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I suspect space for the driver actually isn’t the problem. Fet+1 drivers can be made very tiny. It’s quite possible to make a 15mm one with the same capabilities of a 20mm one. You can even buy them that way from Mountain Electronics.

The main things reducing output:

  • AA-sized cell. The latest 14500s are very good. Almost as good as the best high-drain 18350 in capacity. But this is still far less power than you get compared to an 18650.
  • Emitters. None of the available emitter choices is as high output as XPL-HI. I expect a modder could easily swap to XPL HI however.
  • Heat. This is probably the main reason output goes down so quickly. The host is tiny and has no heatsink fins. There probably isn’t much mass to absorb heat at all. The head will likely rapidly overheat causing the driver to reduce output. If you try a runtime test in front of a large fan, you’ll probably see much more stable output.

Personally, I’m fine with having such short output. Every light is a compromise. This one is designed for small size rather than large thermal mass.

If the IMR chemistry can support 1900 lumen turbo with the FET it can handle 2-3 amps just fine for current regulation.

The 3 SST20 are putting out 100 lumen when it steps down it is likely 350ma less with losses to the LEDs from one 7135. The flashlight is not even warm when ran at 100 lumen for a few minutes, heat isn’t a limiting factor at 100 lumen. The aggressive step down is partly due to the configuration of anduril in this model and driver topology. If it had 3x 7135 I bet you could get more than 100 lumen out of it, sustained.

This is a good explanation and I do appreciate it. It is very misleading. If it was an American company doing this, there would be lawsuits up the wazoo.

Still no pictures or confirmation of the driver configuration? Kind of an important detail around here.

Interested :+1:

Order placed for 1 LUMINTOP FWAA-Nichia 219C 3000K and 4000K… Thanks! :+1:

Got mine today. Very nice! Heats up quick with a Vapcell H10 - 15-20secs too hot to hold. Very happy with my FW3A but haven’t purchased any other FWxx form factor until now. Will keep this in my pocket for a few weeks at least

Dinglewood, Ding Dong?

:smiley:

That’s actually REALLY funny lol.

Just received mine. No issues with the workmanship that I’ve seen yet. I went with the nichia 3000k and really like it. Hope they make the SS bezel. It’s hard to get a good grip on it, but I like the size.

Mine’s been stuck at the airport for the last 4 days. I assume it’s going through customs. Hopefully it will clear soon. :smiling_imp:

probably due to corona… things will take some extra time to clear. maybe they have less ppl working now.

Interested.

Thank you.

Ordered the SST20 4000K…… Thanks man :beer: :beer:

Both of mine came in this afternoon along with the Vapcell H10s, Nichia 3k and SST20 4K. Man these are much smaller than I figured, they’re awesome.

The mailman did me a solid today…wasn’t expecting it until maybe tomorrow. Happy to see the “bunny” snuck in the back door :wink: .

Some quick observations:
The threads were pretty dry. Cleaned and lubed. Anduril 2 (yep), substantially different navigation than the straight up Anduril 1 I’m used to. Switch feels pretty solid. I got Nichia 4000k, great tint. Ain’t no lie this little puppy gets scorching hot in short order (Vapcell H10). 10-15 seconds on turbo will curl your hair. Haven’t had enough time to fiddle with the temp throttle, just calibrated base temp. I’m not getting the second flash/buzz to set the threshold. Overall I think it’s fairly impressive.

Been playing around with both of them for a while. These really are great little torches, one question though. In Anduril 2 is the sunset mode default time only 5 min? I know you can add time in 5 min increments. In the original version default was 60 min.

I received my FWAA sst20 4000k today, really happy with the light. The build quality and tail switch feel much better than my first batch FW3A. I can’t believe how small it is too! I’d definitely be in for a titanium or stainless steel FWAA if Lumintop wants to go that direction.

Sunset Timer
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In the ramp mode or candle mode, it's possible to make the light turn
itself off after a while.

To activate the timer, go to the brightness you want and then use a 5H
action. Keep holding the button, and the light should blink once per
second. Each blink adds 5 minutes to the timer.

In ramp mode, it slowly dims until it's at the lowest level, then shuts
off. In candle mode, it stays at the same brightness until the final
minute, at which point it dims and dies out.

The user can change the brightness while the timer is active. If this
happens during the final few minutes, it also "bumps" the timer up to a
minimum of 3 minutes. So if it's getting really dim and you need a
little more time, you could do a 5H to add 5 minutes, or simply ramp up
to the desired brightness.

Credit: toykeeper | Source:http://toykeeper.net/torches/fsm/anduril2/anduril-manual.txt

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