FREEME ✌ LUMINTOP FWAA Andúril 2 14500 Flashlight Deals - CL2 Bundle Deal

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FWAA w/Nichia 219C 3000K, and Vapcell 14500 H10 battery.

Pre-ordered on 4/19, shipped on 4/28, arrived at my doorstep 4/30. That’s a record speedy delivery for me (HK to US)! I’m enjoying the FWAA so far! Thank you for this group buy, freeme/NealsGadget!

wow fast arrival, how is the emitter ? i have ordered the same, is it better then cree xpl 3000k?

Thank you for the code, i have ordered

I’m still holding out for the XPG3.

Thanks for the deal!

What’s the point of having a ramping interface if it only works on high (1900) and low (100?)

The SofirnSP10S will do the following:

37 Minutes (thats minutes not seconds) 800lumens on Turbo
2hrs 11 min hon high 310 lumens
9.5 hrs at 80 lumens.

Why is the FWAA so DRASTICALLY different.

Not to mention the SP10S is $16 .

I am not knocking the FWAA but dropping to 100 lumens (from any power level) seems like a manufacturing mistake.

no what? u can ramp anywhere from low and high… ofc it cant keep up highest for very long…

Thanks to freeme and nealsgadgets for arranging this group buy, SST20 4k ordered along with a couple of other goodies to hit the free shipping threshold. While I still hope the SP10S BFL edition (link for those interested) comes to fruition one day I am sure the FWAA will meet my needs for many years to come.

Mark M wrote that from any power level it drops to 100 lumens.

Just received mine, 219c and a battery. What an excellent piece of kit it is too. Definitely in for a brass or copper version. I will also get an sst20 version as well

Just got home from work to find a package containing my two (3000k and 4000k 219c). Very nice little lights, smaller than I was expecting! I can see this being my new EDC, I just really wish they would have made the clip deep carry! Hopefully they’ll come out with one later, along with a SS bezel that I’ll inevitably buy.

It is so small! Really pleased with mine. Had to order another.

Perhaps I am not explaining it or I am not reading it correctly. I do not find going from 1900 lumens to 100 lumens with nothing in the middle acceptable. I mention the Sofirn light as a comparison because it seem to not only have quite acceptable turbo run time but also several mid level run times.

This is the chart I was referring to:

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It does ramp down like every other Anduril light. If you dislike it won’t hold at 500 lumens because the lack of higher amperage current regulation and host heat limits then this is not the light for you.

I am simply comparing the characteristics of this light to other similar lights. If find it to be more utilitarian to have some more usable mid power levels. That’s all. Nothing angry about that.

My comment was poorly worded so I edited it. I will say that when I was tailstanding the light and ceiling bouncing I would have swore it was at least 200 lumen, it has a nice optic for that it seems.

I have an early fireflies e07 that has the similar behavior because the driver is FET+1/FET+3.

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You are not reading the chart correctly. Read up on the ANSI standard for flashlights. The time listed is how long it can maintain 10% of the initial output. So if a light starts out at 1000 lumens and then drops to 100 lumens after a minute, and then stays at 100 lumens for an hour, it can then claim over an hour runtime at the 1000 lumen level.

Wow, that’s not helpful and misleading you might be thinking. Yep. That’s why most of the flashlight makers use it. Makes the lights look so much better than they are to the uninformed.

Bottom line, you need to look at a runtime graph to find out how a flashlight actually performs over time. And generally speaking, the smaller the light, the lower the sustainable output is going to be.

No doubt this host could sustain more than 100 lumen thermally, but space constraints for the driver I am sure are another factor. When someone tears one apart we can judge the modding potential.