FW4A and HL3A interest and discussion thread

Looks great, except the trit slots!

Those trit slots are a deal breaker for me. Looks like I won’t order any of the 21700 FW lights. Pity!

thats PROTOTYPES - no need for hard feelings ;)


This whole trit thing - I think it’s clear some like them, some don’t - I personally don’t mind (would like a few) unless there are too many to fill, making it cost more than the light itself.
In this case, since it’s in the tail cap which would cost next to nothing (the shell, not innards) maybe make and ‘empty’ tail cap with trit holes, and ship the light with a standard tail cap , or both for an extra charge ($5/8?) - maybe even pre-filled ($20?). People can then put their original innards into their new cap to keep costs down.

On a side note, maybe 3 would suit it better - the 4 holes make it look square, and it doesn’t look right to me, maybe 3 in a triangle?
Not a deal breaker for me though either way - I would prefer to buy it separately though.

On some light I like trit slots, on some I don’t. Not because of the need to fill them (I never feel such need and always consider trits to be optional) but because sometimes the empty holes make an OK-looking pattern and sometimes they are just odd and look out-of place.
Haikelite SC26 looks fine. I have a single trit near the switch and left the other slots empty.
In FW21 and FW421 they look out of place.

I don't buy trits, so the trit holes will just fill up with filth.

That doesn't appeal to me, so if there are trit holes, I'm not buying.

Interested in the FW421, that looks like a nice light, it would be even better in titanium

There you go, the 21700 quad for me is perfect! The trits in the tail aren’t to my absolute liking but I could live with them. Maybe fill them with UV resin and GITD powder?
I would LOVE it in blue too.
Put me down for one!

Interested

Interested

Interested in both

Interested

Interested in the 21700 version!

I would be interested in the FW4A if it were 21700.

Edit: I cannot see the photos posted by M4D M4X.

Interested in HL3A
But why not they put the button on side of the head? Using it as a headlamp is much comfortable that way.

I am in (-terested)!

I also can’t understand why only Armytek and Skilhunt were able to compute how headlamps are mounted on a head and how average person hands are built :smiley:

Why Haven’t they changed the tail switch? You look at it funny and it will turn on. Their is no way you can edc it without it turning it on making it completely useless.

Interested

Very interested in headlamp… if an 18350 tube is an option.

(18350 in a triple—what’s the point you ask? Answer: mainly for regular use as low output with rare turbo bursts. Low weight means less bouncing with these light type right. But then there’s the option to then upgrade to 18650s in reserve if sustained high-output is needed. My use case is backpacking in dark places)