I believe Lumintop had to do a lot of design engineering and make their own blueprints. I doubt they copied Fritzās measurements and tolerances precisely. They probably used his light as inspiration, but basically designed it all new (body/machining wise).
What licensing? Between Fritz and Lumintop? I donāt believe there was any mention of such a thing. If there was, I missed it.
I donāt think you are realizing just how much effort and money Lumintop also put into this project. Itās not fair to say they were āgiftedā the design and they only had to āmakeā it. Itās like I design a car and hand it to Ford and say āMake thisā. Itās not that simple, itās very complicated. Ford has to figure out all the nitty gritty details like fit, finish, tolerances, prototyping, testing, etcā¦
I think the only thing Lumintop did not have to work on was Anduril, because ToyKeeper worked on it for them.
So it was truly a group effort. Not many manufacturers will even work with forums since we are such a pain in their butt with so many demands, etcā¦
Still, I canāt defend this last minute optic design change. They should say the problem they are having, for example maybe their supply of Carclo lenses is getting low and Carclo can not keep up demand. So an example to remedy this is to have a different company make a custom lens. They should ask us if this is acceptable before just doing it. Maybe it is only about lowering production costs, I donāt really know. The way they did it with no warning (kinda) and no explanation of why is surely going to upset many people and lose sales.
Iām not saying Lumintop didnāt invest money and effort. Iām just saying a lot was done at no cost to them. Designing something like this in house would have been difficult for them, or maybe they never would have thought of it at all.
1. Larger MCPCB with dedicated screws holes: All 4 optic legs are intact in the D4 v2.
2. 7 auxiliary LED colors options which is selectable through config UI, as well as the voltage indication function.
3. Knurling on the tube, magnet option in the tailcap, lanyard hole added.
4. Anduril UI
5. Couple of other small improvements
Seems like the bunny just keeps going and going and going .So happy that I got my order in for the sst-20 / 30$ light that they promised .....ooops I mean 32$ I'm assuming the 2$ is for Lumbertop to buy optics that will murder the throw gains of the sst emitters.
Iāve been hearing that as well. Apparently due to the thin and flat surface of the sapphire crystal, it is more shatter prone than tempered glass. Are you familiar at all with Borofloat lenses
I was ready to buy the copper and titanium versions too but I will keep my wallet closed after this nasty cost cutting crappola. shame Lumintop shameā¦
I agree my watches with sapphire have a far more exposed glass and get hit almost every day. Never had a problem, in fact really glad they donāt scratch.