[Review] Olight S2R Baton II

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

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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!

Are you sure about this?

Some chargers have “nubs” on their positive contacts that can actually put a direct short across the + center terminal and - ring terminal on the “charging end” of one of these proprietary Olight batteries.

I’ve charged all on my proprietary Olight batteries (16340, 18650 & 26650) in conventional chargers, but VERY carefully, using button magnets to extend the battery + center terminal out far enough so the charger contact can’t also short to the negative ring on the battery, and in the case of the 26650, I even made an insulating sleeve to cover the negative ring while it was in a charger, but magnets have been known to slip/jump around unexpectedly.

There’s no doubt in my mind that if I keep doing this, sooner or later I’m going to slip up and short the terminals on one of these batteries, and I can only hope the built in protection circuit will indeed save the battery (and my fingers) when that happens.

Never ever gave it a thought! Been using Olights for a few years and always just chucked them in my nitecore chargers….

But then what would be the point in producing a battery that you have to take extra care with when sticking them in a charger? Very few folks take notice on how they put them in a charger. Just stick em in make sure the light comes on for the bay and off you pop!

They make a lot of their lights for Military and security purposes so they would expect mass charging of batterys as that is more practicul and effiencient than charging the batteries seperately… For instance 4 of my team have the M2R(sam as me) and often after a callout we will just stick all are batteries in a charger together thus saving 4 plugs sockets as only one is required f for the charger…

Most folks only see a rechargable battery nothing more so they have the UG mentality…. Ug Charger Ug UG rechargable battery. UUUUUUG it fits Ug ug ug ug!

Just worth a thought…

Anyway loving the S2R II (yes charged battery in charger with the M2Rs) love the size, feel and beam now ordering a second one not becuase I need it but because the first one is lonely!

Agree, if it were a real problem, one would think there would be flames all over the internets, as well as the chargers. The battery protection PCB must be doing something.

The plastic separator ring between the + center button and the - charging contact ring on the “charging end” of the latest generation of Olight 16340 battery (ORB-16C05-010) seems to have gotten higher, which will definitely present a problem for some chargers, but it should be “safer” because it just won’t make contact, rather than shorting.

The Olight battery that scares me the most in terms of a potential shorting problem in a regular charger is the 26650 used in my R50 Pro Seeker. The charging contacts are on the opposite end from the 16340 and 18650 versions, they are both flush and have absolutely no raised separator ring/barrier between them.

Time will tell…

I’d think if it’s a problem, the supplied instruction manuals would at least be full of warnings, which I presume they’re not…

Only one way to find out, if you don’t post again in 48 hours we’ll call the emergency services for you :slight_smile: