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

I think this is a great way to do this. No apology needed. It is clear & straight forward…. even though going live early was a surprise.

Is the inner black sleeve electrical signal meant to be isolated from the body?
That sleeeve carries the switch signal?
Is it only isolated by the black ano finish? What happens if the ano is scratched and it makes electrical contact to the body?

For future emitters, will there be another preorder/discount or should we buy now like the opportunity will not arise again?

Basically, what you said in your edit is correct. I feel 3D is closer to cool white by my perception. I’m going for the 7A which might look a little orange to some, but it’s so much easier on my eyes anyway. It should feel more authentic on candle mode, which I’m looking forward to trying out.

I actually just made my order 5 minutes before this. First Anduril light! Yay! Thx TK!

Yes to your edit.

3D is a very neutral tone, almost like daylight. The color temperature should theoretically be 4875 +/- 125 Kelvin.

7D is a warm tone, similar to halogen lights. The color temperature should theoretically be 3125 +/- 125 Kelvin.

You discover the wonders of kapton tape.

I went to bed at midnight last night. My Spidey sensors must’ve felt a disturbance in the force because I woke up around 4am (about an hour after PM’s started) and found my message :partying_face:

Thanks TK. Do you still not have a donation account set up?

TK set up a Patreon. The info is a few pages back i think.

Is the light ON or OFF?

Thanks :beer:

You mean your Spidey sense’s, there Luke Vader Darth Skywalker :smiley: :+1:

Is there enough room?

I have not been able to find out what bins they are using. Hopefully Kawiboy or Tom gets theirs before its necessary for me to order my lights.

They are really good at quick tear downs and thorough reviews. Toykeepers reviews are just as good but after bunnygate, clipgate and the mad rush to order lights that aren’t going to ship right away and will take weeks to deliver her enthusiasm may be a bit low.

When’s the last time a big light order happened here and the first batch was as good as the second batch?

That probably depends how the switch works. But how about either scenario? Will electroncis be damaged? Is there a fire risk since the 18650 has to be unprotected to fit?
I’ve just never seen electronics isolated only by an ano layer. Maybe they are both negative signals so it will just turn the light on or off when the switch circuit is closed to ground?

I’m also a bit surprised the two tint choices are 3000k and 5000k 70CRI. I was really hoping for a 4000k 90CRI but I’ll still buy one to use as a host for LH351D.

The light looks great and I am excited about the firmware.

Any chance i can still get in on the group buy? Looks great.

Thanks Kawi. My senses are a bit funny this morning :innocent:

See https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/45538/8711

I’m not sure. I asked Neal, and he’s still figuring out the details for that.

However, he says the SST-20 version will be $30 for people in the group buy. He just hasn’t figured out when it will be available to purchase, or how exactly the process will work.

I don’t have an FW3A, but I have modded a Sipik 58 a couple times to use a very similar connection scheme for a tailcap switch.

Short answer: If the anno is damaged and there is a direct short from the inner sleeve to the exterior body tube, the effect is the same as holding the button down permanently. Meaning the light would ramp up to max ramp and stay there.

On the up side there really isn’t any reason to remove the inner sleeve. So there shouldn’t be a lot of rubbing or friction. Chances of it getting damaged and shorting assuming it works out of the box are probably pretty low.

I finally made a donation thing. The link is in my signature where it says “Patreon”. :slight_smile:

To be clear though, it’s a donation thing for me. I don’t know how to contact a lot of the original team, so I haven’t attempted to set up a team donation system.

Just enough room for one layer of kapton tape.

I have a strip of tape around the inner tube in all my earlier FW3A prototypes, because it was required to make the light reliable. However, I haven’t had any of those issues with the new production sample. It looks like the issues there were finally fixed.