I know purple lasers are not as bright as red or green ones, but looking at the pictures on the fasttech site, this can never be 200mw, or can it?
offtopic: are there 501/502/504 style lasers available anywhere?
Woo ho ho…. I’d say Amen to that…
I think I speak for more than myself when I say watch the tone of your posts please. Several of you.
I know that family gatherings at Christmas may be stressful and full of poo-litical tension, but that's no reason to be malicious here.
The title of this thread implies that this about new products at FT. Whether you love FT or hate it.
The complaints about FT are in a thread entitled 'FastTech going SlowTech?'
If you don't like the intended material of this thread, unsubscribe to it.
There is a FT complaining thread somewhere on BLF.
If you started a thread or even a review of a light, you wouldn't like it to be hijacked by people with their own agenda.
Lets keep BLF a friendly place, please.
Happy Boxing Day/Merry Christmas/Joyous New Year.
Well said Ramblings.
+1
Fasttech sucks
Thank you, buz silver is a nogo. Basically, I want a laser that can take the pressure grip tailcaps for 504x lights.
This is very much appreciated thread. Thanks for posting new and interesting product of Fasttech. I simply can’t follow closely FT daily updates of new product listing.
Others who have bad experiences with FT, please complain in other related threads or open new thread if you like. Every thread should have its purpose and this thread is meant to inform BLF members of new product from FT.
Thank you for your understanding.
Thank you DENGOH and all others, who like this thread. Some people are interested in new products and haven't the time to search each day the new arrive list of FT, others are interested in the old prices, before MAP ended the deals.
Before I post something in a forum, first I take a look if a thread exist which has the same or a similar quintessence. If there isn't one, I open a new thread and do not post something in a thread with a different tenor. The "Fasttech server also crashes" thread exists, before the first person wrote something in this thread about the server problems.
Back to the new FT products, which are listed today.
30mm*1.3mm Lead Wires for LED Flashlight DIY (50 black, 50 red). $1,87 My link - non aff-link
There are some new convex lenses. Here are only a few (you can choose all others with the drop-down menu on the product page).
Replacement 67mm Optical Borosilicate Plano-Convex Lens. $4,46 (save 5% more with BLF). My link - non aff-link
Replacement 100mm Optical Borosilicate Plano-Convex Lens. $8,86 (save 5% more with BLF). My link - non aff-link
and some with a mount (I have never seen something like this before).
Replacement 77mm Glass Convex Lens + 82mm Reflector + Fixed Mount $9,70 (save 5% more with BLF). My link - non aff-link
Replacement JGF-78 78mm Optical Glass Concave Convex Lens w/ sealed O-ring & fixed mount. $11,68 (save 5% more with BLF). My link - non aff-link
Careful with this one, the 1.3mm refers to the outside diameter, the inside diameter is 0.4mm which is 26 gauge, a little thin for most mods.
Cheers David
THanks for the Head’s Up David. I see they go from 30mm all the way up to 150mm. I was trying to figure out the best size for say, 3A drivers such as the Nanjg 8*AMC7135 105C. All I can find are automotive charts which seem to indicate 18 guage. It says diameter for that is 1.023mm, which I assume must be inside diameter. As Fasttech just lists the OD, it’s hard to figure out which ones to pick from the sizes they list.
I ordered their 22awg silicone wire recently, since I read about it in another thread here on BLF and someone stated that 22g would be enough for most scenarios @ 3-4A.
I can’t comment on the silicone wire though, because it’s still in transit.
I assume it’s still OK to clear this subject up in this thread as it discusses the product that is linked above? Anyway I think you’re choice of using Silicone wire is the way to go anyway (I think, ‘what’s the point of doing all your hard work and not ending up with quality that exceeds what you’d get stock from the Chinese manufacturers?’), and I did not realize FT had it, I’ll look for it next. Until now I had got it from IOS, and I think I’ve probably been using the 22 guage as well.
But back to the items just linked above. I note it lists its inner diameter, and does not give guage, whereas the other sizes in the drop-down box give all of them as 28AWG, and does not give an inner diameter for any of them.
Thanks for the comments.
I opened a new thread about wires and where we can buy these. There are also some links included about calculation, questions and answers which gauge are needed etc.
Thanks for that, that will be very useful, good candidate for a Sticky.
Cree XM-L2 T6-4D 1200LM 4300-4500K LED Emitter - $4.98 or $4.74 after BLF code
On 12mm star just $5.22 or $4.97 after BLF code
On 14mm star just $5.22 or $4.97 after BLF code
On 16mm star just $5.22 or $4.97 after BLF code
On 20mm star just $5.24 or $4.99 after BLF code
On 32mm star just $5.50 or $5.23 after BLF code
Cree XM-L2 T5-5A2 1100LM 4000-4300K LED Emitter - $4.98 or $4.74 after BLF code
On 12mm star just $5.22 or $4.97 after BLF code
On 16mm star just $5.22 or $4.97 after BLF code
On 20mm star just $5.24 or $4.99 after BLF code
On 25mm star just $5.50 or $5.00 after BLF code
On 32mm star just $5.50 or $5.23 after BLF code
I hope that this info will be updated/added into the led collaboration spreadsheet: BLF LED Database - Collaboration Spreadsheet - Share latest news about where to buy LEDs
I just think it's awesome to see 25mm and 32mm stars for those who can't reflow. Nice to see it as options in good tints. ;)
Thanks for posting those links JM. I pay little attention to the FT site these days, so it’s very nice to see little tidbits like that. 