FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public

SamHaLeKe · 2019-06-13T17:33:47.000Z

MSQRD:

Hello! I was wondering if anyone knew if a Titanium model is actually in the works?

Here you go https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/45538/11471

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- SAM -

Geuzzz · 2019-06-13T17:30:21.000Z

Camo5:

Damn, aftermarket trits are already in the works…and here I thought I was being fancy planning to add 3 in the glow gasket. Does the orange gasket really glow yellow or was that a trick of color temp exposure?

See here:

FW3A mod thread. Post yours! 18650 Flashlights

It did the job . [image] Full glow: [image] Just trits: [image]

legan710 · 2019-06-13T18:13:13.000Z

Now I’m lost and kind of sad.

I want it all, but I don’t need any of that beautiful blue an purple and SST20 and copper. It’s impossible to decide on a second FW3_

Great job of everyone involved.

Firelight2 · 2019-06-13T18:31:02.000Z

legan710:

Now I’m lost and kind of sad.

I want it all, but I don’t need any of that beautiful blue an purple and SST20 and copper. It’s impossible to decide on a second FW3_

Great job of everyone involved.

You know you want to get all available color options for the FW3A so you lego the parts with a purple bezel, copper head, blue body tube and titanium tailcap!

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teacher · 2019-06-13T19:22:43.000Z

ToyKeeper:

djozz:

You had me thinking that those were real

The color samples are real. I just added a logo on the button to see how it’d look.

xevious · 2019-06-13T19:27:14.000Z

nick779:

xevious:

Bluzie:

I hope you can use it.

Thanks! I didn’t realize the Taschenlampen site had updates to include the FW3A. Very cool!
Confirms my feeling about the 7A… too warm for my taste. I’d like something half way between 3D and 7A.

pinkpanda3310:

Usually I like the warmer colours but I’m not sold on the 7A as it comes across to me as a kind of burnt orange. Something about it is just not right.

7A looks nowhere near that orange IRL. Those beamshots dont do the color justice at all.

Well, I thought the beam shot photos Taschenlampen made for the Zebralights I ended up getting to be fairly representative. I’ve got the 3D emitter bin in my FW3A and the beam photo doesn’t look unjust to me. Naturally there are some deviations to keep in mind like screen calibration and subject matter. Do you have a different beam shot example of the 7A?

WalkIntoTheLight · 2019-06-13T20:16:18.000Z

xevious:

nick779:

7A looks nowhere near that orange IRL. Those beamshots dont do the color justice at all.

Well, I thought the beam shot photos Taschenlampen made for the Zebralights I ended up getting to be fairly representative. I’ve got the 3D emitter bin in my FW3A and the beam photo doesn’t look unjust to me. Naturally there are some deviations to keep in mind like screen calibration and subject matter. Do you have a different beam shot example of the 7A?

I think he’s saying that a 3000K tint beamshot, using a 5000K color-balance on the camera, isn’t a fair representation of what your eyes see.

When I use the 7A FW3A in a dark room, it looks white. Perhaps a little warmish, but certainly not orange like it does in the photo.

If I use it in the daytime, sure, it looks orange. But that’s because my eyes are expecting somewhere around a 6000K color. But again, it doesn’t look that way at night when it’s the only light source. Our eyes adapt. Photos don’t.

teacher · 2019-06-13T20:30:40.000Z

JasonWW:

xevious, you should delete or edit your post #11674.

Yep…. :+1: …

SamHaLeKe · 2019-06-13T20:53:37.000Z

Tally-ho:

The FW3A unanodized (Ti/Cu ?) looks much better even less polished because a buffing wheel rounds off all those angles, rounded angles don"t look good to me. https://imgur.com/hh5h87ml.jpg

I believe this is a Stainless Steel/Copper version ...

The following lineup looks logical to me:

FW3A = Aluminium (f.e with XP-L HI 1A)

FW3B = Brass (f.e with XP-L HI 3D)

FW3C = Copper (f.e with XP-L HI 7A)

FW3S = Stainless Steel/Copper (f.e with SST-20)

FW3T = Titanium/Copper (f.e with Nichia 219C)

So we could have a different emitter choice for every model ;-)

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Scallywag · 2019-06-13T20:50:57.000Z

ToyKeeper:

It seems there might be colored anodizing too. [snip]

If they make the purple I'm buying it and selling the one I've got.

Interested.

Lund1660 · 2019-06-13T21:05:01.000Z

Is their a coupon code for the copper? I tried the code I got for the first batch but that did not work.

SamHaLeKe · 2019-06-13T21:12:01.000Z

Lund1660:

Is their a coupon code for the copper? I tried the code I got for the first batch but that did not work.

It's clearly mentioned in the OP and should be $59,50 afterwards ;-)

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- SAM -

teacher · 2019-06-13T21:29:04.000Z

Lund1660:

Is their a coupon code for the copper? I tried the code I got for the first batch but that did not work.

FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public BLF Special Edition Products

If you have got the group buy message before, just use that coupon, same as the XPL HI 3D/1A/7A coupon

Neal:

FW3A Team:

Just a quick update…

The SST-20 version is available to order now, and the tint bin is FA3.

The coupon codes at Neal’s Gadgets are “NDFW3A” and “BLFFW3C”. These work for the aluminum version (FW3A) and the copper version (FW3C), respectively.

Neal asked for the coupons to be published, now that the copper and SST-20 lights are available.

If you have got the group buy message before, just use that coupon, same as the XPL HI 3D/1A/7A coupon… <— <<—

Lund1660 · 2019-06-13T21:44:03.000Z

That’s is the code I tried, says code is invalid. The

teacher · 2019-06-13T21:47:51.000Z

Lund1660:

That’s is the code I tried, says code is invalid. The

You tried BLFFW3C??

Beats me then….

SamHaLeKe · 2019-06-13T22:14:15.000Z

Lund1660:

That’s is the code I tried, says code is invalid.

Try MDFW3C (public code from M4D M4X) ;-)

Edit: also try NDFW3C (so there could be 3 codes ND... MD... BLF...) and please tell us if it worked out for you

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- SAM -

FlyingJ · 2019-06-13T22:28:06.000Z

Has anyone done some rough runtime tests for lowest moonlight mode?

What are people thinking it would get? Days, weeks, Zebralight runtimes?

EDIT: I also wanted to add that I posted a while back because I received one with a mis-soldered head spring.
Kudos to Neal and co. for taking care of me. I received a new head that works great!

cabfrank · 2019-06-13T22:27:49.000Z

I’m trying to my head around the SST-20 option. Is the only advantage color rendition, but at the expense of green tint at low levels? I know it will run hotter, not be as bright, and it probably won’t throw farther because it’s not as bright (all vs Cree).

teacher · 2019-06-13T22:32:21.000Z

teacher:

Lund1660:

That’s is the code I tried, says code is invalid. The

You tried BLFFW3C??

Beats me then….

@ Lund1660……
I don’t know why BLFFW3C won’t work for you, it works fine for me. Drops the price to $59.50.