Emisar D1 Mini RGB button review

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This is a mini review of the RGB button on Emisar D1 mini (D1v2?).

I placed my order on Aug 23, so I believe this is one of the first batch. Photo album here: D1 mini RGB button - Album on Imgur

Summary:

  1. When off, the button light behaves just like the RGB AUX LEDs in KR4 or D4V2.
  2. When on, the RGB button light is on HIGH and it displays voltage. Purple>Blue>Cyan>Green>Yellow>Red. The brightness of the RGB button light when on does not change depending on light brightness or the aux brightness setting (OFF > 7H).
  3. Operating force is about 550gf. This is higher than the standard LED button, which is around 400gf.

Fig 1. RGB button fully lit

Fig 2. Low output (top regular LED button, bottom RGB button) The output of the standard button LED is low as expected. The output of RGB button light is high regardless of the light output.

Fig 3. High output (top regular LED button, bottom RGB button) Notice the standard button LED gets brighter for higher main LED output.

I like how it is setup currently because I can easily check the voltage (it would be hard to check if the brightness is set to low unless you are in the dark), but I can see how it can be an issue if you want low output. This issue has been brought up previously. Anduril 2, RGB button question The AUX on high draws significant amount of current up to 3.8mA (depending on color) so it is that much bright on high.

I would advise against storing the light with the RGB button on high as it draws up to 3.8mA. If all RGB is lit, it will completely drain 3000mAh battery in about a month (33 days). My measurement shows red LED consumes the most current at around 3mA. (3.0mA on RED, 0.5mA on GREEN, 0.4mA on BLUE, 3.8mA on RGB fully lit)

Fig 4. Voltage display. Bottom light: purple as expected as the battery is fully charged. Also, see brightness difference from the normal LED button. The RGB button LED is brighter than standard button LED.

Fig 5. Voltage display (bottom light: green/purple alternates every 8 seconds. Why?)

Operating force and click feel:
I put the light on scale and measured how much weight is required to activate the light. On my scale, it measures around 550g to activate the switch. This is quite higher than the standard version, which measures around 400g. Also, the RGB button is mushier than the standard button. When clicked, it does not make the crisp click that can be heard in the standard button. The click sound is much less audible on the RGB button.

I will end this review with one question:
I noticed a weird behavior of the RGB button when OFF. I have configured the button RGB to display voltage and the color sometimes changes every 8 seconds. For a fully charged battery, the button light displays purple (red+blue) for 8 seconds, but it displays green for the next 8 seconds. I don’t know if this is intended, but I think it could be a source of confusion.

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