d_t_a
(d_t_a)
January 9, 2019, 12:38pm
1443
ZeroAir’s review of the GT Mini has a runtime graph…
Anyone reading this site probably knows about the throw King, the BLF GT. Recently Lumintop made a little brother, the BLF GT Mini. This was an instant buy for me, and today I have a little revie…
However, the GT Mini sample ZeroAir got appears to have a lower max current (his measured lux/throw are lower than spec), I believe his sample may be one of the few reported to have lower current (GT Mini supposed to have 5.5-6Amps on max FET; but there are reports of people getting only 3-4.5 amps, thus not hitting the rated throw of 700+ meters)…
AFAIK, the maximum current on unmodified GT Minis was about 4.5A. Mine reaches up to 6.2A now with bypassed springs.
JasonWW
(JasonWW)
January 9, 2019, 1:24pm
1445
My CW light is stock. With a 30Q I see 5.5A. Maybe it was the NW lights that drew around 4.5A max?
That's possible as I have bought the NW version. According to Banggood it's up to 17W / 4.5A
"Use 17W, 4.5A FET drive, standby current is 27μA when shutting down"
https://usa.banggood.com/Lumintop-BLF-GT-mini-18650-LED-Flashlight-Portable-Mini-Torch-Camping-Light-p-1335341.html
komeko
(komeko)
January 9, 2019, 2:09pm
1447
My NW light is stock. With a 30Q I see 5.8A
Icarus
(Icarus)
January 9, 2019, 2:10pm
1448
teacher:
Unless I missed someone, I count 18 people to date who have posted about switch problems. They are… * -djozz- // Reported RESOLVED * -mortuus- // RESOLVED (replacement head from Neal arrived) * -teacher- // RESOLVED (replacement head from Neal arrived) * -RobertB- // Reported RESOLVED … * -gabo- // RESOLVED (replacement head from Neal arrived) * Cereal_killer / (from Banggood) * -Jhicks2018- // RESOLVED (replacement head from Neal arrived) * -P33- / (from Banggood) // RESOLVED (“partial refund” reported) * Coyotehawk * -X3- / (from Banggood) // RESOLVED (PayPal dispute refund) * illuminos * Silent_Star / (from Banggood) * -Juheebus- / (from Banggood) // RESOLVED (Replacement head) * mb200k * -Pulstar- // RESOLVED (Replacement head from Neal arrived) * -A92AA0B03E- / (from NealsGadgets) // RESOLVED (Replacement head) * -komeko- // RESOLVED (PayPal dispute & refund… +explained “HERE ”:(prototype) the GT Mini - #1417 by komeko +) * Th558 / (from Banggood) Anyone else having any type GT Mini switch problems besides the people I mentioned above?? … +List updated +. Th558 Added, 5 January 2019
Because of the rattling in one of my GT Mini's I didn't use that light. Now that I started playing with it I discovered that there are more problems with this light. Sometimes when I push the switch nothing happens. Then when switched on it sometimes jumps straight to turbo mode.
teacher
(teacher)
March 16, 2019, 2:48am
1449
Unless I missed someone, I count 19 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 // RESOLVED
A92AA0B03E / // RESOLVED (Replacement head)
komeko // RESOLVED <span class=“+ “HERE ”:(prototype) the GT Mini - #1417 by komeko +explained refund… & dispute PayPal”>
Th558 /
Icarus / //
Anyone else having any type GT Mini switch problems besides the people I mentioned above??
………
List updated . Icarus Added, 9 January 2019
teacher
(teacher)
January 9, 2019, 2:51pm
1450
I added you to the list Icarus, keep us posted. Good luck……
Igor
(Igor)
January 11, 2019, 4:16am
1451
Can anybody confirm me if the top of the ramp is 50 or 80% brightness? The manual says 50, but I’ve read in some places that it’s 80%.
JasonWW
(JasonWW)
January 11, 2019, 6:14am
1452
It depends on how you measure it. It’s probably 80% of the ramp steps which is about 50% the lumens.
I got 700 (2.8A) lumen at top of ramp and 1200 (5.5A) lumen on turbo. So make of it what you will.
Igor
(Igor)
January 11, 2019, 12:04pm
1453
So it means if we use the ramping UI, we can’t access between 50 and 100% lumens? That’s not cool.
Igor
(Igor)
January 11, 2019, 1:33pm
1454
I also found what appears to be a firmware bug. See if anyone can reproduce it.
In ramping UI, with strobes disabled, if the ramping is at maximum (50%), double click turns on turbo, but double click again turns off the flashlight.
If ramping is at any other brightness other than maximum, double click turns on turno and double click again returns to the previous ramped brightness.
I’m pretty sure yesterday it worked well, today it’s not working. I performed a factory reset and nothing changed. My firmware is 1.3.
Any tips?
JasonWW
(JasonWW)
January 11, 2019, 2:23pm
1455
It’s only like 1 step. There is not a lot of difference.
JasonWW
(JasonWW)
January 11, 2019, 2:26pm
1456
Igor:
I also found what appears to be a firmware bug. See if anyone can reproduce it.
In ramping UI, with strobes disabled, if the ramping is at maximum (50%), double click turns on turbo, but double click again turns off the flashlight.
If ramping is at any other brightness other than maximum, double click turns on turno and double click again returns to the previous ramped brightness.
I’m pretty sure yesterday it worked well, today it’s not working. I performed a factory reset and nothing changed. My firmware is 1.3.
Any tips?
This has been discussed before. Was it not in this thread? Maybe it was another GT Mini thread. It’s just a quirk.
M4D_M4X
(M4D M4X)
January 11, 2019, 2:29pm
1457
Thank you Jason for your help!
JasonWW
(JasonWW)
January 11, 2019, 3:30pm
1459
Igor:
I also found what appears to be a firmware bug. See if anyone can reproduce it.
In ramping UI, with strobes disabled, if the ramping is at maximum (50%), double click turns on turbo, but double click again turns off the flashlight.
If ramping is at any other brightness other than maximum, double click turns on turno and double click again returns to the previous ramped brightness.
I’m pretty sure yesterday it worked well, today it’s not working. I performed a factory reset and nothing changed. My firmware is 1.3.
Any tips?
It was talked about in this very thread 2 weeks ago.
I see what you mean. The fact of the matter is that a dbl clk is not designed to return to the previous level. I think it’s just a glitch that it does (assuming you have blinkies disabled and are below the ramp top).
The solution is to just slow down your button presses. Don’t try to dbl click. Just let the light turn off and back on. This is how all my other Narsil based lights works.
Or, if you like that ability, don’t run it at the top of the ramp. Run it just below the top.
Igor
(Igor)
January 11, 2019, 5:03pm
1460
Thanks for your patience Jason. I read the whole thread before I had the light in my hands and somehow I forgot it was mentioned here. Guess I’m getting old. And like chadvone said, I too find it annoying this glitch.
JasonWW
(JasonWW)
January 11, 2019, 5:48pm
1461
No sweat, I forget stuff all the time.
scr79423
(scr79423)
January 15, 2019, 6:24pm
1462
does anyone know what size mcpcb the GT mini uses?