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

I like the plum color, would want even a bit more red/darkness added to give it some depth. And maybe marmorize it with a little bit black.

:+1:

White anodization is definitely possible.

I have a white Emisar D4 that is quite nice. It has a grainy surface though. Not sure what the surface texture is on the white FW3A.

I think on the Emisar products they might acid etch the surface, add the white dye then seal it. I’m not sure. The grainy surface is a key that they are doing something unique. It may not be true anodization like we see with other colors, though. Here’s an article on why there’s no white.

I wonder if we can get Lumintop to comment on the white finish.

Exactly. Many people prefer light with a negative Duv, but, objectively speaking, negative and positive Duv are equally deviant from the reference standard. (Of course, there is nothing sacred about the BBL, but it does represent the light, both natural and artificial, in which humans evolved and adapted.)

As a (subjective) aside, I see little or no green in the high CRI SST 20’s (of unknown bin) in my Emisar D4S, even at low levels, although I accept that, objectively, they are above BBL. And when I light up the ship half-model above my desk, which has blues, reds, and wood tones, the SST’s are significantly richer in color than the XP-L HI 3D’s in my FW3A.

An interesting question: why do humans prefer magenta light over green?

I like the burgundy / maroon one on the left. The metallic purple 2nd from left looks a bit richer, less “lilac” than the 2nd from right.

Teal looks pretty nice too.

Original: I like the 3rd one best here, the pinkish purple.

Gotta go with the second one here, a darker purple. I like all of the colors though.

Gotta go with the second one here too, the darker more vivid magenta. The wine color on the left is nice, too.

I don’t know what we’ll actually get, but I’m liking these darker and more vivid purples people made.

I just love colorful lights! What about orange or to be different a neon type yellow? I’d LEGO a blue and yellow together for sure!

Different body colours are perfect to distinguish between different led types…
Will the code also work for those lights? If so, I will wait for them and order once, they are available…

ToyKeeper posted:…………. Flying Luminosity posted:xevious posted:

Toykeeper wrote:
I don’t know what we’ll actually get, but I’m liking these darker and more vivid purples people made.

teacher wrote:
The burning question is……. which one is closest to the ‘Gold Standard’???
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Barney Purple

:wink:

But, in the final analysis (as much as possible with LT); ToyKeeper (IMO) should have the say so as to what Purple to use. :+1: . :beer:

Don’t watch with kids around lol

Pick any purple shade you want … just give me THIS one!

!!

I’m with you timbo114…… :+1:

The TK Purple one is a given… I hope.

I like the Blue too. But the more I look at that Army Green/Dark Olive the more I like it.

I would be most happy if in addition to the FW3A-TK they did both the Blue & the Army Green. :+1: . Why not, it will just be more sales. :wink:

But… it ain’t my call. Time will tell……

Any news about the LH351D version?

Yep let TK decide which shade to go with, then I’ll buy one for my old girl

Once you have the “Army Green” one next to a bronze colored flashlight does the green become more apparent. But definitely not your usual medium green. I’d call it more of a Greenish Bronze, or “Olive Drab Metallic”. The Zebralight is meant to be Olive Drab, but you can see there’s comparatively more of a bronze-green in the FW3A.

Yeah… whatever it’s called, I really like the FW3A ‘Army Green’. :+1:

Only 1 thing could make the ‘green’ better … if it was absolutely FLAT matte and grippy, like a cerakote!
MMM MMM good!

For those of you discussing how the white is done, I assume it's just the same as Lumintop's white Tool AA 2.0. So clearly they're already doing white coating, whether that's a powdercoat or anodization or what I have no idea.

Definitely not powder coating.
Someone with the white Tool AA said the threads were conductive. Typically, anodizing is not conductive so this tells me Lumintop (technically the company that does their anodizing) is doing something unique to get this color. I’m curious to know how it’s achieved, but no big deal. I don’t want to go too off topic.