Thanks for the info.
Your rightā¦ Still got about 4 hours though.
Iād like to hear your thoughts on those lights. I canāt buy everything thatās shiny, so Iāve found myself gravitating towards the small 18650 end of the market. If you find time to make that comparison, Iām sure it would help more people than just me. Thanks.
Iām glad people are already receiving some lights. Iām also glad to hear people havenāt had any serious issues. About the only thing mentioned so far is that the retaining ring was loose on some lightsā¦ and thatās really easy to fix.
TBH, itād be nice if the retaining ring on mine had been loose, because then Iād be able to get the driver out. But on mine, the ring is so tight it wonāt budge. So I may just leave the firmware on this one alone instead of updating it every year.
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Bite the bullet, get $50 worth. If you donāt have enough lights to ājustifyā itā¦ You will, sooner than you think lol.
Get 4 of those, maybe 4 VT6 and 4 GA cellsā¦ that ought to cover needs for a few different class of lightā¦
Enabler.
Not bad advice though, if I didnāt have enough cells. I just donāt have any of the lower drain, higher capacity ones that are preferred for this light.
TK, if you have a Harbor Freight Tools near you, they have a cheap set of snap ring pliers that makes retaining ring removal a breeze. It has interchangeable tips, one set of which is straight, not bent.
Most retaining rings are pretty easy to remove. This one is a bit tricky because itās so narrow. But Iāve been meaning to get some proper snap-ring pliers instead of using machinist calipers.
It might take a bit more than snap ring pliers, I had to use specially hand ground down needle nose pliers to get both of my FW3A driver retainer rings looseā¦.the ring is thin and was very tight. The driver is a tight press fit also, it would not pull out by the spring, had to smack it on my wood bench to pop it out, snapped back in nicely with out popping back out, nice enough to run it with out the retainer ring with out issue. so farā¦
I donāt doubt they most likely fit and I believe mine will, but remember there is no such thing as 30Q button top. if thereās a button, itās because someone modified the battery. Meaning the dimensions could vary.
Now that I have my aluminum FW3As, I find myself wanting one in polished titanium
If the retaining ring is more than finger tight it will break those sh!tty HF snap ring pliers. Iāve broken all 8 from 2 plier sets on one pill. Spend the money for a decent set, itās cheaper in the long run.
Totally unrelatedā¦.your signature line - from one of my all time favorite movies. You cook good rabbit, pilgrimā¦
Watch your top-knotā¦ā¦ā¦
It would look nice with a copper head.
You skin griz pilgrim?
You know what I would like?
A copper plated FW3A.
And guess which light is going to be my 2nd prototype for a copper plated light?
My FW3A.
Iāve actually manage to copper plate an aluminium light very recently, and everything worked out wonderfully!
I wish I could show you a picture guys, but Iām planning to make a huge post in my thread about it, and keep it as a surprise.
Awesome. It probably looks really nice.
I used to know a guy who did research on how to add a chrome layer to things. He figured out a method which works on virtually anything, and to prove it, he chromed a teddy bear. Like, fur and everything. It was one of the oddest things Iāve ever seen.
I wonder whatever happened to him.
Yeah. It was stupid hard to make a formulation that actually worked on aluminium, and using materials that could be commonly found.
It also was a test to my skills of chemistry and electrochemistry.
About that guy though, there are probably 2 ways to think what happened:
1. He got employed at an electroplating company, and got a very nice pay.
2. He got hurt by hexavalent chromium poisoning.