I also wonder how is heat management on the FW3Ti + Cu in comparison to the standard FW3A. Does it last longer on turbo due to Cu head but provide lower sustainable output as would be my guess?
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Thanks for the replies above, this will be quite an useful list.
Question: Will the short tubes work on the first run FW3As that donāt have a retaining ring in the tail cap? My only grey one is from the original run so thereās no use getting a grey body tube if it wonāt be fully compatible. Iām hoping we might see these tubes in the extra colours in the near future too.
L to R: BOSS 35, E2L 18350, S2+ 18350, Unicorn, E2L 18650, S2+ 18650, FW3A, FW3T, **D4v2 18500, FW3A 1st BATCH 18500, FW1A 18350**, 18650, 18350
So yes it does fit the 1st batch it seems but YMMV of course since there are a dozen small revisions of the FW3A floating around. It is a shade darker like the newer FW3Aās but itās hard to tell in person and I suspect when I put the SS bezel on shortly it will be even harder to notice.
I just received a new bare aluminum FW3A from Illumn, it has the tail retaining ring so I know itās a newer run. I have noticed that this model has a gap in the clip ring area and the clip can spin freely, it has already scratched up the body quite a bit. My other FW3A is from the first SST-20 run and it has no gap and the clip cannot move. Has anyone else observed this behavior? A little disappointing.
Great photo to put things in perspective
And thanks for the info! I recently ordered both tubes to put in the FW3A and 1A and it is good to know theyāll work!!!
The new models do not include any rubber ring for the clip and on top of that they now put solder blobs on the back of the switch PCB so the tail wont even crank down as much. I think both of those issues lead to this.