My gt mini I ordered on my birthday and shipped Aug 4th has finally been scanned in the US @ ISC Chicago! Hope to get it sometime next week.
Cant find this in search.
Does it memorise turbo?
Is it the same software and ui as BLF Q8?
Yes, just updated with a couple of new features.
Same UI as the Q8 plus
- x5 is a momentary mode e.g. for morse signalling. You have to disconnect the batteries to quit momentary
- In Modes and Strobes you can now navigate backwards with hold. The Q8 is locked in in a mode when you use hold, it has a 1.5sec time out .
- Top of the ramp is only 50 or 80%. You must use a double click to go to turbo
Thank you.
Thank you.
One should swap the driver spring right after getting the Mini, its awful!, it causes lumen/lux flutctuatuins up to 20%. Otherwise, it if has a rear switch: the best nearly edc/all arround thrower light so far
Ofc i reworked mine 
5.5A was plenty for me. I left it stock.
What battery tube & tailcap is that Mitko??
Hi guys, after about 45 days my gt mini arrived today.
What mods are needed to have it draw the full 5.5A claimed? I was under the impression none…
First I tried a ~3 month old 35E that I took out of another light that was reading 4.11v and measured the current at the tail on turbo and I only got 3.32A so I charged up an also very good condition 30Q and measured again fresh off the charger (@4.20v) and still only get 3.35A.
Double click to turbo right?
Do I need to bypass the springs and maybe swap to 18AWG LED wires?
Are you using a clamp meter to measure amps?
My completely stock light measured 2.85A at top of ramp and 5.5A on turbo with 30Q.
I even got 4.3A from a protected Panny GA 3500mah. So something seems off on your readings.
I don’t use a clamp meter, I have a .1omh shunt i use to make the connection then (with a dedicated-to-this-task DMM) measure the voltage across the shunt and run it threw ohms law. Same method I’ve used for years, it’s EXTREMELY accurate.
As a quick verification I just measured my eagle eye X6, it’s readng 5.25A which is exactly in line with what it should be doing (I keep record of all my builds and referenced it to check).
I’m very confident that my particular GT mini is truly only pulling 3.3A. Bummer.
How big is a visual brightness difference do you have from top-of-ramp to turbo? Mines very little.
Try a lux test. See how many candela it’s putting out. If it’s well below spec, then there might be something adding resistance to your light. I would check both ends of your battery tube to make sure you have nice clean bare contacts. Remove any oil or dirt. If no change, I guess you would need to bypass the driver spring. ¯\/¯
The jump from top of the ramp to turbo looks quite small. It’s 500 lumen, though.
Seems odd to see a relative noob giving build advise to an advanced veteran…
I was more looking for what route to take CS wise with this, I’m sure I could open it up and make it perform. Should I even bother trying to mod it just to get it up to spec, should I have to? Maybe I asked the wrong thing at first: Did I just assume wrong and I got what I paid for (I was under the impression 5.5A and ~140kcd were stock numbers), did I get what everyone else received or is my sample defective?
Addendum I’m decided, now that the indicator LED is no longer working its time to email BG. Really bummed :rage: I have the worst luck buying new lights recently, I should stick to builds but hey at least the ZL I got last Friday is just perfect!
Not really. I’ll help anyone out if I can regardless of their experience level. It’s just basic info and troubleshooting. Nothing very advanced. It’s not like these lights are rocket science. :partying_face:
So, guys and gals, I received my GT Mini a few hours ago, and it’s been marvelous. Haven’t measured lumen output yet, but looks to be around 1200-1300 lumens compared to my Astrolux C8, along quite a bit more throw, and way better color temp at 4000k. It’s also so tiny!
And it uses NarsilM, and it’s awesome.
One thing I do not like though is how its ramping is actually slower than the BLF Q8 and Haikelite MT09R.
Is there a reason to this specifically? This is a strange behavior. I wonder if the MCU is actually legit or not, or a copy which works exactly the same except it doesn’t fully support ramping, or rather, a slower one.
How much difference did you see between your Q8 and the GT mini? - I just checked mine and they are within 0.02 seconds of each other and that is just measurement error.
Several people got similar results to my own in both the amp draw and candela. (5+amps and 135kcd+)
Here is a review where they got results similar to yours with 3.4A and only 107kcd. So I guess they vary a bit? I don’t really know. We need more people to test things so we have a better consensus.
I was recommending to measure the Candela (and lumens if possible) just in case the light is performing as normal even though your amp draw was less than mine.
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It shouldn’t be noticeably slower. There are several videos of the GT mini online. Maybe you can compare yours to the ones in the video. I think it should be about 3 seconds from top to bottom.
The original MT09R driver had a much slower ramp than Narsil, like 5 seconds. I’m assuming you have a newer driver that is running narsil.