I agree, while this is a nice light of this size, its not that much smaller compared to gt mini which is perfect thrower in that size to justify a purchase for me, i rather for a gt nano if thats even possible to do… shame that 14500 is max at around 1000mah… thats not much for a light pulling almost 1000 lumens max turbo
18650 is made by top notch Japanese battery makers using their special chemical mixes to get the best performance whether it be high capacity or high amperage.
All the smaller sizes (16340, 14500, 18350, etc…) are only made by smaller battery companies who don’t have the best mixes. This is why the highest capacity 18350 cells are barely 1150mah when they should be about half of an 18650. 1150 x 2 = 2300mah. A top 18650 is about 3400mah. Where are the true 1700mah 18350 cells? They don’t exist.
High amperage is the one area where these smaller companies can kind of compete with the Japanese Big 4. There are 18350 cells that really can put of half the amperage of an 18650 and then some.
The same situation goes for 26650 cells. If the Big 4 made that size we would see 7000mah 26650, but we don’t. Recently we got some 5,750mah 26650 cells. That’s a big jump over the previous 5,000mah.
So if you want the best batteries, you need to stick to 18650 or 21700 as they are made by the Big 4. Just the way it is. ¯\/¯
PS, I still like these bigger and smaller sizes even though they don’t have the best capacity. They make for interesting lights.
PPS, the Big 4 are LG, Sony, Samsung and Panasonic/Sanyo.
You are pulling slightly higher amps than me. I wonder if it’s because my battery is a button top? I forgot to mention that, but added it.
It’s really tricky trying to hold the wires to get that tail cap amperage. I might try it again later. Maybe I’ll charge and drain the battery a few times to “break it in”.
Okay, freshly charged Windyfire. It ran on Turbo right at 3:30 then stepped down in brightness. It was quite hot. I went back to Turbo and it stepped down after 30 seconds. So thermal management is doing it’s job.
Battery showed to be at 3.81 volts. 4 minutes of Turbo really puts a whooping on this 14500! Lol. It’s probably best to use the Top of Ramp instead of Turbo if you want much longer run times and cooler temps.
I decided to film it since I don’t think there’s many videos of the Micro. Why not?
Now you guys got me think'n - did I break the seals on the 2 minis and clean them up? Maybe I should check my notes. Right now, the 2 minis are hand tightened and threads clean. One I bought from Neal - not sure bout the other one, so maybe that was a sample?
I received my GT Mini CW last week and the bezel is unglued, thankfully because the gasket around the LED was out of place giving a little off-center hot-spot…
For statistics…
I have two Mini, both NW.
The first, from Neal, bought on 16.07.2018.
The second, from BG, 14.09.2018.
None has the bezel glued (very tight but no glue).