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

Obviously Lumintop (or any company for that matter) can but I don’t want to speculate on that.

No problem.

Thanks a lot for the updates still!

:+1: :beer:

But a light like this, aren’t all the emitters just tied in parallel, with nothing to balance the current? Mixed emitters would likely have varying forward voltages, which means that the lower Vf device would tend to hog the current.

Yes… but usually this is not a problem when mixing the same type of emitter in different tints. They have the same Vf.

I’ll take two.
One of each led set.
One of each finish.
Preferably ‘clear’ anodized aluminum over raw.

Nice job Fritz & team !

There is only one finish. No clear/raw. Just the darker gray.

Please put me down for 1. Thank You.

I’d like one please. Thank you

>>>LH351D may happen a few weeks after XP-L HI, due to lead time in sourcing parts.
>>>Anodizing is dark grey.
>>>Unanodized bare aluminum might happen later, but this isn’t determined yet. <<<

I am simply saying that I would like to show interest/buy a second FW3A in a finish of raw/clear aluminum if/when available.
I did this with the FireFlies E07. 1st a Grey anodized XP-L Hi 5000K at release.
Then got a clear aluminum (SST-20 4000K Hi CRI) when that finish option came out later.

Okay, but raw/clear aluminum is not part of this group buy.

I send my Proto4 to my friend Andreas for beamshots.

Beamshots from Andreas

Thank you Andreas for your great work. :+1:

Thanks Bluzie and Andreas! It surely shows how the beam looks like, and i’m liking it :wink:
BTW, that is with a 10508 Carclo, not the originally intended 10511 which will give a different beam with more hotspot, not so wide!
I do like it this way too, though as there are no beam artifacts :wink:

Wow, the gray anodization has a bit more blue in it than I realized.

Maybe these pictures were taken under a bright light. (Probably, maybe it’s due to a certain temperature of light that adds a blue tint)

Perhaps the blueish tint is most probably the result of lighting (which affect the tint of the gray finish) when the photos were taken.

I have posted this photo elsewhere, and as an example of that effect, to show the change of gray to blueish, of the same light and time of photo-taking ( the right photo is the real gray finish of the Avaritia NA40SE) are the photos below:

More photos from this thread: HERE

Certainly not being the best person to brag about his photographic skills,
but I think that every person involved has shown us a photo with a different color of ano.
And I can’t imagine that LT fills a fresh bath of ano for every copy they send.

Is it possible to send one of the last specimen to a professional photographer, like DBCustom?
Or is it advisable to publish only photo’s of the FW3A in the company of well known lights?

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Agreed, thanks tatasal. . :+1:

They don’t do this themselves. It’s outsourced, afaik.

The exact color doesn’t matter to me. They all look good. :partying_face:

Amen!! . :+1: . :beer: :beer:

yes i agree with others all colors so far looks good.