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Yea lots of people do not like 16340s they prefer 14500 or even 18650 i ran that pole must be 10-1 towards 14500 against the 16340s

Considering the vendor is Gearbest, the 16340 battery size and it looks too good to be true, it is understandable… But not really when you consider the following.

Gearbest has given me no issues with any group buy, the D80, BLF 348 and even a dashcam I recently ordered, or the $25 version of this light with the battery and charger included. They have stepped up their process quite a bit from late last year…. Freeme seems to have great communication for his deals as well.

This is a stock light, so no worries there like the “custom” group buys. A couple of decent 16340’s will set you back no more than one top end 18650, so that should not be an issue…

I am down for three more, as I like small lights, and this one is a great build with great features, especially now that I actually have one, and can use it. It may not be your favorite light, but it will be one you use a lot…

Nice review! what’s the real world lumen output on this? also is it a better deal to buy the one from gearbest for 24 dollars that comes with battery and charger or to get this one and buy battery and charger separately?

I think it has less interest because everybody already owns olight Sxx lights already because gearbest sold them like hot cakes for cheap a while ago including the S15R,S1,S30 etc… The S1 is just smaller.

Their Olight sale prices at that time was a steal and I am glad that I have purchased all mentioned models. Unfortunately, such discounts will not be happening again soon for Olight.

The main selling point of OTR M3 is the price. Current S10 baton easily cost about $42 a piece, while our M3 group price is more affordable for majority at under $20. You will not need to worry about greenish cool white tint or waste time, energy and additional money to replace those undesirable emitters if you choose our rosy 5C.

Smaller does not equate to better. I personally prefer S10 or S15, where I can have a firmer grip of the flashlight with my medium size palm.

olight s1 prices are still pretty good, I think banggood has the olight s1 for $26.97 with the coupon code (look for it on slickdeals by searching olight s1)

True, the prices were insane for olight but lets be honest, the so called premium manufactors are often not really better than budget manufactors, its more or less all the same. Remember the acebeam/thrunite saga or sunwayman/darktort. Darktort P20C is half the price compared to a sunwayman labeled version. You can even read sunwayman on the darktort driver.

This olight design seems to be pretty popular, thrunite copied it as well and there is now another brand, angryfox.

By the way look at the new sunwayman t16r, love the quality looks. We need a groupbuy

Nice review! Can it be opened? How moddable is it? Anyone try or mod one yet?

Bezel is not glued. M3 comes with nice flat red o-ring and a threaded reflector. Genuine CREE XM-L2 LED verified under the scope.


Ok, thanks, but that's only half the battle. What about driver access? Hhmm, only noticed now the pic in the OP showing the driver. Maybe it's glued in place, or maybe separate piece that's a pill? Lot of times they are press fit in place and can be forced/nudged out from pressure on top maybe...

From the LED view above, almost looks like a separate pill?

I ordered one anyways. The Group Buy 5C one doesn't ship til after June 30th, so I ordered the 5C "Full Pack" at $25, but discounted down on points to ~$19, say'n it will ship tomorrow. Hoping we can figure out driver access without damage . With the Olight's, some guys have little to no trouble dis-assemblying, while others just can't budge no matter you try.

That post you linked to, says you will only dismantle after pics and measurements, so..., are you done?

They may say integrated pill design, but they also say 900 lumens ...

Haha... I am working on my next review at the very moment. I have zero experience in mod with side-switch, so I let the experts like you to carry out.

900lm did not happen as expected. Fasttech has already specified the reading at 2.3A even before M3 was listed in GB. 2.3A at tail with Olight 16340 is the best I can get. As for the integrated pill design... I think they are referring to solid pill.

There is only one dollar price difference between the set with the charger etc… and the standalone version. I feel the price is a bit expansive because the olight S1 is available for more or less the same price with coupon code. I like the voltage warning, something the S1 dont have but this light is more a S10 rival i would say, S1 is shorter. I wonder if the original olight is CNC machined or die cast as well like this light.

Well, that's true of the listed prices, but not for the group buy price freeme has listed for the M3 (https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/39824).

The S1 is only very cool white, this is available in a nice 5C, more features, yes bigger though. Also much easier access to the LED on the M3 - I still can't get the bezel off my S1's - ugh, can't stand the blue cool tint.

http://www.taschenlampen-forum.de/threads/on-the-road-m3.49086/

Is it true that newer lights have a true moonlight mode? In that review the guy got one with a true moonlight, maybe a defect.

I tried two M3 chargers, two different 16340s, one 220V input, the other USB input.
The M3 chargers charge up to exactly 4.27V on both tries.
Seems to be a little over the borderline.

Edit: Indeed, OTR UC3 charger did overcharge my OTR 16340 battery to 4.28V. Full gift set buyers please beware of this issue.
I am charging my OTR battery via USB. 4.21V is measured in the bay. Will let you know my completed voltage in a while.

Got mine today, full gift set - really, really nice so far - love the tint. I was soooo disappointed with the S1, and I bought two, one is still unopened in the box. The blue tint of the S1 is ridiculous, plus locked in un-replaceable LED.

Of course I'm not crazy about the UI with the pres&hold. Seems almost broken that a single click from OFF does nothing. Much rather have the ramping UI of Narsil, or the mode sets, plus the power. Now the fun begins - seeing if it I can get full access to the driver and get a ATtiny85 based driver in there.

The tint looks absolutely perfect to me - no shading around the hot spot, just a nice milky white, slight hint of yellow. I dunno where you can buy a U2 5C - makes you wonder how legit it is. I only see "5X" tints in a T5 bin at best (MtnE has a listed T6 5C1, but limited). I'll drop in a fully charge 16340 IMR and measure it up - see what the real turbo level is.

Also it seems to throw decently for it's size, much better than the S1.

I think I'll xfer the LED to a Noctigon at first - well worth keeping it. The stock MCPCB appears to be regular aluminum.