JasonWW
(JasonWW)
July 17, 2018, 4:21am
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One might would think that would be the case, but at 4.5A the LH351D is going to have a forward Voltage of around 3.5V, not a lot of headroom for the 4.2V cell especially for all those folks that don’t charge one up to 4.21V to begin with. So it’s pretty much a moot point to have the Buck driver, and especially so since the light comes equipped with an XP-L HI which are notorious for having a high Vf to begin with. Moot point. To my way of thinking, wrong choice.
Well, the 4.5A is turbo, 3.5A is top of the ramp and is probably meant to be the more practical use option.
When it comes to driver swapping, I have to look at the bigger picture, not just what one person is capable of.
BTW, I suspect Lumintops ODF30 of having a similar layout (no driver retaining ring and switch attached to driver). No one has been able to loosen the glue on the battery tube yet.
I may try to heat it up real good, but not so hot to melt the rubber button cover or discolor the finish, and see if I can use my leather welding gloves to twist that sucker apart.
mortuus
(mortuus)
July 17, 2018, 7:33am
420
any word on shipping yet?
joechina
(joechina)
July 17, 2018, 11:01am
421
Top off the ramp should be half the amps of TURBO, IMHO
M4D_M4X
(M4D M4X)
July 17, 2018, 12:35pm
422
shipping might start end of this or early next week
TA made some last improvements in the UI and Lumintop wanted to deliver all lights with that last version.
Sorry for the delay, but I am sure it's worth the wait :)
mortuus
(mortuus)
July 17, 2018, 12:37pm
423
shipping might start end of this or early next week
TA made some last improvements in the UI and Lumintop wanted to deliver all lights with that last version.
Sorry for the delay, but I am sure it’s worth the wait
thats no problem sounds good.
goshdogit
(goshdogit)
July 17, 2018, 4:05pm
426
Awesome photo, steel_1024! :+1:
I’m looking forward to receiving my GT mini.
M4D_M4X
(M4D M4X)
July 17, 2018, 8:36pm
427
two more of those beauty shots ;)
but this is my favorite:
JasonWW
(JasonWW)
July 17, 2018, 10:49pm
428
The finish looks shinier than on the GT. Did they use the same finish or a different one? Maybe I’m not seeing it right.
The pics in post #1 seem to have a flatter finish which matches the GT.
The logo is definitely better than the old one.
mortuus
(mortuus)
July 18, 2018, 7:51am
429
The finish looks almost like the sand convoy c8+ i like that, steel always takes amazing photos of lights.
Lumintop should hire steel maybe to take promo pics of their newest lights.
teacher
(teacher)
July 18, 2018, 8:45am
430
Amen to that!!! . :+1: … His pictures are works of art ….
Xikex
(Xikex)
July 19, 2018, 3:14am
432
thats a really good picture steel.
JasonWW
(JasonWW)
July 19, 2018, 9:56am
433
JasonWW:
BTW, I suspect Lumintops ODF30 of having a similar layout (no driver retaining ring and switch attached to driver). No one has been able to loosen the glue on the battery tube yet.
I may try to heat it up real good, but not so hot to melt the rubber button cover or discolor the finish, and see if I can use my leather welding gloves to twist that sucker apart.
Well, I got the ODF30 apart. As suspected, the switch is attached to the driver and it has the same indexing ears as the GT Mini.
It was an absolute pain to get apart requiring a vice, heat gun and rubber strap wrench. I have pictures in my ODF30 thread . It’s a Boost driver, so that part is obviously not similar to the Buck driver in the GT Mini.
I really hope Lumintop doesn’t glue it, or at least uses something weaker than this blue thread locker.
Welcome to watch, GT mini rich photos……
” GT mini~reflash the latest firmware~“:GT mini~reflash the latest firmware~
goshdogit
(goshdogit)
July 19, 2018, 3:42pm
435
More beautiful photos from steel_1024 in that thread ! :heart_eyes:
They include our first glimpse at the driver. I hope steel_1024 doesn’t mind if I link them here:
mgracia85
(mgracia85)
July 19, 2018, 3:48pm
436
interested in 1. what do I need to do to get one?
goshdogit
(goshdogit)
July 19, 2018, 4:01pm
438
Originally, members were signing up via the form in the first post of M4DM4X’s group buy thread .
He recently said that public sales would start on Tuesday July 17, and that the password to purchase would be removed then.
public sales start tuesday, July 17th
i will remove the password of the ordering page on tuesday allowing everyone to buy a Lumintop GT Mini.
It appears the GT mini is now listed publicly on the Neal’s Deals page of M4DM4X’s site .