The idea was to make turbo harder to reach because it can’t be sustained long enough to be really useful for more than a few seconds. And some seconds are now much more easily accessible with the momentary shortcuts (2H from off and 3H from on).
3H from on doesn’t work for me on the FWAA. I reconfigured the ramp ceiling to 120, but 3H from on still does nothing.
Are you on Simple UI or Advanced UI? If the first, the 3H won’t work , just in the Advanced.
There’s not an FWAA file in TK’s database. So Lumintop tampered with their version?
Advanced UI. 2C from ramp ceiling works, just not 3H from on.
They also have the old blinkies ordering, so their version is from before 2020-09-30 and thus too old to have 3H for momentary turbo.
Ah, so it’s just a matter of reflashing. Hopefully Lumintop will provide a config file. (They are required to, after all)
I can see that.
But at the same time I think it was a dumb decision. I want to be able to always reach turbo when needed by double-clicking from on. A fast ramp-down is fine. If I want to override it I can just double-click again.
But in the FWAA to get it to stay on in turbo, I go through the following operation
- first I probably turn the light on by double-clicking,
- then I have to ramp down for a second,
- then stop and ramp back up to top of the ramp, and
- only then can I double-click to get to turbo. And that seems to be the only way to get the light to actually turn on and stay on in turbo if I have the top of the ramp set at something other than turbo and if I don’t want to keep the button held down with the shortcut.
This a decided step backwards in ease-of-use compared to Anduril on the earlier lights.
wow thanks, that was it… thought that simple mode didnt blocked the strobes… 
thanks again.
i really like this light, so small and compact… makes the original fw3a look huge lol.
Is the FWAA using one of the existing hex files on TK’s database? I don’t see one labeled FWAA.
Depends on how you intend to use the light. How long can the FWAA sustain turbo? 10 seconds? 20 seconds? Turbo is just for fun on these lights.
There is a compile time option to get back the old behavior of Anduril 1. Just enable it in the cfg, compile and flash it. Manufacturers can decide which variant they want to use.
At least it is not a build officially released for the FWAA. Probably they created their own version.
Thanks for the welcoming message, Awesome handle btw! Spent way to much money yesterday, to get free shipping at neals. But all stuff I’ve wanted for a yr now. I wish lumintop would offer LH351D 5000K.
Well. Mine turned on in my pocket. Luckily got warm rather than burn my pocket up. I did the oring mod on my light. It’s a bit too firm but at least I’m not afraid of it coming on I’m my pocket. Also, the button is a touch smaller than the one on an FW3A. Unfortunately not interchangeable.
I disagree. I find 10 seconds to be plenty to when I scan the surroundings for a trail mark or an exit from a forest clearing. When lower modes are enough to give me some expectation as to the direction I need to illuminate, 2 seconds are often enough.
That are situations for that I prefer momentary turbo. There can’t be a single perfect UI and Anduril tries to be as flexible as possible, thus all the compile options.
Just curious, how fast does Nealsgadgets ship out these days?
It’s been quite some time (probably over a year) since I last ordered from Neal.
Ordered & paid FWAA last May 1, but the order still has not shipped out yet.
Order number? I ask for you.
Got mine today, all I can say is I love the SST20 4000k version… Still learning the changes to software, but really welcome the autolock feature as all of my FW’s have that flashed on them, be if V1 or V2. I cannot believe how small it really is, I knew it would be small, but still WOW.
Now, do I do 219b sw45k’s in it???
Does anybody know many amps this pulls on turbo? Is it just as much as the battery will provide? I bought a 4 pack of the Shockli 3A 1000mah 14500’s a year ago when they were the best ones available - I only have one 14500 light, and would like to use the Shockli’s I have in this, but if the max output is gonna be super low with the 3A cells compared to the newer 10A 14500’s, I’m not sure if its worth it to buy more 14500’s for one more light…. The ones I have are button top, so they might be too long anyway / bend the driver springs…
Yeah it’s a FET driver, so it’ll pull as much as it can. I wouldn’t call 3A super low for a light this size, you’ll be able to use turbo a good while longer. You’ll get a lot more output for a lot less time with the 10A cell though.