[Review] Olight S2R Baton II

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I gotta try and not throw it into anyone ,even though I don’t recall having to fight the urge

Have been seeing this advertised all over YouTube and thought I´d wonder back to BLF to see what the fuss is about… It looks like a pretty crappy light, annoying proprietary battery with an average amount of lumens and runtime for a lot of money.

I think an Astrolux S42 is a much better alternative with it´s higher lumen output and standard USB charging for the same form factor.

Or our very own BLF A6 with a USB rechargeable 18650 would give similar output for about a quarter of the price, yet with more flexible re-charge options.

Just me?

Edit Should have read “propretary battery charger”

Your right , that’s all true . But , have you ever had an Olight in hand ? It just makes me smile.

If what you care about is lumens per dollar then this is obviously not the light for you.

Between my other 18650 battery Olights (M2R, S30RJavelot, S30Riii) and several other 18650 torches the S2R are still the most compact of them all, it just have the right feel in my pocket and hand , but it also have the worst beam with artifacts and rings .

If it wasn’t for that and and not so favoured beamcolour it would have been my favourite pocket torch .

It seems the new version have a much smoother beam .

Besides that their is not a at least a neutral white option as in the M2R and Novas, I’m still going to get the new version.

The existing older S2R can be utilize as a lamp with a Olight TW10 cone which btw works excellent .

I have not tested the runtime with 3500mAh, but my guesstimate is probably another 30 minutes or less in the 400 lumens range.

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh you are sooooooooooooooooooooooo soooooooooooooooooooooooooo Right ” It just makes me smile.” :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

I do not know where you see the artifacts and rings?
The beam of the new S2R is fantastic with the spill that completely covers the walk plan.

No I haven’t have the new one yet, speaking of the older version.

Mine (older version) definitely have defects in the TIR lens which is clearly visible and show up as artefacts in the beam with definite rings.
Maybe I just be unlucky with defects in the lens.

The new S2Rii appears from yesterday on the SA website

:slight_smile:

I don’t, particularly, but I don’t want to pay 4 times as much for something which is less lumens and has annoying proprietary chargers.

I just got mine. Roma58 is right . No artifacts, no rings , nice spill. I like it .

Ok cool, then don’t. Nobody is forcing you to.

you don’t have to charger the battery in the flashlight!!! and you even get a charger… is a little annoying but thats one of those things…Have yet to buy a flashlight that is PERFECT…… and I have around 100 different ones.

Partner now has her new S2R She LOVES it and have to say it is dam sexy…the flood on this things is brilliant and no hard edges!!! Feels very nice in the hand…… Oh it is sooooo sexy!

I hadn’t noticed it in that way before , but , your right !

I realise that, I realise I don’t have to buy it, I’m just trying to understand what the fuss is - if people like it then good for them, enjoy, I’m just bemused by what the fuss is all about and trying to understand :slight_smile:

no worries…And to be honest I rarely ever charge my batteries in my flashlights or headlamps that support it as I prefer to charger them in my nitecore I8 chargers.I do this as always a little worries they may go boom whilst charging so would loose a flashlight etc. cheaper to replace battery and a charger…

I often charge the battery in-site, as it’s extremely handy when camping, or charging in the car etc.

I’m not sure the dual polarity cells in this light actually would work in a normal charger however, I’ve never seen them before…

Can you swap this proprietary cell out for a normal one?

you can use any cells you want to but can only charge an olight cell(that supports charging) in the flashlight and you can charge the supplied battery in any charger use wish…

Interesting, thanks for the info! I guess the contacts on the bottom (or top?) are connected to the protection circuit which does some kind of switching and allows the battery to be charged normally? Interesting design!