I trust that the GB will come out great. I have the patience. I just wanted to know how will they inform us of shipping. I chose regular shipping. Not a big deal by any means.
No, Tinywind did not dare to have the custom flashlight made without knowing that actually 200 would be sold. But this set-up was already known at the start of this group buy and announced in the OP. The OP is a bit clogged up with update posts now, so it may look hidden in the meantime :-)
Gotcha. The problem was I didn’t read the thread after I got he coupon code and paid for the light… So I didn’t see the August 13th update. No worries- thanks for making this happen!
Still thinking about this flashlight, but I wonder if Tinywind can source a Woods filter lens that fits it, to cancel out the white light from the 365 UV LED.
I found these ZWB2 filters on Aliexpress, quite interesting to try actually, but these are only 10mm diameter. I would like to try them but I can't order on Aliexpress (I have no credit card, and Aliexpress does not do bank transfers from the Netherlands).
But to answer your question: It could be a nice option but it will not be for this group buy light for this price. The 10mm filters from the above link could be used for a small AAA size 365nm light perhaps. A cheap chinese 365nm led + this filter will be cheaper than a proper Nichia 365nm led that does not emit visible light anyway. The Nichia will still win in output of course.
On a positive note, if you didn’t use the $6 coupon at Tinywind for their anniversary yet, that brings it down to $13.99, and don’t forget to add a 1 penny item to your order as well.
if they want to sell off the overproduction and want to gain NEW customers (i never heard of Tinywind before!) they better give me the coupon or i'll never look at them again from now on
Apart from that the picture above is probably taken with a broadband UV lightsource (that goes down to 300nm or less), that gives a more colourful picture than just using 365nm. Also a blocking filter is used to filter out the visible light from the lightsource
Good find, anyone cares to order one to try? Or even better, order one for me to try and I will pay for the filter plus shipping to me (preferably someone EU-based of course).