I just got mine in the mail this morning. I bought it for a few reasons:
1. I reviewed the "Vote for the Best Light of 2019" topic thread, and saw it scored super high.
2. Most compact, high power, single 18650 light.
3. I like this friendly and helpful forum community, so I thought I should add another nice budget light to my collection, so I can feel more fit in with this forum community. (I have Emisar, Imalent, Manker, Nightwatch and Noctigon lights that I like and love and am excited about very, very much)
4. This light is recommended by leading luminaries of the Flashlight World.
5. Cost is almost free.
6. Zero body prints.
7. No frills, simple yet elegant, attractive design.
8. No pesky magnet in the tailcap.
Mine arrived in, has been in, and is stuck in "box of chocolates" mode. There is no way of knowing in advance what is going to happen and/or not happen if I click once while off, click once while on, click and hold when off, click and hold while on, double click while on, or double click while off.
Because I am late to the FW3A party, I had plenty of time to review the troubleshooting tips and tricks.
I did not loosen and re tighten the tailcap, because it is beyond hand-tight out of the box.
I tried reset by removing the head and holding the button while re-connecting the head. Click four times while on yields nothing. Click three times while off yields nothing.
At the moment: Click once from off to turn on = Nothing.
Double click from off = Sometimes turbo, sometimes medium power.
Double click from on = Turbo.
Press and hold from off = medium power, no ramping. I can not access any ramping nor any stepping function at all whatsoever.
Press and hold from on = Turn off. I can not access any ramping nor any stepping function at all whatsoever.
I have been senior global moderator for more than a few years of the official forum of the worlds consistently highest independently rated premium anti virus company, so I know, as was mentioned a few or so posts above, that troubleshooting topic thread means only a very small percentage of users see any issues.
I am all good/very happy with points 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 above, so I am happy to add this light to my collection.