It’s a bad combination of rather slow shipping + insanely slow customs. But in the end it always arrives, and I come into the project thread in position #44654 and post about how great it is.
Talk about preaching to the choir.
Yes sir, and seriously, although there are disadvantages, don’t you guys find it easier to appreciate things, just simple things? I hope so. I know I do.
Remove the metal part of the switch. If that’s still too easy. Remove the nubbin’. Doing this has renewed my relationship with the light. Accidental activation and lockout woes almost divorced us. There’s hope for happily ever after now.
The waterproofness is not effected by removing the metal switch cover. Also, the nubbin (or substitute) is required on most samples for operation when the metal cover is still installed, but once removed, it is unnecessary.
Yes. It is not as pretty looking without the metal cover, but for me, function comes first every time. I’ve never had a metal switch that I’ve liked. I hoped that the FW3A would change this, but it hasn’t.
I’ll be posting some other pics and solutions for the switch and nubbin substitution for those that care in the mod thread. But that’ll be this evening. Spoiler: replace the nubbin with a piece of 18awg Silicon wire insulation (length of your choice between ~1-2mm) and if available use a tiny tiny (that’s a very specific size lol) o-ring around the nubbin seat in the rubber switch boot. Together these provide a larger, softer contact surface to the diaphragm switch, increasing the required pressure to ‘click’ and being much more resistant to accidental activation.
I’m even stirring up some thoughts on what to do with this gap between the rubber boot and tailcap aperture… we’ll see if that gets anywhere
Yes. But without the nubbin, more central/focused force is needed. My personal light has a substitute (~1/2 height — flush with the rubber around it) nubbin and to me it’s perfect. Removing the metal part naturally recesses the switch. I think it feels great with the chamfer the FW3A has in the tailcap.