Hi, thanks for the warm welcome!
I have contacted Neal, although only this evening (UK) so I am giving him a good amount time to respond I have complete faith he will help me sort it out, however that needs to work. I adore the light so hopefully it will get sorted, if not… just an excuse to buy more lights!
Yep, the glue killed the idea of a simple driver replacement for me too.
Be sure to PM or email Neal about this if you have not already.
Good luck. :+1:
To update my situation, I received my replacement head from Neal today, very happy with his service! Fingers crossed this switch will not have issues. It does feel firmer and a more positive click but that might just be because it’s new.
my replacement works perfect one month later or more so guess they did a better job second time. And yes the button feels better not because new its because they changed something i guess, older was worse.
Unless I missed someone, I count 17 people to date who have posted about switch problems. They are….
djozz // Reported RESOLVED
mortuus // RESOLVED
teacher // RESOLVED
RobertB // Reported RESOLVED
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gabo // RESOLVED
Cereal_killer /
Jhicks2018 // RESOLVED
P33 / // RESOLVED (“partial refund” reported)
Coyotehawk
X3 / // RESOLVED (PayPal dispute refund)
illuminos
Silent_Star /
Juheebus / // RESOLVED (Replacement head)
mb200k
Pulstar
A92AA0B03E / // RESOLVED (Replacement head)
komeko
Anyone else having any type GT Mini switch problems besides the people I mentioned above??
……… List updated. P33 & A92AA0B03E both RESOLVED, 23 November 2018_
It was originally because people complained about the “hold until hot” method being obnoxious. Factory calibration is a bonus though. It’s also easier to implement, and takes less space.
To make things easier in the future though, I’m adding a factory reset function with auto-calibration. So people shouldn’t really need to enter the temperature manually unless they want to fine-tune it.
I am a little disappointed with the attitude of Neals. I bought a lot of flashlights from him for a lot of money, and to submit my problem with a switch in GTmini, he offered me a $ 5 rebate. It does not change anything. Head replacement or even the driver may help. At the most I will try to unscrew the glued frame. I do not react to my next e-mails anymore. It’s a pity, because until now I was very happy with shopping with him. Well packaged and good contact, but you can see, as most of the sellers from the east, with the problems their attitude changes completely. I’m sad.
weird, most of us that asked including me for replacement head was no problem to get? just ask again, say u just want a replacement head like everyone else here that bought the light during group buy got, its clear that a large number of lights from that batch suffered from a faulty switch…
I have already sent a few e-mails, I will not be more. There are many sellers, not just Neals. So in the future I will simply buy from someone else. I still have a big list with purchases, so its his loss.
ok i understand its weird he seems like an ok guy to deal with, not sure why he is ignoring u to send new replacement head… yeah try buy somewhere else if hes not willing to help i would do same.