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


I see now why the FW3A clip (photo left) sticks out, probably because they needed it to be wider for strength. If flush to the surface the clip would be too thin and weak. My guess on the hole would be for some strain relief and flexibility. (I just hope that it’s an optical illusion or proto-type that the two edges of the clip aren’t equal width.) FWIW, Fritz’s original design stuck out too.

The ZL clip (photo right) is significantly wider and oriented differently. Some might find it too prominent on the face of the light.

I’m still hanging in.

I was thinking the same thing.

Does anyone have any updates on the quest to source a good SST-20 bin?

At this point I wonder if Luminus has even managed to produce a single SST-20 in a "good" tint bin. Seems harder to find than Boost HX.

I can’t remember what bin it is but the 4000K that Kaidomain carries look pretty good to me.

They appear to be FB4. I have the same in my D4 and D4S and have been happy with them. I’d love to have some below BBL, but like Scallywag said, I’ve never seen one to date.

I should probably go ahead and get another one since I’d like one in the first batch and it sounds like the high CRI will be further down the road. So if you can put me down for two instead of 1 like in my original post. Thanks for all the amazing work guys!

I’d also like to add my name again to the list for a second light, please.

Thanks to the team for all the work this must have been for you.

List updated in post #4. 1525 people, 2207 lights… plus ~450 on TLF. About 2660 total.


- TK

I would like to have 1 light to purchase.

People have been wondering about the color of the clip. So… here’s an attempt to show how it looks. It’s a little tricky to get good pictures of reflective objects, so I took a few from different angles. Some pictures are underexposed to avoid making the clips appear pure white.

The light and dark pattern in some pics is a reflection of window blinds.





Laying flat, reflecting a darker part of the room:

So the color really depends on the angle and depends on what else is nearby. It’s some sort of smokey chrome finish.

I dont like it as much as the original clip, but I like it more now than I did yesterday……… thx TK :+1:

Thanks for the pictures TK .

Thank you TK, nice job on the clip pics. :+1:

Looks like…… “it is fit”. . :wink:

Agree wholeheartedly. Thanks for the pictures TK

It is in no way attractive, but I will just take it off. I probably would have anyway. Thanks for the pics.

If I could interject an interlude of indeterminate interpersonal interplay into the interim of our interminable waiting process, I’ve intercepted a message which it seems I need to internalize. Pardon the interruption if it is not of interest.

One of life’s great questions is how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. But one of life’s other great questions, it seems, is how many times people have to tell me something before it gets through my thick skull. :innocent:

I’ve been dragging my feet about this, but I hear you. And I finally Did The Thing.

I haven’t been able to get any responses from Fritz since last year though, so I don’t really have a way to do a team donation thing… but I can at least set up a way for people to help me out a bit.

As it turns out, safely receiving money like this is more complicated than it might seem. So I went with Patreon, since they eliminate most of the risk and also provide some ways for people to be more actively engaged.

They use a subscription model, which is great for those who want to stay involved but a little awkward for one-time gifts. For a one-time thing, it means subscribing, waiting until one charge has happened, and then unsubscribing. Which is totally okay; I just hope it won’t be too much of an inconvenience for people. Fortunately, it happens on the first of each month, which is coming up soon so people won’t have to remember very long.

For people who would like to stay involved though, it has its own system for news and polls and messages and such, to make sure the people who really care are heard. And that can be used however people want. Maybe that could be a filtered feed for updates which are interesting or useful, maybe a place to tell me what to do next, maybe something else entirely. But you can be sure I’ll be paying close attention to what people there want.

1st Patron??? :person_with_crown:

Yes. Kaidomain states in their listing they are FB4, J4.

Intl-Outdoor states theirs are FB4, J5, and these are presumably the same that ship in Emisar lights.

The J5 output bin is suspected to tend to be slightly more green even within the same tint bin than the J4, so if you like your Emisars, then a light with J4’s should look as good or very slightly better.

You did good setting that up TK……
that’s just what you and folks that want to contribute needed……
I really like the …… “you should probably just hire me” tier ……
but will probably be on the “pay as you go” plan.

Lol, those tier titles are kinda clever.