Mine claims it’s going to be here today, but I’m in the Midwest, and there hasn’t been an update since it got processed in NY on the 22nd. So I don’t think I believe that.
Yeah, you lucked out Newlumen that yours was shipped by FedEx SmartPost. Yours was shipped two weeks after many of ours & your getting it the same day as many of us. :+1:
Of course ours were shipped two weeks earlier by ’Slo Boat from China International Marine Express’. :person_facepalming:
Their ‘Flagship Vessel’ is shown below.
’Slo Boat from China International Marine Shipping’…. Flagship Vessel
After seeing that pic, I just compared my D1S and GT mini reflector and the D1S reflector is definitely smoother. Also the D1S hotspot is noticeably smaller, so should throw farther. I got 1,330 lumens with the D1S and 1,140 lumens with the GT Mini. Seems Emisar’s quality is better than Lumintop overall.
I just took a piece of paper soaked in alcohol and wiped down the springs on my D1S. There were alot of yellowish corrosive residue on the beryllium springs and battery contacts. The turn on lumen finally came back up from 862 lumens to 1,330 lumens! Now my D1S is brighter than the GT Mini and the hotspot is also noticeably smaller so should throw further than the GT Mini.
Is it bad to leave the battery in contact with beryllium springs? Does that somehow accelerate corrosion?
Thats what i thought… emisar d1s is intense and small… perfect led centered… i dont see anything wrong… hopefully i get my mini gt today… tracking didnt show it is out for delivery but it is schedule to delivered today. .
So, perhaps I should solder the spring to the battery top and remove any spring from the driver, just to be sure there is no corrosion build up between the cell and the spring…. (I’ve done that before, by the way)
After three weeks I finally got my Mini GT NW today. Light looks great however there is an issue with it. When in turbo or top of ramp and double click to turbo the beam changes from NW to CW with a purple corona and then smoke starts swirling inside the reflector. Obviously this isnt’t right. I bought from the Group buy here on BLF. Not sure who to contact.