I received the two SST-20 with Carclo optics I ordered 6 weeks ago. Boy, is this thing small and light!
The next day I promptly dropped one on the floor (hardwood, with some plastic around, no metal), and that gouged a chip about 1mm square. The anodization doesn't seem very robust or hard. I guess I now have a beater I don't need to worry about babying...
That doesn’t look the color of exposed aluminum. Maybe the wood finish transferred to the rough texture of the anodized aluminum? Does a scrubbing sponge diminish it?
It does to me. It’s shiny aluminum.
This spot is on the concave portion of the light. It was not made by dropping on a flat floor. It had to have landed on something that was raised.
Here’s what was on the floor (it fell from one of the perspex side tables).
It could have struck the steel bezel on the Q8. The lamp base is white plastic, so not to blame. The Q8 doesn’t have a scratch, so score one for the Q8, one down for the FW3A…
I have to agree. I zoomed way in as I am on my phone and it does look strange.
Edit: I was going to post a zoomed in image, but it’s being stupid and comes up blank.
Strange, I can’t see either of fazalmajid’s images. 
I know the problem is on my end because you all are referring to what you see. But I have no idea what the problem is…. 
Any ideas??
Maybe an ad-blocker or some other privacy thing?
We’re not sure what system you are running.
That is weird...
Usually when someone cannot see pics, I cannot either.
But I see fazalmajid’s images. 
I’m on my phone but I never have a problem seeing pictures. It’s got me stumped….
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Edit to add…. I “never” have a problem unless some other people do also…. as RC mentioned below above.
I can’t even quote the post & see them.
Would some kind soul repost them so I can see if that makes a difference. 
I have an adblocker, but I can see the images.
Stupid thing won’t post them for me. There is a pic posted there.
Here is the link.
Yeah… I can’t see the one you posted either.
But…. I went to the link you posted and saw the pic posted below. Can you see it??
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Yes, I can. It just won’t post for me.
Thank you dragunbayne, that did it!! 
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I bet it hit the Q8 or the edge of that lamp base.
Yeah, I think the Q8 bezel took a tiny chunk of aluminum out of it. I don’t know if any anodized surface would have withstood that.
Hmmm… I don’t know enough technically to explain what is going on, but it has something to do with the picture code it is posted with.
This is the picture code you posted.
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This is the picture code I posted.
https://i.imgur.com/FdoMZxV_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
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This “picture code” thing has something to do with why I can’t see what you or fazalmajid posted.
Agreed, the stainless bezel of the Q8 is the most likely suspect. In fact it is really the only suspect really besides the edge of the lamp stand base.
But I’m bettin on the hard stainless Q8 bezel.
I’d say the bright side is that the ano is adhered so well that it had to be scraped off from the looks of it. I’ve seen ano chip off in chunks when done poorly.
That’s just a reflection on the aluminum (probably the FW3A box). It’s hard to shoot something that reflective.
Here are some shots with a macro lens, varying the position of the light source.
The lamp is an IKEA “Not” uplighter. Given IKEA quality, I suspect dropping popcorn on the lamp would dent it The lamp base is completely covered by the white plastic shield, there’s no way the FW3A would have banged against it.
Agreed about the Q8 bezel. I had forgotten about it when I first posted. I would think a type III hard anodized surface would have bounced without too much damage. I tested that theory with a $15 UltraFire WF-502B red LED light I have lying around. I dropped it on the Q8 bezel from slightly higher than the FW3A dropped, and neither light suffered any damage.
As for the people who are having problems loading the images, I apologize, they are hosted on my own site, which has ultra-paranoid HTTPS/TLS security settings, so if you have an older browser or operating system it may not be able to negotiate. The images are on: Index of /images/blf/
