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

0.000023A, 23uA

Led off, parasitic drain.

You want to know the amp draw on moonlight?

I could not get the light to turn on with the tail switch removed. Maybe someone else was more successful than me.

Thx for answers!!

Yes on moonlight.

still looking any FW3A PURPLE store with postage to europe-anyone ?

Hello. Just bought one from lumintop. They made terrible engravings on body and tailcap :frowning: Where can I buy clean one? Without any logos and engravings on body?

Ouch. Do you have a picture of it? I think you are the first to note this.
I guess Neal still has clean ones, but I would ask him first.

Roughly 18.5mA on moonlight, ramping mode, XPL HI 3A.

I get 24.4µA on standby.

Of course. Full res: https://imgur.com/a/bFPe4Mu

Dissapointed…

While those are engravings (or printings), I would call them normal--not terrible.

If you want a flashlight without them, that's fine, but those are pretty normal for flashlights.

EDIT:

I just noticed that my two FW3As don't have the engravings/printings, so I see the problem.

By the way, I like the bunny, but I don't care for the printed text, though that's not really here nor there.

Thx a lot!!

Yes, it’s normal for regular flashlight, but not for this stylish product. FW3A has beautiful clean author’s design out of the box. No reason to trash it.

I agree with imshara. For this particular light the clean look is one of best “features”. Lumintop is allowed to change this of course, but it would have been nice if they would announce it first.

The Playboy-logo tail … I don’t like but not a dealbreaker.

The huge warning on the bezel … :person_facepalming: They totally ruined the clean look of the FW3A. Idiots.

Between this and the problems with FW1A reflectors I think trained monkeys would do a better job of running the company.

That’s Lumintops logo, not the playboy bunny lol. I actually like the button, the rest of the engravings I can do without. Simple fix for the head bezel, just get a stainless one or this new style from JC Customs.

$45
I’d go with stainless >$4

Crenelated, polished and trit slots, you gotta pay if you wanna play. :money_mouth_face:

Not many reactions to this. I would think whole blf would be indignant.

Whole BLF has thousands of FW3A and doesn’t need more.

I 100% agree. When I saw these two marking on my FW21 Pro I was bummed, but not surprised since I likened that more to Lumintop and a almost complete redesign. My recent Cu Fw3c does NOT have those markings… I would be angry, mostly because of the bezel. I mean I get it, its not the end of the world, but there is no reason for it. Looks like a McDonald’s coffee cup to me… What, has someone sued LT because they didn’t realize 2800L the size of a roll of quarters is HOT? ridiculous… Lumintop should take the logo off. If you have a buffing wheel and black/brown compound, that bunny will come off in about 20 seconds I suspect, although that one doesn’t bother me all that much.

I think there will be more reactions when more people become aware. Although as the other guy mentioned, most BLFers who want a the grey FW3A already have it.

The only thing that would tempt me to buy another FW3A is if/when Lumintop release a non-limited version with the lone1 buck/boost driver. And in that case I certainly will be turned off by a big warning triangle printed on the bezel.

If they need to do it for legal/regulatory reasons they should just use a sticker that can be peeled off.

Agreed.