Greetings,
This review is dedicated to the smallest tactical light from Olight, the M1X. This is not a completely new model, as there were very similar designs from Olight before (the M18 and especially the M18 Striker) but this time the flashlight is a little bit different. If before the “tactical” versions of the Baton series simply featured a changed user interface (2 buttons instead of one), the lumen count of such flashlights was a little lower than the competition. The M1X fixes that, and comes with a respectable 1k lumens.
The brighter table features the specs of the newer model. As we see the new model has mode modes and higher lumen count resulting a further throw.
Shall we start?
The flashlight comes in a transparent plastic box that allows to see the light and it’s specifications.
The flashlight comes bundled with a lanyard, spare o-rings, user manual and a commercial of Olight flashlights. The user manual includes the brightness stabilization chart.
User interface of the flashlight is really simple and logical.
The flashlight is controlled with two buttons - a tail button and a side electronic button.
There is a mode memory, including memory for the strobe mode (not usual).
The tail button turns on the flashlight in last mode used. Turning that flashlight on with the side button pressed will turn it on on moonlight mode. Double clicking the tail button will turn the flashlight on in “high” mode, and triple click will turn it on strobe mode.
When the flashlight is already on short clicks on the side button will change modes in the following order : low~~mid>highturbo~~>low->… , and holding the button will turn on strobe mode.
Here it is. A small Warrior 
Here are the buttons. The electronic button has a low battery warning. The quality is great, as expected.
Regarding the heat sinking abilities - the flashlight has no problem with that. The flashlight becomes hot on turbo mode very fast, and the aggressive bezel takes part in heat dissipation - it gets hot even before the heat sinking fins.
The threads are square cut. There is anti-reflex coating, it is difficult to take a picture of because the lens is small and located deep in the bezel. The positive lead of the battery is contacted with the circuit by means of a spring, so using flat headed batteries is not a problem.
Here is the light. The lower half-lumen mode is really really low. As you could predict, the bezel gives the sidespill a very specific shape.
Comparing with a less tactical Olight. We can see that it is not much larger than the civilian version.
The pictures were taken with a very high moisture at the air, that affected the pictures. If you have any specific requests - I will be happy to assist.
The flashlight works well as expected, 1000 lumens with a small reflector means a ot of light close to you. The light itself is cool wight, without blue tint.
Some numbers
As expected, no surprises here
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Final thoughts+*
If you need a flashlight that is rather compact, and can be used for self defence - please take this flashlight into consideration. User interface - one of the best that I ever encountered.
I’d like to thank Olight for providing me the review sample
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