FW3S (Stainless Steel) now available, use code: blffw3a , 20%OFF

FW3S SS version available to order.

Coupon: BLFFW3A 20% off

https://www.nealsgadgets.com/collections/blf/products/tlf-blf-fw3s-edc-
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Hi guys,

Just when I thought my spending has rested, now comes this beauty, coming soon at nealsgadgets: The new FW3S , as in Stainless Steel

Edit: available in about a week from now

Oh no you mongrel, haha I am joking, i love stainless, is it 316L? Now i want one to use in my brewery.

wow that thing will be super hot and heavy then!

The FW3Be is still scheduled to be the next variant, isn’t it?

Oh man, i hope so...

Be, as in beryllium?

why no knurling? It won’t look like the FW3A/C/T :person_facepalming:

You won’t get to look at it long anyway. With that weight and knurling free design. Hard to imagine it won’t be seeing much of anything other than the floor. :smiley:

Oh well, with all the different lights in my collection, the only light/s that gets used are my edc lights, so this new FW3 variant most probably be considered as another addition to my collection. In effect, it won’t matter much if it gets too hot, lacks knurling, etc.

Would you not want one just because…? Haha!

-Too slippery to hold
-Heavy enough to rip straight through pocket
-Probably regulates at like 100lm due to poor heat transfer

PERFECT

Can I get one made out of tungsten next? :slight_smile:

:laughing: :smiley: :laughing: :person_facepalming: Well said

Yep. :smiley:

You will need some gloves with this bad boy.

Why? What’s the benefit? :question:

Let’s be real here, this is the FW3ASS.

Weight is better than any metal I’ve seen used for flashlights except magnesium.
Thermal conductivity is better than aluminium, worse than copper.
Thermal capacity is better than any material I’ve seen used for flashlights, even copper which weighs almost 5 times as much.
Strength is similar to aluminium. Should be better than 6061 but worse than 7075.

This is the dream material. Extremely expensive and from practical point of view definitely not worth it. But I’m sure the uniqness coupled with the fact that FW3* is simply a very good light would yield some sales even at extreme prices.

Why not also plutonium? Beryllium is as toxic as hell. It causes Berylliosis

:nerd_face: [nerd mode] The finished product should be relatively ok, you will not inhale your flashlight. You can maybe get sensitised via skin. The main problem would be the manufacturing, where machining scraps and dust will make it into the air, I would not like to be responsable for an increase of ill chinese workers because we like our beryllium flashlight. [/nerd mode]

I kind of like a SS version of the FW3A, luckily Anduril allows setting a max-ramp level to stick to, repeatedly using turbo will eventually kill your flashlight (like it killed my Reylight Ti with FET-driver, still have to rebuild that one sometime)

I’d love a tungsten one, the FW3A is built so thin that you get away with the weight increase.

As long as you’re not a weight weenie. :stuck_out_tongue:

This one should be bead blasted