(prototype) the GT Mini

Good for you :+1: They’re still giving me the run around :rage:

Is there still a Banggood rep on here?

there is but they only post the usual codes etc to get more money… just keep push them in mails that u got a defective light and uwant a replacement head or full refund if they dont want send out replacement.

Oh I’m trying! Is online chat any easier/better?

yeah it cant hurt to try.

Must be nice. I gave up on getting them to send me a NW instead of the CW they sent. Their attitude was basically “the flashlight works, what is the problem?”

I’m getting fed up with them as well, please tell us know how you worked your magic.

Hi, I got a GT Mini as BD present from a commercial source. Love the light, it’s smart, bright and tiny, but it seems button issues went to production. It requires quite a pressure and this force needs to be applied through a thick rubber. Something like bicycling in deep sand. Even if it clicked it’s not sure it got the command. With randomized sensitivity to button clicks modes part settings and use is more than challange. I’m not complaining, I’m amazed by the efforts and results in community flashlight world, this is just a respectful feedback.

Is your rubber switch cover aligned properly or crooked?

The smiley head is slightly tilted right and the bunny on the tube is not fully aligned with the button. Approx five degrees. Does it make a difference?

The bunny on the tube makes no difference.

The switch might… although it it not that far off.

Try pinching the rubber boot & pulling up on it a bit… then let go & see if that helps.

I can’t see your pic, but it should look like this.


(By Lock)

Some people report a mushy feel if it’s slightly rotated.

Thank you for your help teacher, I appreciate it much. Tried what you said, I could grab the cap with my nails quite well and tried to adjust some. There were both misses and doubles since. The sings that suspect the controller is that sometimes clicking the count of required mode and it sticks in the first. A second or two later the light steps up but not the exact mode I clicked. I also experienced an event more times when lowest mode turns on and turns off a second or two later when I don’t even hold the light any more.

My experiences are after successfully resetting the light, swapping to modes and selecting mode 9.

Sorry for the pic, I’m new here don’t know where’s my mistake. The pic is in this shared Google album:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ny4gAU8oNvY9uFzB8

Here is what the back of the rubber switch looks like.

The switch on the driver is rectangular. If this gets rotated it might just be pushing on the edge of the switch which could lead to unpredictable results.

If nothing you try fixes it, contact who you bought it from to see about getting a replacement head.

Google hosted images are hit and miss. Sometimes they show up and sometimes they don’t.

Your switch doesn’t seem to be rotated too much. I’d still try to straighten it and see if that has any effect.

Sure thing editor, sorry it didn’t help. And FYI, I can see your picture. :+1:

Thank you for the picture! Can that rubber be pulled all the way out from the outside when the light is assembled without damaging it?

I did not buy the light, I received it as birthday present. The last thing I would do is bothering the person being kind to bring me present on my birthday to have it fixed or replaced. No idea where he ordered from, best guess is Banggod, but who knows. He wanted to make me happy, I won’t go back to say I’m not. At least ramping mode doesn’t care much about missed clicks and doesn’t produce random behavior.

Maybe. The retaining ring is a press fit squishing the rubber edge to make it water tight. Sometimes it’s not super tight and it can rotate. If you do pull it out, you can probably pry out the retaining ring to reinstall everything. I have not tried this personally.

(My picture is from the ODF30. It’s the same basic switch boot as the GT Mini)

Here is a picture where someone removed the switch boot on their GT Mini. I was showing them how to pry the retaining ring up.

Here is the whole conversation.

Thank you so much for your kindness, this is more than informative. I’m afraid I daren’t risk to tear the rubber cap apart or void the tightness. My other experiences with this light suggest that controller may also struggle with challanges, the occasional delayed operation and surprising behavior suggest that. Most probably I let the light as it is. It functions in ramping mode and missed clicks / malfunctions can’t cause me tactical disadvantage :-). It’s my first Lumintop light and first experience with a button not promptly responding and not reliably. My bow to BLF developers and fans is honest, still I’m not sure I became a Lumintop fan.

It’s really sad actually.

All the problems come down to the switch actually.

Everything was fixed on my GT Mini just by rotating the switch cover… but this shouldn’t be a problem on a stock sold light.