You can add me to that list as well teacher, but like RobertB, I have not had an issue with it over the last several days. I had messaged Neal about this issue and the diffuser fit issue and received a reply from him today. I’m going to continue to work it over the next several days to see if the problem returns. I cannot see the root of the issue necessarily correcting itself, whatever it may be. I’ll keep ya posted.
I will add though that of the two minis that I have, the light that had the issue is the one that the button light is not centered on. Not sure if that is a part of the problem but there is a defect there that at least interfaces with the issue at hand so can’t rule out the possibility.
I cannot see the root of the issue necessarily correcting itself, whatever it may be.
One possible reason could be that the 2 metal surfaces that touch each other inside the switch has some tarnish or oxidation, etc… that is preventing good contact. Repeated use might wear the contacts back to bare metal again.
Most flashlights use tactile switches meaning you can feel when they are depressed and they pop back up. They usually have a metal dome that requires a certain amount of pressure to bend.
It’s like when you accidentally lean on a car fender and it pops in. You take the pressure off and it pops back to its original shape.
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Unless I missed someone, I count 9 people to date who have posted about switch problems. They are….
djozz
mortuus
teacher
RobertB // Reported RESOLVED
………
gabo
Cereal_killer / (purchased from Banggood)
Jhicks2018
P33 / (purchased from Banggood)
Coyotehawk
Anyone else having any type GT Mini switch problems besides the people I mentioned above??
My switch seems to have fixed itself too. After a lot of switching, and letting the light run really hot a few times it seems to work normally again, fingers crossed. Neal did send a new driver after I requested that for back-up
Unless I missed someone, I count 9 people to date who have posted about switch problems. They are….
djozz // Reported RESOLVED
mortuus
teacher
RobertB // Reported RESOLVED
………
gabo
Cereal_killer / (purchased from Banggood)
Jhicks2018
P33 / (purchased from Banggood)
Coyotehawk
Anyone else having any type GT Mini switch problems besides the people I mentioned above??
djozz wrote:
My switch seems to have fixed itself too. After a lot of switching, and letting the light run really hot a few times it seems to work normally again, fingers crossed. Neal did send a new driver after I requested that for back-up
… Excellent.
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Can you do something for me? If you can remove the retaining ring that holds the boot over the switch can you place a thin semi-hard plastic piece inside the boot and put it back together, see if that makes it work? AND/OR can you test it with the boot removed? Just with your finger, activating the button on the switch?
I’m wondering if the rubber of the boot is too soft and not letting the switch action perform properly…
If only I knew how to get that retaining ring off Is it threaded or is it press fit? I don’t want to damage it even more so just let me know what tools should I use to do that
Any hint how to do that? The only thing I can think of would be rubber ball for opening watches but unfortunately don’t have one lying around.
Soz for probably super basic questions but I’m more of a knive guy, never disassembled any light (but seeing how many people have problems with this particular one I’d prob do better work )
Can you do something for me? If you can remove the retaining ring that holds the boot over the switch can you place a thin semi-hard plastic piece inside the boot and put it back together, see if that makes it work? AND/OR can you test it with the boot removed? Just with your finger, activating the button on the switch?
I’m wondering if the rubber of the boot is too soft and not letting the switch action perform properly…
If only I knew how to get that retaining ring off Is it threaded or is it press fit? I don’t want to damage it even more so just let me know what tools should I use to do that
DB Custom wrote:
It’s threaded, RH threads. “lefty loosy”.
It’s threaded?? I thought it was a ‘press fit’.
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.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
I got mine from Neal and although the switch works fine, the green LED functions intermittently.
Do you mean it flickers when it should be steady? Like it’s connections are bad?
Keep in mind that it’s controlled by the MCU, so it does turn on and off under certain circumstances.
What are those certain circumstances??
When the light is turned off the green locator light should remain lit shouldn’t it??
Not necessarily. You can ramp it up or down and then turn it off while it’s flashing the 1 or 2 blinks and it will turn the side switch off temporarily.
Some people have thought the switch light is supposed to be on all the time regardless of the main light being on or off. I was just making sure illuminos knew that it doesn’t stay on all the time. I’m wondering if his side light turns on or off or flickers by itself without him touching the switch.
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I got mine from Neal and although the switch works fine, the green LED functions intermittently.
Do you mean it flickers when it should be steady? Like it’s connections are bad?
Keep in mind that it’s controlled by the MCU, so it does turn on and off under certain circumstances.
What are those certain circumstances??
When the light is turned off the green locator light should remain lit shouldn’t it??
Not necessarily. You can ramp it up or down and then turn it off while it’s flashing the 1 or 2 blinks and it will turn the side switch off temporarily.
Some people have thought the switch light is supposed to be on all the time regardless of the main light being on or off. I was just making sure illuminos knew that it doesn’t stay on all the time. I’m wondering if his side light turns on or off or flickers by itself without him touching the switch.
Ok…. but it should stay on when the light is off & the ‘special circumstances’ you mentioned or ‘voodoo’ have not been activated or employed… correct?? .
And if anyone thought it stayed lit whether the light was on or off……
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.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
Ok…. but it should stay on when the light is off & the ‘special circumstances’ you mentioned or ‘voodoo’ have not been activated or employed… correct?? .
Yes. You can also turn the switch light off in the menu. Someone even said their switch light suddenly started staying off and thought it broke, but a factory reset turned it back on. That was an odd case. I’m just waiting to hear what illuminos is doing.
teacher wrote:
And if anyone thought it stayed lit whether the light was on or off……
Some people don’t know. This was common when the Q8 came out. It still surprises some people who have never seen a video of a Q8 or GT or GT Mini.
I rig up my Narsil lights to keep the side switch lights on all the time. I hope I’m not confusing anybody who watches my videos.
