Lumintop GT micro

Not as sorry as me, heh. I feel like I went to the car lot to buy a Mustang and the dude sold me a Pinto. Worse was I bought it.

dang

comparing beamshots of the BLF X5 (Astrolux S3) vs the Lumintop GT Micro (neutral-white)

Left beam = BLF X5 / Astrolux S3

Right beam = Lumintop GT Micro (more intense/focused hotspot, warmer tint)

Thanks for the video. I prefer the warmer tint myself, but as you mentioned, more intense/focused hotspot is also a plus in my eyes. I went with the Micro. Should be here today from Amazon. Not bad considering I placed the order yesterday ;). I ordered from Lumintop Direct. Only $32 with the 20% off Amazon coupon right now.

So I had ordered the Micro a few weeks back when it was $26 on Amazon. Two weeks later, I cancelled the order, as it hadn’t shipped yet. What kind of store cannot manage to ship a product over a two week period? Oh well, I’m sure I’ll end up buying something from a company that can get the product out the door.

Amazon: “Only 2 left, order soon”.

YOU order soon. You’re the store.

Was it from the Lumintop Direct vendor or a third party?

Later,
Keith

Exactly. I ordered mine on Amazon from Lumintop Direct and had it in my hands 2 days later. Couldn’t be happier.

Hmm, that’s odd. I got mine on the 8th. Not bad, 10days or so door to door.

Did it show as in stock at the time?

i will point the Lumintop sales guy here after CNY

It showed in stock when I ordered it. It even showed in stock after I cancelled the order. I would have tried to order again, but the price wasn’t $26 anymore. Strangely, I had also ordered a pair of sunglasses for color blindness and the same thing happened. Maybe the Amazon gods are angry at me for some reason…

To the lumintop sales guy: lower your prices and I’ll buy a gt micro & gt mini. Or fix your quality control and customer service problems.

yep around $26 usd works for me too , other wise theres too many other options , like C8+ sst40 for $20

For what you get for the money, it is hard to beat the C8+ sst40 for under $20, that’s for sure. However, I do feel that a more apples to apples comparison would be the C8+ vs the GT Mini and not the Micro. The Micro being smaller and utilizing a 14500 cell sort of puts it into a different category IMO.

The ’micro is great for taking people by surprise, though. You whip out this dinky little “toy” flashlight… and light up a treetop a block away. :laughing:

Take that, Coast/LEDLenser/Maglite/Energizer/OtherStoreBoughtBrandLights.

Yes it is! Been playing with the Micro all weekend. With the right cell, about as much lumens as it’s bigger brother, Mini. Many neighbors were very impressed by the mini. As am I, of course. :smiley:

the gt nano would be even more cool if its ever gonna be released.

True….any word on when it may or should be announced/released?

I just use the EBL specials I got offa Amazon many moons ago. For the price I got ’em at, I ain’t complaining. (Awesome customer service, too.)

Any gains with Special Magic (Expen$ive) Cells would probably not even be significant enough to matter, or maybe even notice.

I went from an Ultrafire 14500 cell to the Shockli cell and there was a pretty significant bump in output for me. Clearly noticeable. A friend of mine has the Mini and we couldn’t tell the difference in output and throw between the Mini and the Micro while out playing around over the weekend. I’m well aware that it will be difficult if not impossible to tell by vision alone the difference of a couple hundred lumens at that point, but both lights looked the same in output with very similar throw. I am thoroughly impressed by the Mini using this cell.

Oh I forgot to add….I do like the EBL’s. I have some as well and they seem to work in just about anything I put them in supporting 14500. They are work horses for sure.