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

lol only lurking… My wallet is not a fan of my new life decision

yeah me too, but it seems that for now it will be not possible, maybe later on i dont know :frowning:

Probably asked before, but I cant find it. How difficult it will be to flash modified firmware to FW3A? Can it be done without disassembling and without soldering?

Look what I found.

https://www.lumintoponline.com/lumintop-fw3a-triple-p1492292.html

Hmmm… I click the link & it take me to the Tool AA 2.0

But your link clearly says fw3a-triple.

Either they are booking the page or they are making fake news :smiley:

If it’s not too late I’d like to get in for 1 of these!

You can type anything you want in that URL before the “-p1492292” and it’ll take you to the Tool AA 2.0 page.

https://www.lumintoponline.com/Buzzy243-is-bored-at-work-p1492292.html

Edit: https://www.lumintoponline.com/You-got-me-Good-one-Zak-p1492292.html

Username fixed.

well if the model name appears in their page it must mean something… i hope not april fools joke :frowning: i dont find that funny at all if so…

that’s cruel :cry:

I know. It’s the worst thing I’ve done all week.

I have a slightly twisted sense of humor and I knew it was an April fools joke. :laughing:

You bust me!! :person_facepalming: . I forgot it was 1 April…. :smiley: :smiley:

Good one!! Hilarious. …. :beer: . :beer:

The real twisted part is that little grain of truth that makes a good lie; this is a common way for new products to leak.

I fell for this so hard I had actually started digging through Lumintop’s image hosting site for photos of this mythical FW3A.

No, sorry. It requires soldering to get the driver out before it can be flashed. Take off the bezel, lens, and optic. Unsolder the LED wires. Unscrew the driver retaining ring. Then the driver should come out where it can be flashed. Repeat everything in reverse to re-assemble.

There isn’t really anywhere to put flashing vias, since both surfaces of the driver are really packed with components. It was originally going to have optical programming, but it turns out that would take several hours to transfer a ROM and it would require removing several features to make room.

Yeah, it’s not even the right URL. They’ll probably sell it on Amazon for western customers.

https://www.amazon.com/Lumintop-FW3A-Flashlight-Pocket-Sized/dp/B00137QS28/

The funny thing is, I knew this wasn't the real link. I clicked it anyway, I guess to see where it went. But I suppose you were counting on that.

Edit: quotes ending in links are hard, and harder to fix on mobile.

The more I see of this, the more I like it. Please put me down for a second one. Then I don’t have to decide between emitter options, I’ll just get one of each! If it helps, the number for my first one is 1995.

TK, Good one too but now that song is stuck in my head! :person_facepalming: