The XP-L HI and SST-20 will go first in production.
Which specific version (of the SST20), that will come later guys.
In the meantime, it’s QingMing festival in China today Friday, plus Saturday and Sunday, you know what that means, so till next week.
Thanks. You get a lot more detailed news than I do. Like, when asking for updates a month ago, all I got was “it is fit”. And then we asked again this week, and got a response yesterday: “the optics arrived”. I really can’t get a lot of info out of 3-word responses. Figuring out what’s going on is a bit like playing a game of “20 questions“ with a maximum of one question per day.
from tlf translated it sounds neal and fw3a team are really passion about this light.
**In the BLF unfortunately small talk mixes extremely with useful information.
I sent Neal 5 questions yesterday with questions, no question was left unanswered for more than 15 minutes.
ToyKeeper is also at full throttle. Last week, the manual in German language finished. Here was a user from the TLF over weeks intensively with Toykeeper and me by mail and Facebook in contact.
The team FW3A and Neal are definitely 100% with passion. : Thumbsup:
I have access to the communication between Neal and Toykeeper and can say without their commitment the project FW3A would not have come about. Of course, there are always problems, but it was always found a good solution to fix these problems.
Thanks. You get a lot more detailed news than I do. Like, when asking for updates a month ago, all I got was “it is fit”. And then we asked again this week, and got a response yesterday: “the optics arrived”. I really can’t get a lot of info out of 3-word responses. Figuring out what’s going on is a bit like playing a game of “20 questions“ with a maximum of one question per day.
Your effort is deeply appreciated TK.
I can ‘only imagine’ how frustrating this must be for you.
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if its going in production now we can only assume that the latest prototype is a good indication how the light and color will be for full production..
True…. which is why it would be kinda neat if the “latest prototype” were sent to “key people” for final evaluation before the FW3A goes into full blown production.
Then there would need be no assumption necessary and ‘it might’ save mucho pain & heartache down the road ‘if’ something was not right.
But, those are only my thoughts & unasked for opinions…. ymmv.
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You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
if its going in production now we can only assume that the latest prototype is a good indication how the light and color will be for full production..
True…. which is why it would be kinda neat if the “latest prototype” were sent to “key people” for final evaluation before the FW3A goes into full blown production.
Then there would need be no assumption necessary and ‘it might’ save mucho pain & heartache down the road ‘if’ something was not right.
But, those are only my thoughts & unasked for opinions…. ymmv.
We share exactly these thoughts and opinions.
It is appearing unlikely at the moment though. We shall see.
Good to hear. Hopefully whoever is doing the sourcing can locate FA1 or FA4 tint bin (FD1 or FD4 also works).
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Thanks. You get a lot more detailed news than I do. Like, when asking for updates a month ago, all I got was “it is fit”. And then we asked again this week, and got a response yesterday: “the optics arrived”. I really can’t get a lot of info out of 3-word responses. Figuring out what’s going on is a bit like playing a game of “20 questions“ with a maximum of one question per day.
prototype 4
Sorry for my poor english.
count me in for 1 unit xplhi
from tlf translated it sounds neal and fw3a team are really passion about this light.
**In the BLF unfortunately small talk mixes extremely with useful information.
I sent Neal 5 questions yesterday with questions, no question was left unanswered for more than 15 minutes.
ToyKeeper is also at full throttle. Last week, the manual in German language finished. Here was a user from the TLF over weeks intensively with Toykeeper and me by mail and Facebook in contact.
The team FW3A and Neal are definitely 100% with passion. : Thumbsup:
I have access to the communication between Neal and Toykeeper and can say without their commitment the project FW3A would not have come about. Of course, there are always problems, but it was always found a good solution to fix these problems.
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Bluzie**
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@ mortuus…. Is your above post a “Copy & Paste” of a post on TLF??
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I can ‘only imagine’ how frustrating this must be for you.
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Put me down for 1 with SST20’s. Thanks.
I've only been wrong once, and that's when I thought I was wrong.
Think of not. TLF is 100% German.
You are a flashaholic if you are forced to come out of the closet, to make room for more flashlights.
Thank you Henk4U2….
@ Tally-ho …. Thank you also.
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As in made in the last few days?
Is it going to be sent to a few ‘Key People’ for testing before final production begins.
Just curious, thanks in advance for any answers.
It looks great btw….
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I’m kinda wondering the same thing.
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It is fit.
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Indeed it is…
“You need the dark in order to show the light.” Bob Ross
Fit is good.
I would like 1 more.
That makes 3 total, XPL, 351 and SST.
Thx
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“It is fit.” … Maybe it really is. Maybe it really is not.
But….there is a very large group of people hoping it “really” is……
Me included…..
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I would like to buy one with XP-L HI emitters.
In order to translate the Chinese manual
LuminTop give me a prototype
However, other details are not clear
Sorry for my poor english.
if its going in production now we can only assume that the latest prototype is a good indication how the light and color will be for full production..
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Thanks steel_1024. And as usual your photos are fantastic!!
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Then there would need be no assumption necessary and ‘it might’ save mucho pain & heartache down the road ‘if’ something was not right.
But, those are only my thoughts & unasked for opinions…. ymmv.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
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If anyone’s interested in the actual color of the FW3A in the RAL standard, which takes the camera processing out of the equation:
Which in RGB terms would be approximately:
It depends a bit on where on the light I take the sample. This is from the body.
Inputting the L*a*b values to a color calculator will give you the nearest result within various color standards:
https://www.e-paint.co.uk/Convert_lab.asp
It’s closest to Aircraft Gray on a couple of standards.
Thanks maukka! That’s pretty amazing & beyond my understanding mostly…. but the color looks great!!
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We share exactly these thoughts and opinions.
It is appearing unlikely at the moment though. We shall see.
Aircraft Grey it is, then. The FW3A color is officially Aircraft Grey.
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Well, officially in my headcanon anyway. I doubt Lumintop will put it on their product page.
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