I put some diffuser film on The 3D FW3A Because I was curious if I could change the tint a little and clean up the beam .I used something other than film with adhesive .Cut it pretty close to perfect and slipped it between the O-ring and the bezel .Just thinking that it would be a temporary thing. Odds are I'll just leave it as is since it cleaned up the beam and knocked out some tint shifting .Without the big machine who knows. Only problem I see is the 3D tint FW3A has low enough CRI that you can actually notice how bad it really is .For me it just feels like there's "something missing " Kind of like you're hungry and don't know what you want .The tint isn't the issue.
I'm looking forward to the second round of FW3A's before I start tearing into them to fix cri.
One thing really good about this — it has helped curtail buying more flashlights. The Anduril UI has spoiled me. Bistro looks good, as it’s also a TK creation… but I prefer the Anduril menu. Also, the FW3A form factor is really great. HDS/NovaTac were really onto something back in the early 2000’s.
I like how it shows what’s happening on the UI diagram. It seems like that could really help people understand better.
However, it didn’t actually show how to change any settings. The light in the video had a badly calibrated temperature sensor, so it would have been a great opportunity to show how to fix that… but it didn’t. And the light won’t really work right when the sensor is so far off.
Apparently, illumn.com, from whom I just purchased my FW3A, agrees with you. In fact, when I received mine, there was a slip inside the box saying illumn.com had already calibrated the sensor. In the process,I am sure they would have picked up and corrected any problems before shipping out the light. Mine was perfect.
I agree too. I calibrated mine right away. They get warm, but not uncomfortably so, and they haven’t stepped down at all yet. I guess that means I am still using them very conservatively.
Usually turbo for just a few seconds, probably not 12.
I just checked mine, and yeah, step down at about 12ish seconds. We’re probably calibrated similarly. I do have a LG HG2 in right now. Step down occurs later with a Samsung 35E. I like the slightly higher capacity, lower drain cells better for these lights. They do work well with both though.
You got me thinking, and I just rechecked. Two of my lights, a XPL and a SST, do not step down that quickly. My other XPL does. I think I have to recalibrate that one, as it steps down before it seems very hot when starting from room temp. Of course when it has been on and is already warm, it gets hot on turbo quicker. I’m going to reset it tomorrow.