(prototype) the GT Mini

Guess who still hasn’t received their pre-order light…. this guy!!!

Wait, this isn’t a competition for whose shipping takes the longest? Well, crap.

On the plus side, after taking three weeks to go from China to New York, a week to get through customs, and almost a week to go from New York to Queens (seriously…), the package is finally in my county. So hopefully it gets here this time. The worst part was USPS repeatedly giving an estimated ship date, and only once that date had passed, updating it to say lol, nevermind.

Now hopefully the light isn’t in a thousand pieces from being stuck in shipping for so long. To top it off, I’m also waiting on an Armytek order from weeks ago despite paying $15 just for shipping. Yeah, not having great luck here.

:person_facepalming: …… Wow Delta_V, you have had a rough go of this for sure. :frowning:

Hopefully tomorrow!! By the way, what state do you live in??

I’m in Wisconsin. Southern half, so not too far from civilization. Have made multiple orders from China, and never had this many issues.

Although it’s not like a thrower would have seen much use this last month with this constant rain. Just got done with the wettest August I’ve ever seen, and September has just continued the trend.

I hope you will get it tomorrow… I measured 1286 lumen @ 5 seconds for the CW… I like this light. Small and compact thrower…

Ok, thanks Delta_V. I hope you do get it tomorrow.
This has also been my strangest order from China ever. No rhyme, reason, or continuity to it. I hope to never have a repeat…. :wink:

Strange summer & August in Alabama too. Both have been somewhat mild compared to other years & not as dry as a chip either.

Delta_V that sucks… really long time even for shipping to usa from china seems long, but dont worry the light was packed very good so it shouldnt have any damage unless a truck ran over the package.

please send Neal a mail asking him to investigate what happened to your parcel

neal@m4dm4x.com

Got my GT mini today… GT miniscule measured 1318lm with a 30Q and 1463lm with a VTC5D.

Very Nice…INDEED! :+1:

Hey Scott, do you recommend the new VTC5D over the older 5A? Looking for the absolute most delivery from an 18650 to stick in my Meteor. :slight_smile:

And hey, gotta love that little GT mini, right? Did you get the short tube for it? Really cool in that format, just awesome all around for what it can do and it’s diminutive size. I think it’s a win, regardless of how close it is in performance to the D1S, different format and just overall really likeable.

Nice… your lumen number are reading high as well as d4s… did you wait like 5 seconds after you turn on the light?

Finally! And in one piece, lol. The LED isn’t quite perfectly centered, but doesn’t seem to affect the beam. Kinda disappointed in the diffuser, to be honest. It’s too loose to be used for anything except tailstanding. Otherwise, it’s extremely impressive. Shocked how much shorter it is than a C8.

What is a Meteor 4P? I know they do perform a bit better than my VTC5A’s in some of my lights. They out perform/perform better in my multi cell carrier lights, single cell multi emitter lights, (quads and trips). They hold the output longer too. I don’t see as rapid of a drop in output as with the A’s. The VTC5D’s got my TN42 70.2 P2-1A into the 9’s the A’s did not, as much as I tried and I have a lot of A’s of different vintages. Now I’m wondering about the VTC6A’s….right, these are the next bad boy 18650’s?

Edit: Yeah I really like this little bugger, the wife had to laugh when she seen it next to his three giant brothers! And of course I got the even more miniscule Micro Tube for the baby GT! :smiley:

Naw, that read was at turn on with the VTC5D. I don’t do countdown or 30sec test with FETDD drivers, it will drive you crazy. I watch the output drop for anything out of the norm, like it sky rocketing down, other then that, I don’t really care. Now my Linear, Buck or Boost driven lights, that’s when I care a lot.

Scott, yeah, the Meteor is 4P to 12 emitters. Stock the cell choice may not be such a big issue, but, well, mine is a long way removed from stock. May be pulling 50-60A. (I get a quick 17,284 lumen reading and it plunges, getting hot and draining cells at a crazy rate) So of course, I’m looking for that little bit more… :slight_smile:

The VTC5D (late 2017, early 2018) is supposed to be the latest, greatest chemical mix. It’s a bit better than the older VTC5A (2016).

When it comes to the major battery manufacturers, it seems like their newest version always performs better than their older version. They are always finding small improvements. (Don’t qoute me, I’m talking about in general they always make improvements)

very nice, i asume its cw ? :slight_smile:

Indeed… :smiley:

The 8 VTC5D’s I have register 15-16 IR on my SKY RC…if that helps ya…

Yep, thanks Kawi. :wink: The 30Q’s I’ve been using are showing around 25 IR. Compared to the single digits of my 30T’s (07-09) 25 is pretty high.

Thinking about trying out the offset boring with a 4 jaw chuck to see if I can open the battery tube holes in the M43 a bit to accept the 20650 LG HG6, pretty dang close to the 30T really in a slightly smaller form factor. (I could offset bore towards the middle and not bother threads or anything, in theory) Wish I had a mill….

Still thinking about making a new tube for my GT mini to use a 30T… :wink:

BLF GT mini with short and reg tubes, BLF GT with short and reg tubes. Not sure that I’ve seen these all together or at least recently, so here they are.