(prototype) the GT Mini

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

It would help a lot if we include 14 digits… 0815 = August 15th

Please explain Newlumen, I am missing your point & meaning. Sorry….

Ok. We are trying to figure out the manufacture date…

It looks like the GTmini uses a switch similar to these…with the 2 (dowel) pin locators…

I measured roughly 2.3mm between the pins on my mini….same type switch used in the 2 Yezl Y3’s I have.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-100pcs-lot-Tactile-Switch-Momentary-Tact-3X6-for-phone-side-push-button/1068612051.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.1.674e568dk4hDz3&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_3_10065_10068_10130_10547_10546_10059_10548_5015412_10545_5015312_10696_100031_10084_5016112_10083_10103_451_10618_452_10307_5016012,searchweb201603_1,ppcSwitch_5&algo_expid=4d65a113-fb59-43e8-bab9-1ec13317f7d7-0&algo_pvid=4d65a113-fb59-43e8-bab9-1ec13317f7d7&priceBeautifyAB=0

My box does not have that sticker on it. All it has is a sticker that says CW.

Did you buy yours through the ‘Group Buy Pre_sale’ or somewhere else??

I purchased from banggood.

Same here…CW only…

OK, that explains that. A lot of us got ours through the M4DM4X / Neals Deals Group Pre-Buy Sale…… probably why mine at least has no sticker as you mentioned. It is a Banggood sticker most likely on yours.

You got much faster shipping than many of us here in the USA too. :wink:
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Edit to add……

Unless I missed someone, I count 7 people to date who have posted about switch problems. They are….

  • djozz
  • mortuus
  • teacher
  • RobertB
    ………
  • gabo
  • Cereal_killer
  • Jhicks2018

Anyone else having any type GT Mini switch problems besides the people I mentioned above??