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.
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.
: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.
We know what the books on high-school say, but the specific mass of the actual metals used may vary.
Given the different properties of the metals it is not sure the lights have perfect identical dimensions.
But I am as curious as the next guy, so I dusted off my old abacus and got a (ball park) weight of 109 gram.
I love my abacus. It is the best abacus. A fine abacus. A hard working true abacus.
The other day it body slammed a calculator. That will teach them to say bleep.
BTW, when they start making a stainless steel FW3A, I sure am interested in buying an SS bezel.
Not for the looks of it, but for protecting the lens and optics of the light…