Thank you for great info. Is anyone able to help which emitters should I pick. What are the pro and cons between XP-L HI 3D , SST 20, Nichia 219c for this beast?
Would like to have high lumen, high cri (will this matter?), good flood with enough throw, and keep it low temperature. But I know I cannot have it all.
I don’t have any experience other than XP-G2 S3 with my Mecarmy SGN5.
What is the good balance for overall EDC around the house and night street walk?
Yes, it’s more neutral white, but a very “clean” tint without being clinical. I find it very powerful and considering the turbo output plus form factor, it performs very well.
I suspect that illumn.com is NOT calibrating the copper version which is vacumn sealed to prevent tarnishing. (There was someone in another thread reporting an electrical contact problem with their new copper FW3 they purchased from illumn. com. Had illumn calibrated that light, I am sure that they would have noticed the problem and fixed it.) But if you are ordering the FW3A, illumn.com is the place to go in the USA. Perhaps, even with the copper version, you should go there, because their custumer service is great should you ever have a problem.
I agree . I was the one with the problem, and it got resolved in a couple of hours.
They are in the USA and ship quickly.
I am certain the copper is not calibrated by them because it is indeed vacuum sealed.
In fact, the clip corroded the copper a bit on the tube. I cleaned it up with a salt/vinegar combo, and a little toothpaste!
I have not calibrated the heat, but it gets so hot so fast you can not keep it above 800 lumens for more than a few seconds.
There are so many references to the FW3A I get lost and confused.
I have an early version, first batc FW3A that is going to get an emitter transplant from the xp-l hi 3D to 3500K LH351D’s. While I am at it I want to update the firmware. The other FW3A I have is a later verson with the momentary that has a choice of 2 different levels when locked out. I want that.
Is the firmware version anduril.2019-08-05.fw3a.hex the best one to use? Can anyone verify if tis version has that 2 level momentary when in lockout? And does that version have the version check built into it?
The most recent FW3A firmware is here. However, I’m working on some pretty significant changes to the UI for Anduril2, and it could potentially be available late this month.
So, it depends whether you want Anduril 1 or 2.
It’s not a huge difference… mostly just catching up on some changes I’ve been delaying because they would break backward compatibility. The biggest one is that it defaults to muggle mode (er, “Simple UI”) unless the user clicks to remove the limits and enable the full UI. But it’s still in progress, and I don’t even know how some parts will look yet.
Of the official versions, I’d keep one with XP-L HI 3D.