I read and watched numerous reviews of the ft03s before buying it and worried about buying it because of all the reported issues… now that I have it :
It is my favorite light in its size
The beam seems totally fine
The step down is normal
There are rings on the outside of beam that can be seen inside but I barely see them outside, and furthermore don’t see how slight rings matter all that much.
I can’t tell what people report as reflector issues, although I guess it would be these rings.
I guess it’s all personal perspective and standards of beam quality. I love mine, there is a ring on the far outside. I’ll post a picture if possible.
Absolutely not, well my aluminum one does not that I received a month ago. I mean I’ve set anduril steps (I don’t use ramp on this light). But I haven’t even set the thermal guidelines for it like you would with anduril and mine doesn’t step down that fast. I mean it does get hot within 1-2 minutes and steps down in that range but so do all of my small to mid lights. I could probably set thermals to elongate turbo but it’s more then adequate @ 1-2 minutes for me