(prototype) the GT Mini

When a battery manufacturer designs a battery they have to adjust the chemical mix to give them what they want. They can go towards the direction of high capacity at the expense of less amperage output. Or they can go the other direction and make it have more amperage output at the expense of less capacity.

Every new battery seems to perform better overall. An example is the old Sanyo/Panasonic 3400B compared to the newer 3500GA. Max continous amperage went from 5A to 10A and capacity went up just a tiny bit.

To my knowledge HKJ has not tested the VTC5D, 24S or 20S. Maybe you are refering to Mooch?

Do you have a chart of these tests? I’m curious to see it.

Yeah, I think you mean Mooch. He even explains in his report that you have to sacrifice capacity if you want amperage and vice versa. Here is a chart I found. I’d this the chart your refering to? The batteries are a bit different.


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A quote from Baditude on the e-cigarette forum. (CDR = continous discharge rate)

I forgot, HKJ didn’t test VTC5D. Not sure where I’ve seen the direct comparison with VTC5A…
But he did test 24S and 20S, with Vapcell wraps:
https://lygte-info.dk/review/batteries2012/Vapcell%20INR18650%202400mAh%20(Purple)%20UK.html
http://lygte-info.dk/review/batteries2012/Vapcell%20INR18650%202000mAh%20(Black)%20UK.html
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VTC5A vs. VTC5D, from Mooch:

Hey guys. Banggood is offering the Gt Mini for 32$! Just got one for myself.

It must be part of their big 12th anniversary sale.

Have you got a link for that Maverick, I can’t seem to find it.

It’s a coupon code teacher. It’s on the Banggood discounts thread. The code is ab8a87.

Thanks for the info… i have 5 sony vtc5d. I dont see much improve over the sony vtc5a… vtc5d are damn expensive $10 each…, i personally would use sony vtc5a if i can… its much cheaper…

Thank you my friend. :+1:

hm i think my mini has a problem with the button now :frowning: It barely works i just put in a fresh charged 30q battery and its like not coming on, it gets power and i have to click like 10 times or more for it to come on suddenly i dont get it? if i double click a few times i get high mode and cant if i hold in button ramp. If i lose tailcap and back again the button turns green so idk it wasnt like this last night,

anyone else have issues with button?

I should send neal a mail maybe but this sucks never had a button go bad on a light before like this…

I had a switching problem with the mini-GT that sounds like yours. It was not there when I received it but it started after some playing with the light. I contacted Neal about it and he was helpful and prepared to compensate me for it, but also asked if I could look into what the underlying problem was (fair enough, he knows that I’m into modding flashlights). It did not come as far as unsoldering the switch to see if the problem was inside the switch (I ordered some spare switches on aliexpress for a dollar) because the switching started working again after some more use and letting the light run hot a couple of times. Since then the switching works fine, although you never know if it stays that way of course.

here is a short video of how it behaves

Yes, that looks familiar, sometimes the switching is picked up by the light, most times it is not.

Sometimes mine takes a few clicks to shut off too.

Yeah…… on a couple of occasions mine would not shut off. I unscrewed the tailcap to shut it off. After that it worked fine until the next time it would not shut off.
The green light on the switch quit working the 3rd day.

Okay mailed Neal with the video, its clearly defective u shouldnt have to press the button like a maniac for it to even come on or off let alone fiddle with ramping mode…

A while back M4D M4X told me around 400 of these have been sold, maybe more by now, and there have been very few issues. A couple people with bad leds and now a couple people with switch issues. Does it seem like this is just the normal small percentage of defects?

(I’m trying to not be a worry wart when I hear about these things)

I’ve had a similar problem in other lights and believe that the switch is not making contact internally. Sometimes a squirt on the switch itself with something like this and other times a switch replacement is needed.
Like Djozz I have bought these switches of Aliexpress.

2 side pin switches.

1.5mm and 2mm in height switches.

It does seem like a small percentage at this point. Hopefully it will stay that way.

Unless I missed someone, I count 4 people who have posted about switch problems so far. They are….

  • djozz
  • mortuus
  • teacher
  • RobertB