Doesn’t sound right. For a “small batch”?. Maybe someone can verify this. I’ve gradually lost respect for Lumintop as a company over the last couple of years, but I did want another FW3A if I could get one identical to the originals.
Based on my experience with Lumintop I’m kind of surprised they even answered your question. Thanks for sharing that.
Bit of a late reply, but yes the HL3A has also been downgraded. I bought one a few months ago and it has the FET+1 driver. I really wish the Lume1 drivers had the ability to be used in the HL3A and EDC18, let alone be available to buy anymore!
it would be better if they just stopped produce the lights instead they downgraded them so badly… now they just make the lights look terrible vs how the orginal is…
I wonder if they degraded everything, including the Titanium and Copper/Brass versions. I would be super pissed if I spent 100 bucks on a Ti version and got the degraded driver and crappy optic.
Lumintop are shooting themselves in the foot because I have no confidence to buy ANY Lumintop product. If they want to change the specs of product for the worse they need to use a new SKU and product name so everyone knows it is different.
Have to agree, downgrading existing products makes me extremely reluctant to buy any of their new products. If only there was a good FW1A alternative (i.e. Anduril, Tail Switch, Head Diameter <28mm).
I never wrapped my head around the drivers and their components so what exactly does the new fw3a with no chips on the bottom of the driver do less than my fw3a with the purple pcb and 6 chips? I assume it has to do with power delivery from battery to emitter