Have we a thread about how to do DIY clips?
cabfrank:I don’t know if this has already been asked, but is the clip reversible?
Cereal_killer:No it’s not
I was also hoping this was the case so it would clip on a cap.
Can the clip be modded to fit? What are the o.d. thread measurements of the front and rear?
Are there other clips that might fit?
Clip dimensions from FW3A Proto 1:
Inner diameter: 23.1 mm
Outer diameter: 26.1 mm
Material: 0.8 mm
Length from bend inside to contact tube: 42.5 mm
I would like a back and forth clip, like on newer olights. It can’t be so hard to bend one
I’d like to get in line for one of these, with the XPL Hi emitters and clear 10507 lense.
I really like my D4, but am unlikely to ever learn to flash it with Anduril, so buying this seems like a good alternative.
It will only come with the frosted optic, but if you want to buy a clear one, they are cheap, and easy to replace.
Will I be able to order the clear lense at the same time as the light? It would be quite a waste to pay $5 for shipping a $1 part separately.
Will I be able to order the clear lense at the same time as the light? It would be quite a waste to pay $5 for shipping a $1 part separately.
Buy the clear and other lenses from MTN Electronics. His shipping for a small part like that will be less than $5, his shipping prices are very honest. Pick up some extra batteries while you are at it.
You will have to buy the optic separately. MTN is one place, and there is another mentioned earlier in this thread. I think it might be LED Supply. It is a few pages ago.
You can also polish the frosted one. I have to go to work, and don’t have time to search, but this is also mentioned earlier in the thread.
No, the clip is not reversible. Not really, anyway. But it might be removable if the tail isn’t glued.
This is as close as it gets to being reversible:
It does not fit at the head end, and even if it did, inserting the clip between the head parts would interfere with the light’s operation.
Makes sense. I thought the light might not work that way.
No, the clip is not reversible. Not really, anyway. But it might be removable if the tail isn’t glued.
This is as close as it gets to being reversible:
It does not fit at the head end, and even if it did, inserting the clip between the head parts would interfere with the light’s operation.
But we can bent it to a deep carry clip
Thx TK
As a scientist, guys are killing me with the bastardisation of the periodic table :cry: :nerd_face: :laughing:
If something’s an element, I propose it’s given its elemental symbol, if it’s anything else, then capital abbreviations:
/modified:
FW3BA = Bakelite
FW3Be = Beryllium
FW3BeCu = Beryllium copper
FW3BF = Buckyfiber
FW3Bi = Bismuth
FW3BR = Brass
FW3BZ = Bronze
FW3Cu = Copper
FW3CA = Catalin
FW3CA = Carbide
FW3CC = Cool Colors (choice of:green, red, blue, purple, orange, black, & gray
)
FW3CE = Ceramic
FW3CF = Carbon Fiber
FW3CG = Clear Glass
FW3Co = Cobalt
FW3CR = Crystal
FW3Cr = Chromium
FW3D = Damascus
FW3Au = Gold
FW3Fe = Cast Iron
FW3Pb = Lead
FW3LX = Lexan
FW3M = Mokume
FW3Mg = Magnesium
FW3N = Naked
FW3Os = Osmium
FW3Pt = Platinum
FW3Pla
= Plaskon
FW3PSk = PlaySkool(kids version help's identify future flasholics & modders.)
FW3S = Stainless
FW3Ag = Sterling Silver
FW3ST = Stellite
FW3Ti = Titanium
FW3Tim = Timascus
FW3W = Tungsten
FW3UD
= Uranium - Depleted
FW3W = Wood
FW3XXX = @Cheap fake/knockoff copy of FW3A. Key word, ‘cheap’. Use as loaner lighllPlease …… Do Not “Quote” this looooong post. . Thank you. :+1:
I propose FW3DI = Diamond (okok, yes I know I’m breaking my own rule about elements…)
Or, for the budget version,
FW3MO = moissanite
:sunglasses:
Given the volume of posts I’ve read where you dropped your lights I would like to add a shockproof variant.
So I present you the Vibram version: FW3VB
And there is an FW3TROJ for people who have a tendency to drop/loose their lights in awkward places.
rubber version
I would like a back and forth clip, like on newer olights.
I liked the idea of those at first, but now I avoid them. Clipped one way, it ends up with a lot of extra material sticking out. This is really uncomfortable when the clip is pointing toward skin, like when clipped onto a waistband. Clipped the other way, it’s significantly weaker, holds things at an odd angle, lacks friction, and the light itself acts as a lever to pull on the clip’s weakest point.
Olight in particular tends to use this style of clip on lights where it makes no sense. Clipped one way, it works, aside from the extra fold sticking out… but clipped the other way, half the light is sticking out above the clip. It’s the opposite of deep carry. I don’t think anyone at Olight thought this one through:
Anyone have links for pre-bent deep pocket clips that could be modded to work?
I don’t understand why any flashlight or knife brands design pocket clips that aren’t deep-carry.
You don’t understand, these lights have multifeature support. Second bend is usable as a money clip as well as a beer bottle opener, because every cool gadget has to double as a bottle opener because reasons.
I don’t understand why any flashlight or knife brands design pocket clips that aren’t deep-carry. :person_facepalming:
+1 to that. :+1: