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Got my 2 yesterday
VERY pleased. Thank you Freeme!

Glad you guys like your new purchase. I will feedback to their manager on Monday, and persuade them to proceed with second round soon.

Is there anything you can do for people who ordered through the first GB but their T1s weren’t shipped?

I pointed someone to GB and the offer, who placed her order less than an hour after mine (after I tried a 2nd order but the code was rejected as only a one-shot deal), and while mine were delivered Friday, hers still weren’t shipped. She’s understandably upset. Worse, I feel bad that her card was charged and all this time nothing happened and won’t happen ’til hers may or may not eventually get shipped. :expressionless:

Seeing the listings, one as out of stock, another as discontinued, is kinda worrisome, too, as you might expect.

So maybe a nice word to Someone In Charge at GB might help? :innocent:

To be frank, no one will ever know how the goods are being handled. There are simply too many people involve in the chain.

If she no longer wants the lamp, she could request for full refund (provided that order has not been shipped out) anytime. If anyone else wish to receive their T1(s), do continue to wait. I was told that a larger batch will reach by the end of the month.

This is only $10++ order. Please don't stress yourself out.

If you're aware, there have been a change in management from a few vendors lately. In fact, this is my very first GB with their new Gearbest rep. I am trying my best to adapt to his working pace. Hopefully, through the success of this Zanflare T1, they will be more willing to support our future request.

Thanks for the update freeme. Hopefully I can place my order soon.

It was her first order with GB, and any Chinese store in general, so I had to explain the way things are done there vs the Amazon way. :smiley:

And it was I think 3 T1s, one for herself and 2 as gifts.

I specifically told her to not cancel the order, though, because that would cancel the gb-price, too. :slight_smile:

Please do, I missed out on the first round by dithering. Still keen to buy two.

I would like two of these if they are still available.

I received two of these, awesome lights ! Thanks freeme ! :smiley:

Zanflare T1 came in today. It’s a cute little thing!

Some measurements
CCT range: 2600-5900 K
CRI Ra: 81-86
CRI R9 : 2-25
TM-30 Rf: 81-84
TM-30 Rg: 93-96

All the middle CCT modes are very nice in tint next to the BBL. The extremes are a bit above it, but not bad at duv 0.004 for the cool and duv 0.003 for the warm white.

Color and tint don’t change with brightness, which proves there’s PWM. It’s not an issue though, it’s very fast and only visible to some cameras.

After getting used to the user interface it’s very easy to use. Single tap of top to switch between cool and warm. Hold to change brightness. Double tap to switch to the adjustable CCT mode. Tap and hold to change CCT, release to set. Single tap to confirm, tap and hold to change brightness. I wish it did remember the brightness of the adjustable CCT mode after you go back to the CW and WW presets. Now it blasts full power when you return with a double tap.

Battery end cap gets very hot, some serious losses there. There’s no marking on which way the battery goes in (positive in first).

CRI data in warm white mode

Cool white

Couple of modes in between

Thank you maukka, interesting info!!! :+1:

Got my two today - great well-thought-out light, from internal charging to hanger clip to cool/warm/red modes to magnetic base - these are a home-run, super-useful.

Looks like we need to bypass that tailcap spring.

Yep, probably do. As maukka said, it get’s pretty hot down there.

Standby current is 170 ”A. Two years two drain a 3000 mAh battery.

The tailcap spring resistance is huge, 74 mOhm. No wonder it heats up. Definitely recommended to bypass it.

For reference, that’s 4 times as much as the similarly long spring of the Acebeam EC65.

My guess would be that this stock spring would activate the low voltage protection earlier than necessary giving less running time.

Current is pretty low. I suspect the tailcap gets warm because it’s the only place via the metal battery tube to dissipate heat.

Yeah, been running it at (1 amp which is around what the lantern draws) for a while and it’s not very hot. But does get hot at 2 A. If it’s a constant current driver, the current is higher on low battery. Has anyone done runtime graphs yet?

edit: maybe the heat path of the whole thing is directly connected there, since it looks like the whole bottom piece is part of the same aluminum block. The tailcap is just the only place without plastic molding.

here: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/51852