I didn’t test out regulation but it didn’t really get that warm to me. Since it is in the <=1k lumen range for this size light I wouldn’t expect it to get that hot. It’s a bigger host than say the C8 which also puts out a similar range of lumens stock.
I really like the quality of the host, personally. Nice shape/size/design and strong anodizing. Although I believe that the bezel is glued on so an emitter swap may take some effort. Aside from that the main considerations with this host specifically would be lack of lock-out (anodized threads would have solved this) and possibly the mode order (preference depending if you prefer High to Low or Low to High). I also use lanyards frequently so lack of an attachment point is another consideration if this effects you.
Mmm, definitely prefer low→high.
Surprised at the lack of ano on the threads that prevent TCLO. Know of any reason why?
Would be nice to review this puppy, as I know people who got those dustbuster-looking lights that turn on when the power goes out. Cheap single 2V Pb-acid cell that crokes after 6mos-1yr, and with a teeny hotwire bulb that doesn’t put out much more light than a single candle.
At least this’d be a real emergency light…
No idea why they chose not to ano the threads. Definitely would have been nice to have a physical lock-out on this light.
Ever measure the cell voltage after it’s been in the charger and “topped off”? Does it charge to a full 4.2V or so?
If so, that might flat-out kill the cell after not very long, as Li cells aren’t very happy when they’re continually topped-off for storage.
Nice Review
It steps down to high after 20 minutes on turbo. It will shift to Medium when the voltage gets low, then to low and the red indicator will come on. Don’t know exactly what those voltages are though.
I think the button is plenty low and stiff enough where I wouldn’t worry about accidentally activating it. It’s not really the pocket carry type of light anyway. The light is built like a tank, and there is so much mass, it really doesn’t get all that hot.
Here’s 15 minutes on Turbo at the head (45C)
And on the battery tube (39.6C)
Thanks all your good suggestion~~for the threads ano, I had asked our technicians for help.
Hey LB, any idea or links to some data that show how continued full charge degrades the battery life? It would be the same issue with all of the olight on docking stations correct?
Maybe batteryuniversity? Dunno any links offhand. I’m just parrotting what I heard about years ago, and it’s generally still agreed upon today.
But just ask anyone who keeps a laptop plugged in 24/7, or electric toothbrushes in the charging stand, etc. If Li cells, they go dead fast.
No idea about the Olight, though. Didn’t even know they had docking stations.
thanks for the review
I hate this crap! Not the light itself; it looks like a perfectly servicable light, fully the equal of any $20 C8. In use it does nothing any different than any other XM-L2. Since the light manufacturers have to do something other than wait for the latest from CREE, they add “features” that may or not be more useful, convenient, whatever, to sell more lights. “Gotta have wireless charging!” So the monkeys jump up in down in their cages, clamoring for this new way to perform a task that has nothing to do with improving the performance of the light. And they pay maybe 3x as much for this gotta-have feature. So the flashlight manufacturers have something new to sell, even if it does nothing that last year’s model doesn’t do. I just can’t believe how gullible people are!
Hmm, so tell us how you really feel…
Dunno the price, so can’t say if it’s 3× anything.
Æons ago, I took one of those shakey-lights (coil+magnet inside; shake to “charge” it), gutted it, and used the coil from that (hotglued to the end-cap) to charge a trio of sub-C NiCd cells, a constant trickle-charge and also lighting a “pilot” LED to find it in the dark (clear plastic case). It dropped into my Sonicaire™ charging base, and worked fine, even with the paltry LED it had.
No idea where it is now, but if the cells aren’t ruined from disuse, I’d bet it’d still work today just fine.
If you click on the Amazon link, you’ll find that the price is $69.95. For an ordinary XM-L. Free shipping, though. Gonna jump on that?
Not me personally, but if someone wants/needs one, I’m not going to stand in his way.
Why do people “need” a lighted tailcap? Or Cu/Ti/SS? Or anything fancy that’s not a bare-bones light?
