Lumintop GT micro

Wellp, I like the bunny. so…

Hi.

Got shipping notice from Neal today. :+1:
2 pcs + 2 batteries incoming with DHL.

Mine shipped too :BEER:

Sweeeet! :smiley:

Any updates on this? I still haven’t gotten a shipping email

Mine’s still listed as “unfulfilled”.

It might need therapy sometime soon.

One day, perhaps soon, you can charge your poor little unfulfilled Micro’s spirit and it will SOAR!

(especially if you swap in a White Flat, just sayin…)

Yes, bought two of Neal’s gadgets, E07 1 week ago and GTmicro 2.5 weeks ago, both have not been shipped. I guess that it is not Neal who is slow but his suppliers do not deliver. You could question if it is a good idea that he sells stuff that he has no direct control over.
Anyway, as always it comes when it comes :slight_smile:

Christmas surprises throughout the year! :smiley:

“Ding Dong! Package for DBC. ”
“For me? Oh I shouldn’t have!”
:stuck_out_tongue:

Unfulfilled also

This year, Christmas is every months…
Between the GT Micro, FT03 and FW3A… Man when this packages will show themselves in the mailbox, I’ll mark the day for sure ! :beer:

I emailed Neal over the weekend about mine, he apologized for the delay, said it was pre-order and it will ship tomorrow.

I got notification that my Micro’s shipped, along with a tracking number. :smiley:

Guess what I just find waiting for me when I got home? It arrived! Along with a Lumintop EDC05C, interesting, because I know I was interested in it but didn't order it, and thought they never made it? Oh boy - I gotta talk to Neal...

This is all I could not on it, twitter: https://twitter.com/lumintop/status/1022791799192973314

Anyways, back to the micro - wow, it's small!!

seems you got a gift ;)

Yes, Neal did that to me a few months ago too, with two drivers that I requested came a Mateminco X6S. I did a small review as a thanks, and then found out it was heavily reviewed already :person_facepalming:

But that looks like a cool little EDC!

@TomE
let me know what you think ;)

The EDC05C is D-E-D right now, gotta try a charge. Can't see a way to get at the battery - might be the SS tail embedded cap unscrews. Will check it out down in the flashlight lab...

I must have been on FB with Neal talk'n bout it, and just forgot. Think they were gonna release it months ago, then it didn't happen. FB is acting up on me, real slowwwww right now so can't check. I've been interested in the dual LED lights like the SD Mini II which I have running with a special mod to NarsilM and cut/jumpered a driver to separate the 7135 from the FET - it works pretty well now.

EDIT: Ohhh, ok. The EDC05C's tail can unscrew with a regular screw driver or slim coin I suppose - sure enough there was no battery in it. UI works pretty well:

  • lo/mid/hi on the main LED, plus press&hold from OFF to access a low low
  • Dbl click from OFF or ON to switch to the side light, then lo/mid/hi on the side panel - pretty bright on a WindyFire 14500
  • press&hold to turn OFF, clicks to switch thru lo/mid/hi

The bezel is not notched so hope can use friction to unthread the bezel - if so, then should get access to the main LED and driver. Main LED looks like a CW XPL HI, with an OP reflector.

The GT Micro doesn't have a driver spring, but what looks like a button contact - I had one 14500 that couldn't make contact, but the button tops I got worked fine (gold VapCell 1000 mAh, EFEST 650's, etc.). In the tailcap it has the double spring we expect.

I got the NW version and doesn't seem to be a well defined hot spot, but maybe because of the small reflector. Tint is nice, maybe a little heavy on yellow in the corona. Seems like a warmer NW, maybe a 5A/5B/5C or so. The 5D's I got look better, but haven't carefully compared them. 5D - comparing the,. looks very much like my 5D's in other lights.

Using a gold Vapcell 1000 mAh BT at 4.20V:

  • on max ramp: 1.93 amps, on turbo: 3.3 amps
  • on max ramp lumens: 586 (TomE) or 516 ANSI, both at start
  • on turbo lumens, start-15 secs: 1020-945 (TomE), or 900-839 ANSI
  • throw on turbo: 53 kcd (460 meters) taken at 5 meters

It's a nice look'n little pocket light. The new higher capacity 14500's are a good match. I got 4 of the gold Vapcell 1000's. I'll re-do the tests on a new EFEST 650 BT to compare.

Update:

Using a new EFEST 14500 flat top from MtnE @4.20V, I got much better results. Should be expected because it's rated up to 6.5 amps, plus flat tops are better:

  • on max ramp: 3.6 2.6 amps, on turbo: 5.0 amps
  • on max ramp lumens: 740 (TomE) or 650 ANSI, both at start
  • on turbo lumens, start-15 secs: 1275-1160 (TomE), or 1125-1020 ANSI
  • throw on turbo: 62 kcd (498 meters) taken at 5 meters

The Micro is still all stock at this point.

The obvious light to directly compare to is the Emisar D1, being they are similar size and similar head diameter. The D1 has the big advantage of an 18650 cell, but for some reason, I'm getting better throw #'s from the Micro, least what I measured back when I first got the D1 in it's stock setup. It should be noted the Micro has a deep reflector, and the diam/depth ratio seems to match exactly to the GT Mini - fairly narrow compared to most other small lights that dont' have the reflector depth this light has. It's an interesting difference, pretty unique for the Micro in such a small light.

Cool Tom, glad to see it came in (with surprises) :wink:

Mine should be here Friday…