Thanks for the shoutout. I tried it too. Here’s a few photos of mine, if anyone’s considering.
…but in the end I came to the same conclusion as bansuri. This isn’t better, taken as a whole. It definitely (in my opinion at least) looks better. Like… a lot better. Its a much nicer design, cleaner. And its the proper diameter so it doesn’t stick out past the body. Both big improvements to the look of the light.
But it loses points on functionality. That same sticky-out ring that many of us (including myself) don’t love is actually quite functional. The shoulder on the tail of this light is very small so that bit of clip really helps with a cigar grip. Pure speculation, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s why Lumintop made the change to the thickness there. In addition, this clip is so short that it lands on the slope of the head, which is fine I guess, it works, but it doesn’t allow the clip to generate enough downward force for retention. It feels weak, because its cut to meet the light more on its body. Probably fixable by bending the clip more, but I didn’t try.
So its back to the stock clip for me too.
PS: One final warning — I don’t think the Oveready clip would fit without grinding it out a bit. My clips are already ground out to fit other lights so I don’t have one un-modded here to try, but it doesn’t look it would’ve fit before widening. Maybe bansuri can confirm.
I thought mine was delivered today ,but after opening the jiffy bag ,it was an emisar D18 in glorious xplhi coolwhite ,I don’t care how long the fw3 takes now ha ha
Got this beauty yesterday, i’m very satisfied with it, just something is bothering me, a little deformated optics on one edge, don’t know is this normal or not?
Is this optics which came with a FW3A 10507 model?
Are those Carclo lenses from 10507 to 10511 all compatible with a FW3A? Carclo
you are not the first to be bothered by that irregularity in Carclo optics. It is in all Carclo optics, does not affect the beam, and is a remains of the moulding process of the optic during production.
Just got the light yesterday but am running into an issue. The light switches to moon/low mode after a few seconds of coming on whether it is just on or while I’m ramping. It doesn’t appear to respond consistently to multiple clicks either.
I’ve tightened the tail hard before tightening the head. I’ve also tightened the driver retainer ring. Anything else to check for that could cause this behavior?
That seems to be a plausible explanation for the inconsistency being reported, given how my light wasn’t functioning properly out of the box. I didn’t take it apart and do any cleaning, just loosen/tighten a couple of times… and that probably pushed aside enough thread lube to make a more reliable contact.
Btw, I discovered the split ring holding in the driver wasn’t tightened all the way. I tightened it down a bit (finger tight) and that didn’t change anything, so that’s ruled out.
Thanks for this showcase of the D4 clip. I agree, MUCH more attractive looking. But like you indicated, I also appreciate the slight lip to the stock clip ring. Visually I don’t really notice it, as it’s subtle, but has a tactile presence that helps with grip.
My only complaint with the stock clip so far is that it’s not anywhere close to deep carry. I’m thinking about trying to bend mine into one since its pretty useless to me as-is.