Lumintop GT micro

14500 KeepPower 840mAh Sanyo UR14500P Protected Button Top

Would this be a good battery for the micro? I am giving a Micro as a gift so I prefer a protected cell. I don’t want to worry about explaining the whole “dangers” of unprotected cells to the receiver of the gift.

Received my GT Micro today, and it’s very nice - feels more compact than an Emisar D1, even if it’s not really smaller. However, the engraved name on the battery tube is on the reverse side to what I’ve seen in other pictures. It’s not possible to just untwist the tube by half a turn as this disconnects the battery. Anyone else have this happen?

As I was looking into this though, I had the same issue as at least one other person here: Re-assembling the light it turned on by itself at full power, the switch did nothing. There was a quick fix posted, but I don’t remember precisely what it was. I have no tools (not even a good soldering iron) to allow me to do more than clean a few connections.

The battery tube writing can be anywhere. It is completely random. If it bothers you, you could sand down the battery tube end to make it shorter and that will allow it to rotate more.

Getting full power when connecting the battery could be due to a short circuit. I’m not sure. TheAuditor said he cleaned the contacts on the driver and battery tube and it fixed it, but not really. The problem came back. Neal is sending him a replacement head.

A high powered light does not make a good gift to a muggle (i.e. non-techy type). Not sure those will fit, but if they did they should work ok, but you just won't get as much power. The good thing is less amps are drawn, therefore the battery lasts longer. I didn't check parasitic drain but I'd be concerned about that for low capacity cells. A Q8 with 4 18650's can last months and months, years even, sitting around without charging, but a light with a switch LED and a 14500 under 1000 mAh -- it's a risk, not dangerous (I don't think) but a risk to kill the cell.

Yea I know but he seems to enjoy my small throwers every time he comes over to visit. And I figured the micro would be a good fit. Just wasn’t sure about the battery choice

I got 140 microamps parasitic drain with the switch light on.

Got my Micro today and I love it! :smiley:

Mine was just delivered today as well… where I work, and I’m home today. :confounded:

I tried to open it annnd…

A drop or two of blue Loctite, nothing too hard to break open with bare hands :slight_smile:

40kCd with a trustfire 14500 @ 3,2A only… might have to invest in some good batteries.

Now, the real good news is : the LED shelf is insulated from the negative side of the battery. This means this light is usable with a Black Flat !

EDIT :
It is a perfect Black Flat host guys !


I reflowed one on the stock copper MCPCB, and simply removed the centering ring to allow the reflector to sit directly on the MCPCB.
3,2A and 105kCd @ 10m !

Niiiice! How is it that the emitter shelf is isolated, by the anodizing?

Hmm, sounds pretty simple. I might have to try this. Do the black flat burn up at 5A? It might be too risky to try a high drain. Unless you’ve got a spare emitter, of course. Lol

I have a Black Flat in my GT Mini and my D1S… both with stock FET driver and 30Q batteries.
No fried emitter yet, I guess 5A is still OKish for them

Yes I guess so.
My D1S also rocks a Black Flat and if I touch an un-anodized part and the switch bezel a the same time, the LED has a faint glow :-p

Mine should be here soon. The Post Lady has it & tracking shows ‘Out for Delivery’. :wink:

I got mine yesterday. It is super tiny! It feels a lot smaller than my D1! Pretty impressive!

Yeah, this !
When I put them side by side I couldn’t believe that length and diameter were identical… the GT Micro feels so much compact and tiny !

EDIT : one more pic of the Black Micro

Anyone else having trouble with their Micro? Got one in the mail and with the body fully seated it bypasses the driver and runs directly off the battery, loosened very slightly it works correctly

Sounds like someone got a bit overzealous with the solder and it is causing a short someplace. Only way to know for sure is to pull the light apart but that is not super easy.

Thanks, I’ll have to tear it down when I get a moment

Got my GT micro two days ago. Love the form factor and that beautiful reflector. It will get a narrower led though, a White Flat (for max throw and wows) or dedomed XP-G2 S4 3D (for much better tint), not decided yet.