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