The max draw is not very high in this light so most cells will work fine. Although high drain cells like the 30Q and VTC series will give you a bit more lumens.
The Mini-GT beam actually looks pretty focused to me, a perfectly focused reflector should actually have a dark spot in the middle, the only reason they donāt is that they purposely de-focus it some to get rid of it.
It does but with this method they scatter some light out to corona and the intensity is not so good.
Stock GT mini was 128 kcd
With Black flat led it was 160 kcd played a lot with focusing. (no matter if it black or white flat because the led size is same.)
Replaced the reflector to Emisar D1S reflector and got 213 kcd unfocused. Then played with focus and the top was 255,5 kcd
Now it has the white flat but need to measure it again.
Yes. So If you plan to use white flat in mass produced flashlight the first thing need to know is the manufacturer capable of make good enough reflectors and consistent height centering rings to not mess up focus if the reflector is good. If they canāt the whole idea is worthless.
Great! First time I have seen the final kit, glad to see they took my advise and shipped it with the switch already attached and a white centering ring instead of black.
I got my kit yesterday also in IYP365 box. My led dome was very dirty and the led corner damaged a little. I cleaned the dome and assembled my GT and it worked about 20 seconds then half of the led died. I posted some images on a facebook group and Neal contacted Lumintop immediately and I will get another led. And they will improve on packing. This is an expensive led. It should not packed without any protection with other parts rattling in a box.
Hi Lothar, I am pretty happy with the HD version. CW has its uses with making black and white stand out, I think. But yes dedoming the CW LED is a good idea! :+1:
I carry a Lumintop BLF GT70, one in each hand. To protect the bezel from ātouch injuriesā which there is already one on the NW model, (before I thought of doingā¦) I did this:
Now I donāt have to worry about the two flashlights touching each other. Love it! All Giggles for sure!