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

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.

coming soon! :smiley:

I can see mine overe there.

Daaaaaamn!

I had to enlarge this beautiful pic!

For anyone interested in modding their FW3A with Nichia 219B emitters, I added a new build target for that purpose. It’s the same as normal, except the FET modes are limited to 50% power even on turbo. This should help prevent damage to the emitters.

http://toykeeper.net/torches/fsm/anduril.2019-04-24.fw3a-219.hex

It would still be a good idea to avoid using high-amp cells in that sort of light though… like, use a 35E cell instead of a VTC5A.

Also, thanks to goshdogit for providing a 219B triple board to use for this purpose. :smiley:

Thanks so much, TK! So, would a Samsung 35E be preferred to a Sanyo GA in this application?

Those are pretty similar.

Maybe a Panny B 3400mah is the way to go since it has a lot of voltage sag, yet high capacity.

They’re very similar in performance. Doesn’t matter which one you choose.

And you shouldn’t worry too much about using the default firmware with 35E/GA either. I haven’t been able to damage my 219b sw40 board with it.

TK, you definitely deserve compensation for all your work. On the other hand, unless I am mistaken, the owl already determined it takes three licks to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop.

Another one for me ,please.

Just to hear a different thing: I really dig the dark clip that Lumintop came up with.

Yeah, the surface finish at least looks good.

Is it possible to limit the output depending on battery current?
On High current, limit it to 50%, at half or empty cell give full power. But this will be hard because of the battery-drop down on high currents.
Perhaps using different ramping tables for the fet-chanel and decide whether to use at battery-check or after hardware-lockout (losening the battery-tube).

I, for one, prefer the black clip.
I’m still looking for a good method for blackening my knives clips.
I don’t like chrome clips, but I don’t like paint either of course.
The Olight clips have been black for a while now, and they never chipped a single flake… I think it’s a heat treatment,I don’t know.
Anyway, I love the FW3A black clip !

I like the black as well-
I think the treatment is black oxide, or “blueing” a controlled corrosion process I’m not entirely aware of the chemistry and process though.
I would be great IMO if these clips are black oxide rather than paint.
If the clips are stainless than the treatment is black passivization - even better.