—
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Yea, it either flickers or is completely off when it should be on.
That’s how mine started, it would either flicker, dim & fade out, and/or be off when it should be on.
Then the switch itself stopped responding at times, much of the time; when clicked.
—
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
Scratch me off that list. Mine doesn’t seem to have the switch problem anymore. Fixed itself I guess.
Unless I missed someone, I count 8 people to date who have posted about switch problems. They are….
RobertB// Reported RESOLVED………
Anyone else having any type GT Mini switch problems besides the people I mentioned above??
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.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
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You can add me to that list as well teacher, but like RobertB, I have not had an issue with it over the last several days. I had messaged Neal about this issue and the diffuser fit issue and received a reply from him today. I’m going to continue to work it over the next several days to see if the problem returns. I cannot see the root of the issue necessarily correcting itself, whatever it may be. I’ll keep ya posted.
I will add though that of the two minis that I have, the light that had the issue is the one that the button light is not centered on. Not sure if that is a part of the problem but there is a defect there that at least interfaces with the issue at hand so can’t rule out the possibility.
Unless I missed someone, I count 9 people to date who have posted about switch problems. They are….
RobertB// Reported RESOLVED………
Anyone else having any type GT Mini switch problems besides the people I mentioned above??
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
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One possible reason could be that the 2 metal surfaces that touch each other inside the switch has some tarnish or oxidation, etc… that is preventing good contact. Repeated use might wear the contacts back to bare metal again.
Most flashlights use tactile switches meaning you can feel when they are depressed and they pop back up. They usually have a metal dome that requires a certain amount of pressure to bend.
It’s like when you accidentally lean on a car fender and it pops in. You take the pressure off and it pops back to its original shape.
Texas Ace Lumen Tube and JoshK Sphere calibrated with Maukka lights
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“…It’s like when you accidentally lean on a car fender and it pops in. You take the pressure off and it pops back to its original shape…”
You couldn’t do that with my ‘64 caddy
never fear shadows…it means a light shines nearby
My switch seems to have fixed itself too. After a lot of switching, and letting the light run really hot a few times it seems to work normally again, fingers crossed. Neal did send a new driver after I requested that for back-up
link to djozz tests
Unless I missed someone, I count 9 people to date who have posted about switch problems. They are….
djozz// Reported RESOLVEDRobertB// Reported RESOLVED………
Anyone else having any type GT Mini switch problems besides the people I mentioned above??
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
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Mine arrived yesterday, of course I’m unlucky…
Switch does not always respond to the click
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If only I knew how to get that retaining ring off
Is it threaded or is it press fit? I don’t want to damage it even more so just let me know what tools should I use to do that 
It’s threaded, RH threads. “lefty loosy”.
Any hint how to do that? The only thing I can think of would be rubber ball for opening watches but unfortunately don’t have one lying around.
)
Soz for probably super basic questions but I’m more of a knive guy, never disassembled any light (but seeing how many people have problems with this particular one I’d prob do better work
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.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
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Unless I missed someone, I count 10 people to date who have posted about switch problems. They are….
djozz// Reported RESOLVEDRobertB// Reported RESOLVED………
Anyone else having any type GT Mini switch problems besides the people I mentioned above??
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
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I got mine from Neal and although the switch works fine, the green LED functions intermittently.
Unless I missed someone, I count 11 people to date who have posted about switch problems. They are….
djozz// Reported RESOLVEDRobertB// Reported RESOLVED………
Anyone else having any type GT Mini switch problems besides the people I mentioned above??
.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
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Do you mean it flickers when it should be steady? Like it’s connections are bad?
Keep in mind that it’s controlled by the MCU, so it does turn on and off under certain circumstances.
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So sorry! I was thinking about the Sofirn 21700 C8… which IS threaded!
The BLF GT mini has a pressed in switch retaining ring. Again, sorry about that!
When the light is turned off the green locator light should remain lit shouldn’t it??
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You’ve forgot more than I know… your entitled to a minor ‘slip up’ now & then.
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Not necessarily. You can ramp it up or down and then turn it off while it’s flashing the 1 or 2 blinks and it will turn the side switch off temporarily.
Some people have thought the switch light is supposed to be on all the time regardless of the main light being on or off. I was just making sure illuminos knew that it doesn’t stay on all the time. I’m wondering if his side light turns on or off or flickers by itself without him touching the switch.
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And if anyone thought it stayed lit whether the light was on or off……
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
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Yes. You can also turn the switch light off in the menu. Someone even said their switch light suddenly started staying off and thought it broke, but a factory reset turned it back on. That was an odd case. I’m just waiting to hear what illuminos is doing.
Some people don’t know. This was common when the Q8 came out. It still surprises some people who have never seen a video of a Q8 or GT or GT Mini.
I rig up my Narsil lights to keep the side switch lights on all the time. I hope I’m not confusing anybody who watches my videos.
Texas Ace Lumen Tube and JoshK Sphere calibrated with Maukka lights
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Yea, it either flickers or is completely off when it should be on.
Then the switch itself stopped responding at times, much of the time; when clicked.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load./"Bear" Bryant
.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
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My Flashlight public album (mods, emitter swaps, eye candy)
My reviews channel (French language, Olight, Thorfire, Sofirn, Lumintop : 60+ lights tested)
My personal channel (including Olight SR mini, S1, S2, S1A and S-mini disassembly)
M4DM4X blog, saves you $$$
/\ …. Thanks X3, list updated.
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.................................. "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast" ...................................
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I’m still waiting for mine to arrive. Bought it from BG. Let’s hope it doesn’t have any problems…
There’s no replacement for displacement.
Sounds like a driver related problem. You should see about a replacement if this is not acceptable to you.
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