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

Yes, bare AL would be an instant buy for me.

This thing is supposed to keep the Copper hard for a long time right?

Oh is that ring supposed to go on the flashlight…?

:smiley:

Well, there’s been at least one other report of the problem, plus a few other reports (in the same thread) of people saying the soldering job was really bad on their light.

I think Lumintop does have a manufacturing issue when it comes to soldering the tailcap. Maybe it’s just one bad person on the assembly line, or maybe the design prevents easy soldering. I know that I could only manage to solder two points down, but I admit my skill is crap.

Your linking to Goshdogit’s post? There is no mention of a problem there (maybe just poor soldering if the spring?).

Some other people also have poor solder joints on the spring. Up to 12A of current can flow through the spring. Lumintop should look into fixing this.

YES, But-
If left on beyond 4 hours … you may need to seek medical attention.
(Or pay a quick visit to the nearest ‘cell’ house :smiling_imp: )

Hey, this is the general discussion for the FW3A right? I ordered one with an SST20 awhile back and I’ve just been lurking around. From what I’ve been reading lately, it seems that the lumintop supplied optic isn’t that bad? And on top of that, it has less of a green tint than the standard optic configuration and is a bit floodier? How big of an issue is the green tint with the AR glass? Should I continue waiting for the Carclo lenses or should I just get the new optic? What are the negatives of getting this new optic instead of waiting?

Thanks!

Just received an email from Neal that the Carclo optics will be delivered tomorrow, so the lights will ship with the correct optics.

What are the actual measurements?

Yes, GroovyBro, this is the general discussion for the FW3A. There is a lot of info in this thread, as well as the other FW3A threads. If you ordered one, you should wait for whichever one you ordered. You will like it. Welcome.

Holy crap, that is AMAZING! My girlfriend and I map caves, and she does bat protection work. She would love that!

Did someone hand-etch that into an FW3C? or did they have cast a custom bezel and tube?

I’m sure it’s hand cut. You can’t really cast something like that as far as I’m aware.

Update July 10th
the Carclo 10511 optics arrive today,
Lumintop will start to assembly tomorrow and will ship to me this week
so I will start to ship all the orders from fridayfriday.

Could be laser engraved, no?

Thanks for the update, Neal!

Thanks Neals, any update on when the new colors are going to be sold?

SST20 finally arrived :wink:

- led is OK, slightly green, I prefer XP-L HI V2 5D in D4.

- I do not like a small amount of lumens and yet it warms up more than XPL

- lens for very flood, Carclo 10511 much better

- the switch is too sensitive

- in my FW3A missing one oring

  • I love the two modes on a locked flashlight

I don’t have them anymore, Windows decided it wanted to restart over night with programs still running.

You can see the X,Y values in the chart and when I estimate them they come out to:

around the “5” level:

with stock AR lens: ~0.004 Duv
with UCL AR lens: ~0.002 Duv

~39xx CCT

If you really got some SST-20 version that is better than this you should horde it cause it sounds like you got lucky based on these last few posts.

EDIT:

Just to clarify another point, the “8” mark on the plot is Turbo, which this light cant handle for more than a few seconds, so pretty much entirely above the BBL at all levels if you ask me.

Aw, I missed post #12,500!

Dibs on 12,502!