Help me pick my new edc light

FW3A is pretty good

i dunno about cri though, i dont track that

FW3A is good, but it’s not what the original poster is looking for. He specifically mentioned he:

  • does not want Anduril. That rules out FW3A.
  • wants something durable. His previous EDC withstood hundreds of drops and even being run over by a car. FW3As are very thin. Definitely not durable enough.
  • wants 800 lumens main mode. Assuming he wants a light than can sustain that output, that also rules out the FW3A which can sustain I think maybe half that.

Get an S2+ (or its 21700 equivalent, forgot what it is, S21 or something) and you can pick your own emitter and driver to pretty much do whatever you want.

I got more S2+ hosts than actual complete lights for just that reason.

*==oh
well he’s going to have to give up something!
there are too many requirements

plus:
my fw3a has been very reliable
he just said simple ui, he didn;t say ‘no anduril’ (it;s too subjective :slight_smile: )

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Andruil would work if i can flash it to default to a set brightness and have a simple ui with the more complex options hidden so to speak. I did however forget to add one more requirement needs to fit the loop on my pants or have a good quick access holster.

flashing is a lot of trouble

anduril does have memory, of course

and you can set ceiling and floor to the same value, so that is the only level available

you can also set the stepped mode and the ramping mode ceiling and floor independently
so you could have the ‘stepped mode’ set to one level
then when you switched to ramping you could set ceiling and floor apart so it would actually ramp

anything beats #$#$ing flashing lights
i won;t do it
and i flash and program micros for a living!

Anduril 2 has two modes, Simple and Advanced.

Simple is on/off, ramp up/down and battery check.

Advanced has all the strobe/blinky/specialty modes.

Starting to think I might should get two lights. I normally carry my S1R Baton as well an my tn12. Maybe get a lumintop fwaa as the high cri with tailstanding and go for brighter and high efficiency with the main light.

FW3A is great. You won’t be disappointed

Light has just released the Warrior-mini-2, it meets all your requirements.

Yup, I agree get a S2 or S2+. The selection of emitters, driver’s, and even tint options should be able to make you happy.
Another plus is the simple UI. You can even choose how many modes you want your UI to have.
Also it appears you put your lights through some abuse. The bang for the buck prices Convoy has will make your wallet smile.

Acebeam TK18 Nichia meets some of your requirements. I can’t tell about been durable.

The olights I have all have very poor color rendering does the warrior mini 2 have any different leds cant seem to find any specs on cri. Far as the ace beam and convoy how much throw can you get out of the tir optics my only experience with them is my emisar d4 CuTi with its stock optic and that is not quite enough throw for me. Also with the ace beam it seems to only use button tops I have way more 18650s than I can count and none are button top so kind of annoying for me.

Looks like you got your money’s worth.

Had to take a file to it to get the burr off after dropping it on concrete a few times :slight_smile:

Except for the neutral white and high cri :zipper_mouth_face:
Also, the type of beam is not necessarily the same as the TN, because of the reflector vs TIR :zipper_mouth_face:

Apart from this, it seems to be a good option, specially now that the clip can/seems to be reversible :wink:

Check the MHVAST TG20:

Or the Jetbeam 2MS:
http://www.jetbeamlight.com/products_show322.html

Not a specific light reccomendation, but plenty of folks here will help troubleshoot that TN12 issue - if you could get it working again, it would be a good back-up.

If it could be fixed I would love to can’t figure out how to take apart the head if I give the light a hard knock it flickers and runs on dim so might be a broken solder joint. Still will probably upgrade it. I was thinking of doing so before it died.

Perhaps you Try a Convoy M2 side clip or lanyard & tail switch. :+1: pm Mr .Simon @convoy store and he will hook you up. Reasonably priced no aundriel.

Then why are there so many disappointed FW3A-series owners?

Issues with the switch, issues with lumintop changing things between runs, some models feature a driver with no reverse polarity protection. …