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

Awesome! That bottom one looks like it would make a perfect pocket EDC!!! :stuck_out_tongue:

More noise & exaggeration from you Tom Tom.

Your quoted post above was #3626.

As of that post I have indeed made 67 of them for 1.847%.
You have posted 59 times of the 3626 for a 1.627%.
So indeed I did outpost you by a whopping 0.220% in post count. :+1:

But in length of post & lines written…… you would be the sure winner. :wink:

So Tom Tom……
……your ’declaration’ is somewhat akin to ‘the pot calling the kettle black’. :smiley:

At least try to be accurate in your future insult attempts Tom Tom…… :beer:

As far as “interesting”…… that is subjective & depends on the individual listener. You certainly do not have a final say on that besides your own personal opinion.
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sub·jec·tive / 1. based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions:

I was cycling last night at 2am in a pretty remote rural area about 25km from home. Clear, no moon, the milky way shining bright overhead, so I knew it was dark. I stopped my bike and turned off my light to see how dark.

Wow! I could not even see the road right underneath me, even after letting my eyes dark adapt for a few minutes. I could make out the tree line where it met the starry sky, but that was it. It was actually rather scary, when I thought, “What would happen if my light broke or I ran out of batteries?” I would have been completely unable to navigate anywhere, even by foot, at least until twilight started to give me some light. (But I carried 4 lights and spare batteries, so I wasn’t worried.)

Any light at 300 ft., even a crappy low-power one, would have easily out-shined any stray light (of which there was virtually none). Even 0.01 lux would have allowed me to see where the road was.

So your comments on the Samsung LED are what exactly? Pots? kettles? Who cares. Just add some actual value to the discussions to help people make better educated choices if you are going to comment on something specifically like the Samsung triple.

Curious as to what the Anonymous votes are trending vs the rest of the votes.

Strange. I can see to walk around by starlight after a short time; of course I might be lucky. I’m sure even those with poor ability to adapt could see better than that after long enough; full adaptation takes much longer than the initial bit- you’d be able to see well enough to walk around after half an hour at worst, because then your rods should be fully recovered. But yeah, even a little illumination would be plenty when it’s truly dark. Many times I’m disappointed with the lowest mode a light offers. And in places with significant stray light, as long as you don’t let yourself get blinded by something bright, you can rely on ambient light some. On a dark night in a rural area, you’ve got to supply all your own light, but it doesn’t have to overpower bright lights to be the dominant source, so best to cover a wider area to avoid tunnel visioning, and of course don’t desensitize yourself too much in case you end up needing that sensitivity. Either way for navigating around I want a nice wide beam, and the beam intensity of today’s triples and quads is still quite a lot, more than enough for that purpose.

My thoughts that the XPL HI will make a better all around EDC for this light are based on the comments of ToyKeeper & a few others concerning this light.
Also on the fact that I have many XPL HI lights & am pleased with them beyond measure.

Your right…… who cares. Who cares what I think. Who cares what you think. Who cares what Tom Tom thinks.
Like Tom Tom said in a previous post…. “it’s just a bunch of egos blowing hot air.” (quoted below)

Mostly hoping to ‘sell’ or further advance their/our own personal preference and/or opinion I might add.
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Yeah…… I have read a lot of ‘vocalization’ too.

And as far as the “stove & boxer” comments, they were simply in reply to the scenarios you brought up. (quoted below) So no “attitude” as you suggest.

And as far as the “boot” you mention above. That would be a real good idea before you send it in the direction you mention. That way you will have a fond memory of it & the leg attached to it when you awake from your proposed space flight. :wink:

The comments I made were simply in response to scenarios spaceminions suggested. (quoted below)
There was no intent to be “misleading” & certainly no intent to be “purposefully misleading” either.
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Oh, took the time to post and blame the other guy for you drawing false conclusions on an LED not even specified by him or handled by you. Yeah, this is definitely a $20,000,000 response. LOL!

Fellows, with all due respect, please let’s not turn this GB thread into another rant thread!! :zipper_mouth_face: :frowning:
It is already hard to follow, sometimes, this flashlight’s development information and the discussions that may elucidate unaware people, like myself!

Thanks for your comprehension :blush:

ON TOPIC:
When this light is out, and looking to it’s characteristics (theoretically), will an unprotected Samsung 30Q or a Sony US18650VTC6 be good to provide the “max” power?
How about the Sanyo NCR18650GA, will they be good enough?
Sorry, but I wanna order some batteries in advance and wanted to know which would be better!

Thanks for the answers, in advance, and the updates on this :+1:

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My understanding is that the VTC6 is slightly better than the 30Q. So the VTC6 should give best performance.

As the FW3A uses a FET like the D4, it will pretty much pull as many amps as your cell can provide. This means that high drain cells like the 30Q and VTC6 should produce higher peak output than lower drain cells like the GA.

That said, if you run the FW3A in max turbo I expect that it will start ramping down almost immediately, like the D4. Using high-drain cells might not provide as much benefit due to that rampdown.

Just 1 light please.

Sorry! I forgot I was already on the list.

I have to unsubscribe from this thread. All this childishness is uncalled for and quite aggravating to read when you are just trying to get info on the progress of the light. Jesus, grown ass men bickering about stuff that hasn’t happen yet. Is that your Pintrest? I will just wait for the light to become available and worry about it then. Shame how a few clowns can make a GB a damn circus.

This light is turning us against each other!!!

The FW3A is my 3rd Group buy, first the ill-fated S42, then the ill-fated SC26, now this. Third time is the charm!

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Short list, Last requests .
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I want two units total. mil gracias por su ayuda pepinfaxera.

Don’t order yet, the next technology of batteries may be released before this light :smiley:

Been a long time since last log in, Glad to see this project still in the works.

Was hoping to have these this year for work, but its all good. Hopefully by next June have these to play with :smiley: