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 FW3A’s but it’s 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 it’s 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 they’ll 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.
according to statement by lumintop the short tubes won’t be available until further notice with other colors or materials than the standard gray fw3a unfortunately:
“We regret to tell at present, we have no plan for the blue/sand/raw/green/purple and titanium/copper short tubes yet. Because the total volum is not as much as the color grey version, so if we made the colors short tubes, the quantity will be less, thus the cost will be high.”
too bad
Hi. Today I received my FW3A SST20. In the package there is warning to not dissamble the tailcap, but when I tried to unscrew it, it was very tight and I could not to remove it. Do you have idea if in the last batches of FW3A the tailcap is maybe glued?