FW3A mod thread. Post yours!

That’s interesting result. :slight_smile:

I actually sell 219b if you need some. I have sw35, sw40, and sw45k. PM me.

PM sent.

The idea of using the Fu Bat is Brilliant, I love the work you did, and the light looks fantastic!

Batman would be proud :laughing:

Oh no, I didn’t do it, some Chinese flashaholic did! :beer:

I was thinking about making a Batman comment, and wish I would have!

FW3A mods on a budget:

GITD: trimmed tape band along inside wall just below Carclo optic, and band along groove in tail cap
Optic: 10507 (in addition to others , beams)
Grip: trimmed bicycle inner tube, reversed. Also, o-ring attached, aligned to base of tail cap.

Still have a plan to install trits, but waiting to see how the tail cap aftermarket offerings pan out. I’m completely satisfied with the XP-L 3D emitters and feel no need to change. I was tempted to attach a metal washer to the tail cap as done by another member here to help minimize accidental activation, but, I’m finding the slight twist of the head to be very effective and not really a bother. The grip enhancements are excellent. The inner tube has completely stabilized the grip, no slippage. And the o-ring adds a little extra tactile grip when picking up. It extends about 1mm beyond the tail cap radius — just enough to be useful without being obtrusive.


/\ — photo edit caused tint skew in last image — actual tint is neutral not cool

Nicely done! :D

Where to find that GITD tape please?

:BEER:

- SAM -

Hi Sam, it's standard GITD tape available from many places. I happened to pick Captank waterproof tape. Then just trimmed to fit. I read up quite a bit about phosphor used in this kind of tape and it really doesn't wear out -- you can recharge nearly endlessly. The adhesive will wear out first, if anything. The tape inside the head is well protected so it should last the life of the light.

should be good for a least half hour then 

:smiley:

Ugh, I take it you're one of the folks who got a dud? :TIRED:

nice photos :slight_smile:

Im a recent convert to Green glow tape. I use it on the tail of my lights.

I dont even pre-charge it, and I can see the marker on my lights in the middle of the night when I wake for a bathroom.

The only charging the glow markers on my lights get, is ambient light from sitting on a table indoors. It glows 24/7 and is easily bright enough, in green, to see with dark adapted eyes. No charging required.

pics taken during the day
left is glow powder, middle is a glow tape, right is another brand of glow tape (I dont know which is what, they all work)

Yup , & still waiting ,it would’ve been quicker to walk to China to get a replacement :weary: :weary: :weary:

it is faster to get a refund:
step 1, paypal dispute
step 2, you get a fast refund
step 3, place a new order

Another style…FW3A Ti-trit button WIP… :cowboy_hat_face:

I am not sure if you have disputed something after PayPal modified its policy last year, but it is far harder to get a refund these days. PayPal took no action when I received a Astrolux light with a defective driver. They will require you to ship back defective items to China (at your expense) and give you a small credit towards shipping after you send the item back to the seller. To ship my light back it would have cost me $80 and they offered to pay $40, for an item I paid around $85. Paypal will basically favor sellers now, they changed their policy to gain acceptance from Chinese sellers. On eBay they even refused to refund me for a order that I never received, even though the seller did not respond to me for 3 months and provided no tracking. My only option was getting my CC company to do a charge back and PayPal then threated to cancel my account (though they did not).

Yep, that’s awesome.

Thanks, and nice work on yours too. The photos were taken momentarily after taking away the light source, so the phosphor is glowing brightly. Looks amazing… but of course, it doesn’t last. Still, like you say, the ambient glow is very long and useful in the dead of night. I cut out some GITD tape for my RRT-01 (original), but I didn’t use a template. It’s a little “off”. But, it works. Do you find the glow powder glow duration to be similar to the tape?

That’s a lot of tritium! Very precise cutting to get that symmetry just right. For me, I’d like just an “=”. That way no trits are overlapping and its plenty bright. I hope we see a future FW3A with trit slots drilled in similar to Tain’s work.