“Hopefully” is definitely the ’key word’ cabfrank. I think/guess that is the best we can do at this point…… hope.
Time will tell……
Please cancel my 4 units.
Tally-ho: 557, 558, 1543, 1544
Thank you in advance.
I think this new clip design is probably final.
Note that even the picture of the FW3A on the box under the light clearly shows both holes in the clip.
That said, I don’t much care either way. If I keep a clip on a light, it’s usually to serve as an anti-roll device. I never actually clip my lights to anything.
That clip really looks bad ………. hope theres an alternative that ‘resembles’ the original
- sand back clip
- solder over hold (weld?)
- sand back again
- polish to mirror finish
- profit?
Maybe Lumintop will make an aftermarket clip with the older design, people can buy for a couple dollars and swap into their lights.
I can’t imagine why they would do that. Why not just keep the clip as it was if they were going to do that?
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I didn’t think the clip was removable….
Heck… after thinking more about the clip, I’m at the point where if it is…
- Stainless with some type ‘color’… I don’t care.
———- I don’t like it, I’ll recolor it. - Titanium that has been anodized…… I don’t care.
———- I don’t like it, I’ll redo it. - Plain Stainless… fine.
- Raw Titanium…. no problem.
- Painted Stainless…. I’ll strip it & give it a Scotch Brite finish.
- Painted Titanium…. I’ll strip it & anodize it.
- If it were to be some metal that will rust that has been painted…. I will be extremely sad.
Might or might not do anything with that “bonus hole” in the clip they ’apparently’ have blessed us with at no extra charge. 
Of course this is all speculation at this point, only time will tell.
But…… I do have a plan. 
Just hoping all other aspects of the FW3A “are a fit”. 
If they are…. just make it happen LT.
Oh I’m still down for my two. I just might have to change it a little, depending on how it actually turns out in prod.
Okay, just realized the clip is painted black. I just thought it was some weird reflection maybe. Why on earth would you do that? It looks nasty.
As for the hole in the tip of the clip: It’s also there in the original renderings in the first post. Maybe they thought they are doing something good?
But why a black clip? I don’t get it. Isn’t that an extra step for them to produce too?
You asked 5 days ago. The last update on the list was 5 weeks ago.
If the clip isn’t stainless steel, it could be a conversion coating like black oxide or parkerizing.
Hi TK! I haven’t received a reply to the PM I sent you a couple days ago.
I have a triple MCPCB loaded with 219B sw45k R9080 emitters waiting to be mailed to everyone’s favorite BLF member. :partying_face:
Yes, it should work fine. At least, mine does.
As you mentioned, it’d be a good idea to put an O-ring in its place, because it’ll have a gap otherwise and that feels weird to hold. It shouldn’t affect function though. It’ll just roll easily.
Oops. I’m bad about PMs sometimes. I have 119 tabs open, all waiting for me to do something, and sometimes it takes me a while.
And… just FYI Ilumenati; here is a “Pro Tip”. You can look at the date of post #4 and that will be the last time it was updated.
I can’t figure out why Lumintop would be making so many of these boneheaded changes so late in the development. The changes to the clip are honestly just terrible looking and nonsensical. I also can’t figure out why there’s so many apologists bootlicking Lumintop in the thread.
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