Olight S Mini

LED Flashlights – General Info CR123A Flashlights
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Black version isn’t aluminum ? Hmm

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I am not sure, but I think all S mini are Titanium or copper…

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At first , i was wondering why the were selling the black version the same price with the copper version .

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3 of copper left, three right Titanium.

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Looks great.
Does the cooper make your hand and pocket smell?

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Beautiful patina on that copper TK - that’s right up my street, as you probably know….

Mind, I was given one for review and I have opted for the rainbow - I received it yesterday and it is utterly gorgeous - a little jewel of a torch.

When I get a few mins spare I’ll post a pic or two.

And here they are………

What a lovely little torch!!! Quality is absolutely top notch, flawless. Firmware seems a little different from the other Baton’s - when in “locked” mode, mine will still activate the moonlight level if you tap the switch. Moonlight will stay on as long as you press the switch so can be used for very brief taps to give you just the bare minimum of light. Press it for more than a couple of seconds and it goes back into normal unlocked moonlight mode from which you can access the other levels. It may just be a glitch on mine, but it can actually be useful I reckon?

Plus, on the promo shots, it looks like a few of the lights, rainbow included, have black areas surrounding the switch on the square-ish area - I think that is just a photographic thing with different lighting because that area has the same multi-coloured effect as the rest of the torch. I’m pleased about this because that “black” area had me a bit concerned as it seemed to jar with the aesthetics of the whole thing.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pics - sorry they aren’t the best quality - they really don’t do this little gem justice.

SP

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Hi guys, just wondering which CR123 (16340) are you using?

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I use efest V2 (red wrapper) for all of my 16340 lights, one of the best for high drain.

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Does anyone know the runtimes on 16340? I’m tired of Olight taking us for a hike on these S10-style torches by only stating their battery life on primary CR123’s.

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On an Olight branded 550mAh IMR (that comes bundled with the S1R)

S Mini Cu Raw: High 1h 3min / Mid 4h 14min
S Mini Ti PVD Rainbow: High 1h 1min / Mid 4h 9min

Add about 25% more runtime on a Keeppower 700mAh.

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That helps, thanks.

But frankly, I’m looking more for runtimes in Low and Moonlight modes, since those easily make up the majority of use time in my EDC lights.

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Sorry, it’s quite impractical to do those kinds of runtime tests when you have more than one light to test. All the more reason for Olight to state them though.

edit: of course you could run it on low or medium for an hour and extrapolate from that by checking how much capacity was drained from the batteries

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It’s all good, it’s not like I’m “demanding” it or anything :innocent: Still appreciate the input up there.

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Maukka, Looking forward to your testing of the emitter…

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Holy God, that’s a nice looking light!

Is that a real one, or did you photo$hop the coloring onto it?

Beats my boring red/blue/green ones… :stuck_out_tongue:

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… not really?

But it smelled like Palmolive for about a day after I treated it to darken the recessed areas. A natural patina doesn’t turn green like that in a day or two; I artificially sped up the process.

Thanks! That’s definitely not the same coloring as the stock photos; looks like each one is probably different.

I only use protected 16340 cells in mine, because these lights have a boost circuit and no LVP. The protection circuit keeps me from draining cells far enough to damage them. In my testing, the ‘low’ mode puts out the same lumens on a totally full cell and on an empty cell, so I can’t rely on dimming to tell me when to charge the battery.

Not that this helps, but when using my S1 Ti as my primary light I get a few weeks per charge. I assume the S Mini will be about the same. The S1’s specs included 16340 runtimes:

Then compare to the S Mini’s runtime, which has higher CR123A numbers…

So I’d guess probably ~30-ish hours on low and ~20 days on moon?

That was a stock Convoy photo plus about 5 minutes in GIMP.

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Actually, TK, the numbers in RCR123 for the S1 are WAY off. I’ve seen several people test it independently and runtime on Moonlight never was longer than 63 hours. Hence the distrust.

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Thanks for the info, so Palmolive is the trick then.

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Interesting, and good to know. Are you planning to do any tests on it?

Part of it, anyway. It got the grooves to darken. Then I polished the raised areas with a sunshine cloth and aged things more naturally by simply holding the light overnight while I slept. The raised portions are constantly changing and will require occasional re-polishing. It’s a living surface.

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Left to age it will develop an even dark patina. Handling it in use with give a rosy shine that is sort of matte finish, so the high spots your hand touches when using the light will show this buffed surface while the lower points will remain dark. Like the Lady says, it’s a living surface so it’s undergoing a constant change.

I am SO fighting the urge to open my wifes birthday present to see the gold PVD coating! Aaaaaagggghhhhh!