It will depend on the battery used and mostly what output level you use. On moon mode it will run for months on turbo maybe an hour.
Awesome, thanks Texas! Could you recommend any battery? I’m looking for long runs for EDC.
I like the “GA” 3500ma cells personally for most things. The 35E is another good cell.
if u dont want to use the 30q samsung high drain battery get one with as high capacity as possible like 3500mah keeppower or similar but its recommended to run unprotected.
My GTmini had lots of threadlocker, which covered all the threads. Using two harbor freight rubber strap wrenches, it separated nicely with some force. No marks left. There are two orings. One between the glass and the bezel, and one on the head at the base of the threads. Using a pick, some naptha, and a micro fiber cloth, the threads came clean. Re-greased with silicone grease, and the bezel comes off easy and smooth now, for future modding if I ever decide to. For right now, it’s a wonderful light just the way it is.
That thread locker will only get harder over time, so if you want to get it apart for future use, I’d do it now and not wait.
Excellent advice. :+1:
These are the best for high capacity and high quality. Sanyo/Panasonic 3500mah GA (not the old 3400mah B), LG MJ1, Samsung 35E and 36G, Sony VC7.
Keeppower rewraps some of these cells. You just have to know what is under the wrapper.
Awesome guys, thanks for the help. Just order my GT mini (NW), first flashlight! 
Another question: any website in US where I can order the Samsung’s 35E? Banggood does not ship to Brazil, but since my aunt is coming from the US, I’ll order from there.
Also here.
https://www.imrbatteries.com/samsung-35e-18650-3500mah-10a-flat-top-battery/
And here
Button top here
http://www.mtnelectronics.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=920&search=35e
Looks like this code is expired. Any new code for getting the price down?
Check out M4DM4X and/or ‘NealsDeals’.
Thanks everyone for the comments. Especially to those of you giving quality answers to the questions asked here since some how I deleted the message that said I had updates on this thread. LOL!!!
Hello everyone, I noticed around the spill, a very well defined ring, which I have never seen in any other torch that I own. According to you it is normal, or maybe the LED is mounted too far / high. Mine is NW
Thanks in advance
Mine is the same. I thought it is a normal thing and with XP-L HI it doesn’t matter much. But when I putted in a much smaller led (Osram oslon black flat) I noticed that the reflector inner 3cm diameter is not perfectly focused bot the outer 1-1,5cm ring is good. So you can’t perfectly focus the reflector with shimming because the focal length is not equal on the center and on the edge.
I got 160 kcd only and this ugly hollow beam at 1-2m distance:
at 10 cm:
But I had an Emisar D1S and replaced the reflector with that and after only that change I got 214 kcd and the beam was like this:
So the D1S reflector is more consistent in focus than GT mini.
Thx !
For those who might be interested,
here’s to find a little beam-shot comparison of my GT Mini nw., Cometa 2016 , Xin TD XP-G2 ded., and three more….
Beam-shots GT Mini nw., Cometa 2016
MACS
At what distance did you measure Lux? With these superfocused LEDs I think it’s quite normal to have a hollow beam at short distance, isn’t it? At least my TN42, MF02 also look like this close up to the wall.
Also how much current for 160k cd? At just 3A I get 196k cd measured at 14 meters in the Mini GT with the Oslon successor. But I also get the bright corona around the hotspot.
Fun fact: The XP-L HI from my GT Mini is the first LED I threw right in the garbage after taking it off the MCPCB, because the tint is really THAT BAD. :smiling_imp:
P.S.: I also have to order a D1S now to mod it. Thanks! :person_facepalming: