Sorry GT micro. I stay with Emisar D1 as pocket thrower with 10,5mm length. I think the head is also nearly the same size but the 18650 capacity completely win this.
A GT Micro doesn’t interest me much. Anything with a head that big might as well run on an 18650.
What does is an AA/14500 driver running Narsil. If they put that in the EDC05 with a nice emitter (not Cree), they’d really have something. I’d also likely buy several drivers if they sold them separately for a reasonable price.
I still find the light very cute.
But it has no chance to compete against D1 when it comes to capabilities-to-size. Assuming equal reflector diameter (no idea if this assumption is right), 18350 Emisar will perform better while offering slightly better capacity and much smaller size. 18650 will provide another small performance improvement and triple capacity.
The boost driver makes it possible to use nimh, but makes the light larger. That’s a part of the reason for performance disparity against D1.
It also makes it possible to use AA, possibly making it the best 1*AA thrower.
Personally I couldn’t be less interested in what the best 1*AA thrower is, but I’m sure that there are others who could.
So…yeah, I find Micro very cool and I will gladly follow its development, but this light is not for me.
I’ve always pursued the interest in a “line” of a model. With the GT starting at the top, the natural progression is down… so yeah, stay with the form factor and I’m in for the entire line. Matter’s not one little bit what the competition is, that’s not at all what this is about, but the form factor and the functionality of the light on it’s own merits. I don’t drink Coke because it tastes like Pepsi, I drink Coke because I like Coke. I don’t buy a flashlight because I need the form or the function it offers, I buy it because I want it, because I’m a non-delusional flashaholic and I have a rather large collection that is constantly growing and evolving. Non delusional is the key. I’m happily addicted, enjoying it. As such, I don’t need to talk anyone into buying one, nor do I need to talk anyone out of it. It’s awesome, I love it, I’ll buy… (and I might put a White Flat in one, just because)