(prototype) the GT Mini

If it was not a glued frame, I could replace the driver itself. In this situation, please new head.

Yep, the glue killed the idea of a simple driver replacement for me too. :frowning:
Be sure to PM or email Neal about this if you have not already.
Good luck. :+1:

To update my situation, I received my replacement head from Neal today, very happy with his service! Fingers crossed this switch will not have issues. It does feel firmer and a more positive click but that might just be because it’s new.

I did manage to get partial refund (didn’t get refund for short tube nor shipping) from BG, it all took a while but I’m somehow less dissapointed.

my replacement works perfect one month later or more so guess they did a better job second time. And yes the button feels better not because new its because they changed something i guess, older was worse.

Unless I missed someone, I count 17 people to date who have posted about switch problems. They are….

  • djozz // Reported RESOLVED
  • mortuus // RESOLVED
  • teacher // RESOLVED
  • RobertB // Reported RESOLVED
    ………
  • gabo // RESOLVED
  • Cereal_killer /
  • Jhicks2018 // RESOLVED
  • P33 / // RESOLVED (“partial refund” reported)
  • Coyotehawk
  • X3 / // RESOLVED (PayPal dispute refund)
  • illuminos
  • Silent_Star /
  • Juheebus / // RESOLVED (Replacement head)
  • mb200k
  • Pulstar
  • A92AA0B03E / // RESOLVED (Replacement head)
  • komeko

Anyone else having any type GT Mini switch problems besides the people I mentioned above??
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List updated. P33 & A92AA0B03E both RESOLVED, 23 November 2018_

OK that’s great to know, thank you for the info.

I got screwed by PP and Banggood…

Consider my case unresolvable.

wow that sucks, what did they say? usually PP favors the buyer and not the seller…. :person_facepalming:

It was originally because people complained about the “hold until hot” method being obnoxious. Factory calibration is a bonus though. It’s also easier to implement, and takes less space.

To make things easier in the future though, I’m adding a factory reset function with auto-calibration. So people shouldn’t really need to enter the temperature manually unless they want to fine-tune it.

I am a little disappointed with the attitude of Neals. I bought a lot of flashlights from him for a lot of money, and to submit my problem with a switch in GTmini, he offered me a $ 5 rebate. It does not change anything. Head replacement or even the driver may help. At the most I will try to unscrew the glued frame. I do not react to my next e-mails anymore. It’s a pity, because until now I was very happy with shopping with him. Well packaged and good contact, but you can see, as most of the sellers from the east, with the problems their attitude changes completely. I’m sad.

weird, most of us that asked including me for replacement head was no problem to get? just ask again, say u just want a replacement head like everyone else here that bought the light during group buy got, its clear that a large number of lights from that batch suffered from a faulty switch…

I have already sent a few e-mails, I will not be more. There are many sellers, not just Neals. So in the future I will simply buy from someone else. I still have a big list with purchases, so its his loss.

ok i understand :frowning: its weird he seems like an ok guy to deal with, not sure why he is ignoring u to send new replacement head… yeah try buy somewhere else if hes not willing to help i would do same.

What you do to memorize a mode set no. from UI of this light ?

I want to set it 0.7, 2.3, 5.2, 11, 25, 41, 70, 100 %, but long click does nothing as far as short click ?

Your camera angle is incorrect, the bezel is not parallel to the camera lens, thus a wide area of the bezel is pictured on the lower bottom and no bezel edge showing at top. That being said the led looks to be uncentered to some degree.

First you go into the setup menu and switch from ramping to mode sets. Exit menu and confirm change.

Then you go back into the menu and change the number of levels to 8.

Do you need instructions on this?

I come to 2 blinks and then 8 but don’t know how to confirm that, it won’t memorise…

Who & what is this referring to??

If you are still in ramping, you look for 2 fast blinks then one slow blink, click once and confirm the light blinks when you press the button. Then let it finish.

Now you should be out of ramping mode and into mode sets. Now you go back into the menu and wait for 2 fast and 2 slow. Now you have to click 8 times. Again, make sure each button click gives a blink of light. Then let it finish the menu.

Now you should be set.

Here is my video showing how the menu system works.

Refer to the GT Mini menu for its options. I use the Q8 menu in the video.