FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public

Yes will update list later

Compared to other names FW3A isnā€™t all that bad. The ā€œBLF tripleā€ I have seen being used, but that doesnā€™t do TLF justice.
Elegant triple is good too.

Now the other way around: I know of an American TV-show with Burt Reynolds as Lt. Dan August. On German TV they called him Dan Blocker. When you go to a circus in Germany, there are always clowns. On top of the foodchain is the all white (clothes, make-up) Arlequine and on the other end is ā€œder dumme Augustā€. A character like Bozo. Just saying.
Not to mention once there was a car made in Poland that was called something like ā€œyour mother is a ā€¦ā€ in Russia.

Thereā€™s a rumor that ā€œCoca Colaā€ originally translated to ā€œbite the wax tadpoleā€ in Japan, until the company realized this and changed it slightly to mean ā€œpleasure in the mouthā€.

Oh,I didnā€™t know that.

Funny, the best german VDSL/Internet Router/Modem all in one connection box is named ā€œFritz!Boxā€ from AVM.

+1 here!
Not so nice to be ā€œcatchyā€, but FW3A can be a distinctive name.

Picking up and adapting contactcr and joechina suggestions and making justice to both: :sunglasses:
BLF: BLitz Fritz + TLF: TripLe Fritz = BlitzTripleFritz (BLF/TLF > BTF) :nerd_face:

If using ā€œElegant Tripleā€, we would be calling ā€œETā€ to this light :stuck_out_tongue:

(BTW, ā€œNOVAā€ in portuguese is ā€œnewā€ in the feminin, and in some spanish language countries ā€œno vaā€ (separated) is the ā€œdonā€™t goā€)

just checking in. this will be another great light to have imo :+1:

EDIT : sorry forgot to mention please put me in the list. Iā€™m interested in ONE! :+1:

Please add me to the list for one.

Thanks.

Of course, Iā€™m going to want it in brass, copper, and titanium. :smiley:

Itā€™s a pretty unusual light with the tail e-switch, and itā€™ll be particularly versatile with that switch and all the features we can pack into the huge 8K ROM.

hehehe

I had for almost 20 years and more than half a million kilometers a Charade

Iā€™m fine with any name possible since it will not be engraved. :+1:
At least it will not look like this with tons of ā€œliteratureā€ :

:person_facepalming:

It looks like a heavily sponsored race car. Do not want.

In addition to the different materials for the FW3A, Iā€™d love the powers that be to offer an 18350 tube and possibly the thought of a larger tube for the 21700 cells that may appear on the horizon.

Also I agree with delusionalā€™s post up above. At this price point, with the size, lumens, UI and cool looks, it really could be the next ā€œitā€ light. I love my Zebralights and really appreciate the quality they possess, but I donā€™t know at this stage of the game if Iā€™d buy them again knowing that new and wonderful lights are being created at a fraction of the price.

Thatā€™s true PBW, but the lights we buy today will work just as nicely as they do today, until they go on the fritz, even if other lights have more output or throw, whatever. My problem is that I need to convince myself of that. There was a post over in the Q8 thread that mentioned about Narsil vs the clunky UIs. I think thatā€™s going to be more of an issue for me than performance. After using the Narsil Lite UI in the D4, Iā€™m going to love Narsil in these new BLF lights and I wonā€™t want to go back to the old UIs.

seems R2D2 caught on pretty well

FW3A sounds OK to me

Brian,
and with lamps from BLF you can flash different UIs on your lamp.
Read what Toykeeper wrote about FSM firmware.

Will update list later of course

And well for me FW3A is the name but funny thing, my wife needed an update on what we are doing and her reaction was ā€œFW3A, that is a working title yes?ā€™ And then people started posting about the name lol

It is gonna be Clean anyways :wink:

joechina, yes, I understand that. But I like the Narsil ramping. Iā€™ll definitely play with the other UI modes, but I doubt that Iā€™ll like them more than ramping. The D4 only has ramping (it also has memory and a double click for turbo) and itā€™s very nice.

Hi

I am keen on one. Can you please add me to the list? Thanks :slight_smile:

Iā€™ll definitely need to get other materials.

How about Fritzfire?

:wink:

This viewpoint seems to be getting more popular. For the most part, lights are already bright enough, already small enough, already have good enough tint and beam qualities and runtimeā€¦ so one of the main things which appeals about new lights is the interface.

I could just use the 1xAA ZebraLight I got in 2013. Itā€™ll probably last a hundred years. But the interface seems so clunky compared to the latest projects on BLFā€¦

They could also get more efficient but I left that out because itā€™s a minor point unless that results in more light with significantly less heat. Think cold light like a firefly or a Cyalume stick.