The flashlight was gracefully provided by Fasttech.com for review.
As with most Convoy flashlights, their packaging is fairly simple and minimal.
The original package of the light includes a pocket clip and a lanyard.
The pocket clip comes anodized in black color while the lanyard one of those kinds that allows
the use to adjust its length.
The S2+ model is quite old, yet the sand-colored body is what’s new here.
My crappy camera might not give an accurate presentation of the actual color of the light, but I can assure you that the sand anodization is very impressive.
As seen, the light has a minimal tube-styled design.
No fancy heatsink fins or aggressive bezels, just some diamond cut pattern grooves along the whole body.
The pocket clip can be mounted in 5 different positions.
If the clip is placed over the tailcap grooves it allows for a proper deep pocket carry.
As with most modern Convoys, the tail side of the body is fully anodized.
The threads are square cut and arrived very nicely machined and lubricated.
Most people would agree that the most interesting feature of the S2+ is its tail switch.
The switch pretty much looks like a piston drive switch yet it’s a regular sprint driven one.
I do believe that the switch assembly is made out of anodized aluminum.
The switch is very soft and has a nice clicky feedback.
The only thing that I am not fond of is the fact the force has to be exactly vertical to the switch
in order to get it to actuate properly. An angled press might not get it to fire up.
The tail spring is quite beefy and is secured by a brass retaining ring.
I don’t know if this specific light was torqued down by Godzilla, but I bent my screwdriver to 45° trying to get it loose yet I didn’t manage to finish the job!
The head of the light houses the Cree XP-L HI V2 and the smooth reflector.
I went with cooler LED tint as I prefer such tints for daily usage.
The light uses the well known AMC7135 based driver.
I chosen to get one with 8 x 7135 chips, yet getting a driver with only 4 x 7135 might be more suitable for EDC usage.
The driver is directly soldered to the brass pill, something with is way more desirable that using a
retaining cap.
Thankfully, the whole pill can be easily removed from the head.
The front glass is AR coated and the o-ring is glow in the dark.
The brass pill itself is very heavy and beefy and should provide an excellent thermal capacity to the LED.
In total, the S2+ weighs a bit over 83 grams (ofc excluding battery).
In my opinion, its weight and size are totally acceptable for an EDC light.
Despite the small reflector size, the beam produced by the XP-L HI is excellent.
The hotspot is well defined and there is a total absence of artifacts around it.
User Interface
The driver that is used by the light contains two different group modes.
1st Group: Low - Mid - High
2nd Group: Low - Mid - High - Strobe - SOS
The modes can be scrolled through with a half press of the switch.
In order to change mode group, a half press has to be initiated once the light blinks while being on low mode.
Of course, the driver supports mode memory. The memory is set after the user stays in the same mode for more than 2-3 seconds
Tailcap Measurements
In order to get my measurements I used a Samsung 25R cell and a clamp meter.
Mode - Current
Low - 0.22
Mid - 1.21
High - 2.81
Of course, the measurements are totally on par with the 2.8A draw claim’s by the manufacturer.
At these current draw levels the light should be pushing more than 1000 Lumens.
Wall Beamshots
I created a simple animated gif with 4 shots I took.
The mode order in the gif is : Control Shot - Low - Mid - High
UPDATE
Outside Beamshots
The tree is around 25m (75ft) away
Low
Mid
High
Here’s the link to Fasttech’s listing: Convoy S2+ XP-L HI V2 Flashlight
