Olight S1 Mini teardown

I could try Oslon square, 219B, 219C, XP-L, XP-L HI and XP-L2.
I’m not sure to use the light in the end, so I’m not in a hurry to re-assamble it.

WOW, you’ve done some risky business trying to open the light. One wrong move could made the light useless, at least in stock form.

Ill probably stay away from this one. I just cant risk it. To expensive to ruin it.

Thnx, x3. Conclusion if you want this light, hurry and buy one of the discounted old s1 mini’s.

I await your success!

fwiw
the Ti SMini is on sale here for 30% off w code blacknovember
also
the black copper s mini is on sale for $35, no code required
but neither has the XP TIR, so no Nichia…

some people don’t mind CW, and others are fine with Low CRI NW

Im tempted by the Copper SMini, but low CRI is not my thing… and I have concerns about its Flicker Index… I also wish it had the low battery warning of the Aluminum SMini… in fact, I wish it had the battery level indicator of the Klarus Mi1c too…

but my buy it now finger is twitching, sometimes it does not respond to reason :slight_smile:

Do it! The olight tir in the s mini gives a real useful edc / close range beam. Love my Smini ti with 5D 80+cri emitter.

Can you post a pic with the lens face down taken from above and to the side?

So I’ve done a couple of test, with different emitters :

219 B : Beautiful beam, no artifact

219C : beautiful beam, no artifact

XP-L HI : beautiful beam, no artifact

Oslon square : beautiful beam, no artifact, narrowest beam (due to smaller emitter surface)

I’ll go with a 219C :slight_smile:

Thanks for the tests! Now, where can I send my S1 Mini to be improved? :wink:

Outstanding! Thanks :slight_smile:
I will take a CuSMini with the High CRI TIR and N219b 4500k 9080 please… where do I send the check?:wink:

Well… I’m still stuck with a non working S1 Mini, so I can’t make any promise but we’ll see how I can make it work :wink:

If only we could source this new TIR alone…

Can’t see a second image, just a “no” icon. Was it an overhead from an angle (in stead of straight nine onto back? If so can you repost?

Oof, I was hoping it would not be so troublesome to mod this.

So I managed to fry the driver… don’t know how, but it doesn’t work anymore.
I opened my S Mini Ti (my EDC), dropped the XP board from S1 Mini with a 219C reflowed on it, put the new frosted XP TIR and have now the pefect EDC.
Nichia tint, Olight UI !

Congrats!
jealous with admiration
When can I get one in Copper?:slight_smile:

You and maukka gave me such low expectations for this light that it turns out to be not as bad as I thought! Still disappointing, but not as much as it would have been otherwise. Do you think you will be able to come up with a non-fatal way to mod this?

Perfect!
I ordered a Copper Smini, now I just want to wait for a sale on the High CRI donor… :slight_smile:
Im not sure I can resist long enough…

The only way to know is to accept the sacrifice of my second one…
That will come, because I ate the CW tint anyway and I don’t see me selling it…
To be continued, but i need a pause because frying the driver was a bit heart breaking :cry:

I wonder what it would take to get Olight to make an aluminum S Mini (not S1 Mini) with the S1 Mini’s frosted TIR, 4500K-4750K Nichia 219 high-CRI emitter, and my Anduril firmware.

(probably also no CR123A support, only 16340, could even come with the same cell as the S1 Mini)

What is the difference between the S Mini and S1 Mini?