Hey, it won’t be long ’til someone sticks in a bluetoof module that reports to a smartphone how much juice is left in the cell. Someone wants to pay 100bux for it, let him. And let whoever comes out with it first reap the profits (’til everyone and his grandmother starts copying it).
Okay, so Barnum had it right. And if people want to pay to see the Great Egress… let ’em.
The light is much better machined than a C8 which still uses XM-L emitters, among 1 other. The wireless charging is fantastic for the family who knows nothing about high powered flashlights. All they have to do is grab it and go. No messing around with charging lithium cells, plugging in usb cables, or burning their hands on an overheated light. Nobody has a rechargeable system that works as well or as clean as this, that I know of. It’s nice light, just like the 65 other flashlights I own and don’t need, but enjoy. To each his own.
“Knows nothing about high powered flashlights”. I did not realize that stuffing a battery in a
charger was such esoteric knowledge. I can’t design a charger, but I think anybody with thumbs
should be able to use one.
To be fair, my mum needs an instruction manual on how to use a shovel. She considers that “high-tech”. She’s always wailing to me to “fix my flashliiiights!”, as she’s absolutely helpless. Of course, she leaves them turned on and lens-down so next time she tries to use one, it’s dead. :person_facepalming:
She’s got like 15 of them, all crap-lights (9-LED tubes, showerhead lights, old D-cell hotwires that barely put out an orange disc of light with fresh cells, etc.), and couldn’t load any of them with batteries if you had a completely empty table with just the light and batteries, and picture-loaded instructions what to do.
I suspect, though, that even she’d be able to dunk a flashlight into a charging base, iff (if and only if) the head is so large that she actually physically couldn’t put it into the base lens-side-down. Not that she wouldn’t try…
RobertB,
OK, let’s look at that. “Better machined”. Other than esthetics, what does that contribute?
“Knows nothing about high powered flashlights”. I did not realize that stuffing a battery in a
charger was such esoteric knowledge. I can’t design a charger, but I think anybody with thumbs
should be able to use one.So, here’s your hypothetical family with their wireless-charged light, (or usb-charged, same flaw)
and the thing dies. What do they do then, if we presume that they can’t even change a battery? And
if they do have a spare, charged battery, then they most likely already have a charger and possess
the minimal knowledge required to operate it.Sounds like you’re trying to defend a technological solution to an unasked question.
Ollie
Just don’t buy one Ollie. Your personal problem with this or any other object you deem useless is fixed. What I do with myself and my family is my concern, not yours.
RobertB,
Obviously I don’t intend to buy one. But none of this is a personal problem. It is an objective analysis of an
absurdity. “A fool and his money are soon parted” may be applicable.However, I did not, and do not, presume the right to tell you how to spend your money. I would be surprised
if you did so in this case, though.Ollie
Well, keep your object analysis and snide connotations to yourself, especially in someone else’s thread. You’ll piss off fewer people
RobertB,
If people can get pissed off about criticism of a FLASHLIGHT, then they have problems that I can neither
anticipate nor rectify.Ollie
Ollie, I’m not sure how you don’t see hijacking someone’s thread, criticizing and taking personal jabs, doesn’t upset people. Has nothing to do with a flashlight. Has everything to do with the way you present your objective analysis.
You win, carry on
it tells me the mfr set out to make something of quality rather than just another $15 chinese light.
the functional testing above reinforces this.
i see this as a Cadillac and the $15 china cheapie a yugo.
i can also see myself mounting the charger base in the truck for an always ready grab and go light with no fiddling with a charger.
and the best part?
no one is forcing you to buy it if you cant justify it over the yugo.
RobertB,
OK, let’s look at that. “Better machined”. Other than esthetics, what does that contribute?
Every part worths its pence~~It depends on its quality and design~~
anyone fully discharge one yet and time how long it takes to recover to 100%?
and what is the tube id?
i have a bunch of liitokala cells that are a bit on the large side.