Review: Trustfire Mini-01

[alex21]

@MattSPL

@alex21

@MattSPL

I can post an ebay link if that’s ok on this forum?

Go for it, we’re more laid back here than say… cpf

Will do . Unfortunately it’s only just gone 5pm here, so it wont be dark enough until about 11pm .
Edit: Oops, i thought you were referring to taking a beamshot. I’ll have to read more carefully next time.
Here’s the link to the Yezl 16340’s http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290739416253?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&\_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_3397wt_1154

np Thanks for the link

[MattSPL]

Here’s a couple of outdoor beamshots. They aren’t great, and only close range, but you can get the idea of the flood by comparing the light on the fence panels in each shot.

Mini-01 on high with Yezl 16340

P60 - 2.8A triple XP-E on high

[gloomywarfreak]

Nice beamshots MattSPL. This is going to be my new EDC when it arrives.

[MattSPL]

Thanks

Yep, very handy little pocket rocket.

[Lennart]

@Horst Horstmann

@RoyalFizbin

@Horst Horstmann

“We regret to inform you that your order has been returned to us due to strict customs inspection in Hongkong recently ,a package included battery is not allowed to dispatch through international air mail.”

D’oh!

Same crap just happend to me too. This guy is a joke. I swear he looked around at the other listings and realized how much cheaper he was selling it for and decided to cancel all the orders.

Just ask him if he sells it without battery for the same price.
In my case he agreed.

The offer has been limited to 10pcs and he’s selling another 10pcs at 13.55$ea right now.
That’s how promotions work.

I thought I had bought one too.
Seller is just messing with us.Give him a bad feedback?
Lennart

[zeremefico]

Hi, I bought one and it is a tiny monster!
If a driver repacement is needed, which do you suggest?

[alex21]

@MattSPL

Here’s a couple of outdoor beamshots. They aren’t great, and only close range, but you can get the idea of the flood by comparing the light on the fence panels in each shot.

Very impressive, thanks!

[MattSPL]

@alex21

@MattSPL

Here’s a couple of outdoor beamshots. They aren’t great, and only close range, but you can get the idea of the flood by comparing the light on the fence panels in each shot.

Very impressive, thanks!

No problem

[MattSPL]

@zeremefico

Hi, I bought one and it is a tiny monster!
If a driver repacement is needed, which do you suggest?

I’d also be interested in trying to modify one of these, but wouldn’t know where to start.
I’d like to put a U2 XM-L into one, and get rid of the strobe if possible.

[RoyalFizbin]

I purchased again from a differnt seller. This time its $15.50 coming from china instead of hongkong.
What are the exact measurements? The manifont pictures show 63.8mmx17.36mm. All the ebay listings say slightly bigger. Is it bigger or smaller than an ipt eos a1?

[Lennart]

@Horst Horstmann

@Lennart

Seller is just messing with us.Give him a bad feedback?
Lennart

For what reason?
I bought it at 9.95$, got refunded, asked him to sell it without battery, he agreed, I paid again, everything’s fine now.
That’s nothing I’d call “seller is messing with me”.

Guess I am in a bad mood.Thanks for the update.Will try again tomorrow.

Lennart

[MattSPL]

@RoyalFizbin

I purchased again from a differnt seller. This time its $15.50 coming from china instead of hongkong.
What are the exact measurements? The manifont pictures show 63.8mmx17.36mm. All the ebay listings say slightly bigger. Is it bigger or smaller than an ipt eos a1?

I just measured my Mini-01 and those manifont measurements are correct. If you ground off the key chain attachment, the light is about 59.5mm in length.

[RoyalFizbin]

@MattSPL

I just measured my Mini-01 and those manifont measurements are correct. If you ground off the key chain attachment, the light is about 59.5mm in length.

How about that diameter of 17.36? My eos a1 measures 20.4 and a primary rayovac is 16.54mm. It would seem 17.36 would make it imposibly thin.

[MattSPL]

@RoyalFizbin

@MattSPL

I just measured my Mini-01 and those manifont measurements are correct. If you ground off the key chain attachment, the light is about 59.5mm in length.

How about that diameter of 17.36? My eos a1 measures 20.4 and a primary rayovac is 16.54mm. It would seem 17.36 would make it imposibly thin.

Sorry, i forgot about the width. The head seems to be the widest point at 19.5mm.

[tungsten2k]

Got mine today and ran it on high with a run-of-the-mill unprotected LiCo 16340. It ran for about 9 minutes, reaching over 186 deg F before I stopped it. The temperature had nearly topped out because it was rising about 0.1 deg every 15-20s at that point. Not sure if it ran out of battery, or had reached thermal equilibrium. My guess is the former. There was a distinct burning electronics smell but otherwise no adverse affects.

Nice natural/cool white. Considerably warmer than the typical “cool” china lights.

Inside: Driver is glued to small aluminum “pill” carrier with the star glued with (assumed) heatsink epoxy to the other side. The solid cast aluminum reflector screws onto that, and that’s pretty much all the heat sink there is. I would suggest removal of the pill/reflector assembly (unscrew with needle-nose) and put Ceramique or Arctic Silver on the threads between reflector slug and pill carrier, as well as between pill and stainless steel body.

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Low has a low refresh rate but flicker is only really noticeable when you wave the light around quickly. Strobe is not so fast as to think you’re at a rave, but fast enough to draw attention if you were using it as a safety beacon.

Nice little light.

[Chicago_X]

Wow.

That’s a bit toasty.

[mags]

Can you use a 3.7v battery for this light?

I ordered one but I do have the grey protected Ultrafire 16340’s…

[agenthex]

@tungsten2k

Got mine today and ran it on high with a run-of-the-mill unprotected LiCo 16340. It ran for about 9 minutes, reaching over 186 deg F before I stopped it. The temperature had nearly topped out because it was rising about 0.1 deg every 15-20s at that point. Not sure if it ran out of battery, or had reached thermal equilibrium. My guess is the former. There was a distinct burning electronics smell but otherwise no adverse affects.

Nice natural/cool white. Considerably warmer than the typical “cool” china lights.

Inside: Driver is glued to small aluminum “pill” carrier with the star glued with (assumed) heatsink epoxy to the other side. The solid cast aluminum reflector screws onto that, and that’s pretty much all the heat sink there is. I would suggest removal of the pill/reflector assembly (unscrew with needle-nose) and put Ceramique or Arctic Silver on the threads between reflector slug and pill carrier, as well as between pill and stainless steel body.

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Low has a low refresh rate but flicker is only really noticeable when you wave the light around quickly. Strobe is not so fast as to think you’re at a rave, but fast enough to draw attention if you were using it as a safety beacon.

Nice little light.

High temps are typical for SS lights. The material cools poorly.

[MattSPL]

@mags

Can you use a 3.7v battery for this light?

I ordered one but I do have the grey protected Ultrafire 16340’s…

I’m using 3.7v protected cells. The light is much brighter, and gets hot faster though.

[mags]

modding the top part by adding fins might be the only option to dispurse the heat.