First fancy flashlight.

soje · Jul 22, 2020

I jumped without looking on this one. I've lurked around the flashlight community, and I don't understand any of it. I saw a lot of people raving about Sky Lumen, so I subscribed to his newsletter. He sent a newsletter out the other day, and I asked him for advice. I wanted a Jetbeam RRT01 with a super cool green glow-in-the-dark gasket, but he advised me on the Lumintop FW4Avn.

The tail button is much different than I'm used to. It's a real light, short, travel, and it seems like there's a couple millisecond delay in the response to the click. I'm gonna have to study to learn how to use this thing. Luckily the instructions are written in a pretty funny casual language.

dirc · Jul 22, 2020

how much did you pay for it?

also, I'm sure others will mention this, but perhaps this area is best for this thread?
https://www.bladeforums.com/forums/gadgets-gear.731/

Dadpool · Jul 22, 2020

From zero straight to a Vinh Nguyen-modified hot rod? That's like buying a Ferrari for your first car.

That's an incredible light, nicely done. Fantastic UI, too.

biggerjon · Jul 22, 2020

Nice! Everyone needs a good flashlight.

dirc · Jul 22, 2020

so, honest question here, I notice that this guy charges $90...

if you order it direct from lumintop it would be around 50
what does this reseller really add to the equation outside of his profit??
I don't see how this 'Ferrari' is any different from the factory version

soje · Jul 22, 2020

I paid about $83.00 for this one. I think about $4.00 of that was shipping insurance. I don't know squat about the technical details with these flashlights. It seems to advance frequently and quickly, so I'd need to study a lot to understand. My main attraction was that I have 2 significant problems with my vision, and my night vision is terrible. When using flashlights, I can't discern colors, I lose depth perception, and can't differentiate seperate objects. Supposedly this light has been modified to have a color temp that will help me to see better. I normally research a subject to death before deciding to buy something, but I'm tired of staring at screens lately.

Dadpool · Jul 22, 2020

dirc said:
so, honest question here, I notice that this guy charges $90...

if you order it direct from lumintop it would be around 50
what does this reseller really add to the equation outside of his profit??
I don't see how this 'Ferrari' is any different from the factory version

Vinh has doubled the throw, quintupled the intensity (candela), and changed out the optic.

ZippoThisKnifeThat · Jul 29, 2020

Sounds like some sweet upgrades to an already popular light!

I hear the tail switch for some is 'too light.' How do you feel about it?

I wouldn't mind owning a pocket spotlight. hah

hhmoore · Jul 29, 2020

Vinh does amazing work - I've got several of his lights.

SS234 · Jul 29, 2020

I am into flashlights too. It is funny what that outputs compared to a 6DMag. Depending on the LED's in that it is 800+ to over 2,000 lumens. The mag is about 300 lumens.