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

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8003

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?

8004

Look what I found.

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

8005

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

But your link clearly says fw3a-triple.

8006

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

8007

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

8008

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

8009

Username fixed.

8010

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…

8011

that’s cruel :cry:

8012

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

8013

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

8014

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

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

8015

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.

8016

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.

8017

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/

8018

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.

8019

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.

8020

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

8021

The “Convoy S2+ SST20 4000K 95CRI” finally came in today.

  • The UI is Biscotti.
  • The driver has 8 x 7135 chips.
  • The modes are 0.1, 1, 10, 35, & 100%.

Here are ’my’ impressions of the SST20 4000K in ’this’ light.

  • The lower power levels (0.1% & 1%) have a medium pea green tint. :confounded: . :person_facepalming:
  • The 10% level has a mild pea green tint. :confounded: . :person_facepalming:
  • The 35% level is a creamy white. :+1:
  • The 100% level is a creamy white with a slight rose tint. :+1:

Surprisingly, I really like the 35% & 100% levels. :+1: :+1:

However, the green tint at the 0.1, 1, & 10% levels kill it for me. It is just downright ugly.

If there was a way to avoid the greenish tint at the lower levels, this would be nice enough.

These are ’my impressions of this particular SST20 4000K 95+ CRI’, yours may vary.

8022

I wonder how a slight -green filter would affect the higher modes.