Silver and Gold!
Can we see a photo inside the head please?
Yes, it does. That one jumped right out when I was looking at these pictures. It’s calling my name :money_mouth_face:
I thought I read somewhere that this light would have auxiliary LEDs? I don’t see any place for them. And what is the red arrow highlighting?
They’re on a separate board which goes on above the MCPCB.
Hot damn! I’m really excited about this one.
It’s always hard to tell the true color on a computer screen, but I like the dark grey (black?) too. Gonna be hard to decide.
Thanks for the pics.
You say that like you can only get one. Remember when you were a kid and your mom only let you choose one piece of candy? Now you get revenge and buy all the candy!
Oh yeah, my D4S is like that. I forgot. Too many flashlights. Getting hard to keep up.
Thanks cowboygg, appreciate the pics… looking awesome!
Guys, this looks awesome:
Maybe polish it before anodizing. (make it shine, round off the sharp edges a little)
Or maybe just don’t anodize it at all, keep the rich natural aluminum gloss.
This looks bead blasted:
That looks cheaper i.m.h.o.
Listen FF folks,
This is not the first time that a “fresh from the machine” body looks better than the final product.
I very much prefer the satiny, bead blasted, look. But I don’t like the bare aluminum look anyway
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen an anodized surface retain the machine finished look of metal. The best way to have a machine-finished flashlight is to… not anodize it. You lose mechanical lockout without it though.
The Convoy L2 has a non bead blasted clear anodized version that looks like fresh off the machine.
Fireflies, have you considered rotated LED pads like Emisar quads?
You laid the pads under 3 angles, clockwise 0°-30°-60°-0°-30°-60° + centre of 0°.
Doing 0°-30°-60°-15°-45°-75° would result in a slightly rounder beam. Not that I expect your current layout to be bad, it’s just that such change in the next MCPCB batch doesn’t cost anything extra and may make some snobs happier.
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen an anodized surface retain the machine finished look of metal. The best way to have a machine-finished flashlight is to… not anodize it. You lose mechanical lockout without it though.
Yes, bare aluminum il not a good idea if you need mechanical lockout and a durable finish as bare aluminum is prone to scratches and will tarnish.
Press fitted button retaining ring again :person_facepalming: modding colors won’t be easy.
Please make button retaining ring threaded please!!!
Where does bare aluminum tarnish? It might oxidize in a high salt environment but otherwise it’s not likely to change IMHO. I have bare lights I machined from scratch 3 years ago that are exactly the same today, I have reflectors I sanded down and polished by hand nearly 5 years ago that are still brilliant.
All our road signs are aluminum, bare on the backside, and I don’t recall ever seeing one “tarnished”, oxidized either for that matter.
And yes, as I already showed, Convoy makes an L2 with machined but anodized finish, no bead blasting. It’s gorgeous!
I think road signs are actually anodized on the back, but i’m not sure.
(Maybe different in different countries)
I very much prefer the satiny, bead blasted, look.
When you wrote this, i had to take a second look, and maybe you’re not wrong.
Either way, it’s a more durable finish when you bead blast it and anodize it.
Also, you lose the ability to lock out the battery when you have no anodizing.
So in hind sight, i personally agree anodizing is the best option.
But I don’t like the bare aluminum look anyway
It depends if it’s polished or not i.m.o.
The natural gloss of polished bare aluminium i like very much.
But it scratches and dents easily.
Anodizing over polished aluminum would be nice but I doubt FF will do that as should add a good bit to the manufacturing cost and the selling price will have to be higher.