely black and it is not due to a lightning anomaly.
The problem is to know if they are going to adopt this black clip for the production version or if it was just a color test that they finally rejected.
It is not the first and unexpected “drift” from the initial prototype, so we would like to know for sure what the production version will definitely looks like.
- “Maybe a black painted button to match the pocket clip ?”
I liked the silver clip, and I liked that the tip section was smooth. It has a good texture for thumb fidgeting.
Not really excited about a black clip, or having an extra hole in the end. Color will probably scrape off, and it already has a better place to attach a lanyard.
Would be nice if the only change was to fix the driver fit issue.
Yes, that would be nice. I don’t care about the clip at all, but I see no reason for making silly changes at this stage of this very long saga.
While the bare clip might be slightly nicer, I don’t think Lumintop’s decision to go with a black clip is enough to punt it back and hold up production.
As long as the light works and the driver fit issue was corrected, it might as well go into production as-is.
’Maybe’ your right and it is painted Black. I am still going with a lighting anomaly.
But I will say this, if it is paint; it appears to be a very poorly done job. There is still a lot of silver visible.
You can start with either side of your ‘red arrow point’ & then go right on to the edge of the clip to see silver.
If whoever orginally posted this picture would chime in, the mystery could be certainly solved……
Either way, it is what it is…… 
I think that’s just a lighting anomaly. The white on the clip in that reflection looks to me to just be reflections off a shiny black clip.
Time will tell…… 
In general, white and black are just the same color at different brightness levels. A white reflection on a black clip doesn’t mean there’s silver showing through.
The pic makes it look like the clip is painted black, but the pic was also taken by a potato cam. We might not know for sure until items arrive for testing.
Put me on the list for whichever version comes out first, if that’s SST-20 or what.
in for 2 thx
I would like one!
Please sign me up for one.
I hope you are right.
This clip with the extra hole is from the first prototype.
Maybe they add a black o-ring underneath to avoid this clip version to spin and wobble on the production sample, because they were short of the latest clip.
I won’t speculate more, time will tell. Sorry for the disruption. 
I would like two (2) lights.
Honestly, I ’hope’ I’m right to. “Hope” being the key word. 
For the life of me I just cannot understand why they would suddenly change to a painted clip. :person_facepalming:
But, I do realize; stranger things have happened. 
Take care Tally-ho… I guess we will find out before long.
Reviewers, please check fit of button-top cells. Thanks!