Understood on photo bucket…… Fear not of being ridiculed my friend….
I’ll stand by you with a high powered blue or violet laser too…. ready to zap any ridiculer. As far as “holding your hand”…. yes i’ll do that to. But only if it is life or death for you.
I do have 3 feelings now… pumped up & ready. So if you need one after getting scolded…… I got spares.
In flashlights that use reflectors, it’s the bezel and lens that push down on the reflector, which then pushes down on the led/mcpcb. It’s this contact pressure between the mcpcb and the aluminum shelf that causes the heat to transfer into the flashlight body.
So you don’t want to use Turbo if the reflector or optic is out or the bezel is loose/removed. With no pressure on the mcpcb, the leds could overheat within seconds.
A few flashlights use screws to hold down the mcpcb, but most only use the screws for anti-rotation purposes (FW3A) and they don’t apply any downward pressure. The designs vary from flashlight to flashlight. It’s best to not even turn on a flashlight if the lens or reflector is loose or removed. Moonlight or a very low level is usually okay for a short period of time, but be careful.
You were participating in an argument which you initiated.
As a reminder of, the rules that we all agreed to when we signed up:
Your first post accused another poster of being dishonest. That clearly violates rule #1
You then resorted to a personal attack towards said poster. This clearly violates rules #1 & #4. An argument can be made that it also violates rule #2.
Both posts have been reported. Please feel free to discuss the issue with the board owner.
In the future if you see other posters violating the rules I am sure he would appreciate it if you did the same.
racoon city knows the rules already, this just progresses a needless argument. You know, rule 4 and all “drop the subject” is probably the best course here
I wonder what they did do the full Ti version for heat. I think they tossed around the idea of a 3mm MCPCB or something.
In any case I ordered 1x stonewashed and 1x ti+cu. Considering this puts me at 4 FW3A’s I think 1 or 2 will make the WTS chopping block. Decisions decisions.
I also had a hard time deciding what finish to get. I like both the polished and stonewashed options but ended up going with the same 2 you got. Figured the copper would help heat dissipation more. Now to decide if and which of my other FW3As to sell… haha.
BTW, I opted for the Express shipping option for $11 more. Does this make a difference?
I think it makes a difference in shipping speed, but probably not in “time until shipped”. Being early on the list and paying for express shipping, you’ll probably be one of the first to receive your lights.
Your right… we all know or should know, the Rules. We had to read them before joining BLF.
This whole thing has been completely unnecessary.
As Kindle eluded to…. the puplic confronting of Nev was uncalled for… especially the way it was worded. There is but one administrator / moderator at BLF.
Private PM would have been a much better way to handle it…Or better yet, let the administrator ( sb56637 ) handle any perceived problem.
Instead, BLF Rules were broken to “confront” someone who allegedly broke BLF Rules. Then a downward spiral results.