Olight Warrior Mini

Olight does not offer HI CRI emitter options. But the comparison above is to show the difference in electrical efficiency between Zebralight and Olight drivers. Both use 4000K XHP50.2. The Zebralight 90CRI is at max 20% less efficient than the 4000K XHP50.2 in the H2R. So if you do the math to account for the CRI difference, (135lm/w) / (1.20 * 89lm/w) = 26.4% more efficient. But the more recent Olight Perun, which is an upgrade of the H2R can do a whopping 500lumens for 4hrs, which is MUCH more efficient than the H2R and is MUCH MUCH more efficient than Zebralight.

But as I mentioned in multiple posts above, I do not disagree with you Olight sucks when it comes to CCT, CRI, and tint, which is what is preventing me from buying many of their otherwise attractive lights.

EDIT: go get it boys!

No the Olight H2R is 135lm/w / 89lm/w = 51.7% more efficient than the Zebralight. If we assume a 20% difference in efficiency between 90CRI and 70CRI, which is a conservative assumption without knowing the exact flux bin, the Olight H2R is 26.4% more efficient than the Zebralight. However, if we compare the Olight Perun, which is the updated H2R, it is another 20% to 30% more efficient than the H2R, which means Olight drivers are much more efficient than Zebralight drivers, except maybe at really low moonlight levels which Olight doesn’t even offer.

Also one thing to note is that my H2R 4000k is much rosier than my Zebralight’s 4000K 90CRI and usually rosy means low flux bin. High flux bins are usually higher DUV (greener tint). In fact the H2R is the only really good rosy NW Olight I own. The rest are all CW or greenish tinted NW.

I don’t recall Olight ever claiming high efficiency. It’s just that we flashlight nerds studying numbers from test results noticed it. What Olight does claim is high reliability.

Ok...

Could you tell me what exactly they wrote? I would much rather buy the M1R if it comes out. But the M1R prototype has been shown in 2017 by Olight (together with the M2R) and was never released: Olight_M1R_Prototype (1) | Taschenlampen Forum

Are you sure they “announced” it? Or were they just talking about it and announced the Warrior Mini instead or something like that? If so, I will wait for that light. I have been using the Emisar D4 with 18350 for the last couple of months and I never once ran into runtime issues even for longer night strolls as an EDC.
An M1R would probably be a tad shorter, a tad lighter, with reversible and turnable clip and maybe even with a non-proprietary cell. I would strongly prefer it over the Warrior Mini, but the Mini is the next best thing.
I think it would just be kinda strange for Olight to produce two otherwise very similar flashlights one after another.

Olight does make some good drivers which is one of the reasons I like Olight despite their shortcomings.

I have a hunch that this driver is an iteration of the one used in the S2R II which ZeroAir measured high to be ~500 lumens for 230 minutes on the 3200mAh. Using a 3500mAh will bring it to around ~250 minutes which is ahead of the warrior mini @530 lumens for 200 minutes.

Need some runtimes for the 15 lumen mode though. The WM is rated to last 50% longer than the S2R II @150h vs 100h

230/150min of eggyolk and green you guys keep forgeting...

That’s the main reason i’m (many of us) into flashlights, not runtimes.

ZL won’t change models on monthly basis like hooker is changing positions :)

Yeah, still nothing new at Olight, only Baton painted in Camo LOOOL

@kanton

Yes sir, one of Olight staff anounced M1R is showing up in few months after one guy was constantly harrasing them (Olight admins) about it.
That fellow even created a poll to vote for M1R interrest where all Olight admins voted YES...

Like i said, maybe premature announcement so they had to remove that post.

That’s fair enough aha. I can’t speak for anyone else but I only buy Olights to mod as I really like their efficiency and while I don’t like their UI, they are easier to mod than Zebralight, and priced ok during sales with above average build quality.

Something about high efficiency really does it for me + I can get control the tint or CRI I want via modding.

Would you mind sharing details of sst40 swap? What optic you’re using or is it just stock?

Only done the S Mini before but I believe it should be the same size as the S1R and the S2R. I just use the 17mm here:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32630479277.html?spm=a2g0o.store_home.productList_10213242.subject_1

1mm thick 3535 mcpcb

still considering choices for the S2R, I am suspecting the high VF of a shaved LH351d might be detrimental to what I think is the buck driver in the S2R.

Yeah any other emitter will mess with driver other then the one it’s designed for.

Or maybe not.
And how do you like beam from 3535 emitter through 5050 TIR?

they should have released the m1r instead of this, its just like a s2r but with 2 buttons…

I have the 20 degree optic and I really like the beam profile. It’s similar to the stock optic in that it’s just one large hotspot but instead of a sharp cut off, it just bleeds into the spill nicely.

Nany thx for the info.

I just finished most part of the review on the Olight Warrior Mini. https://1lumen.com/review/olight-warrior-mini/

The beam is actually reallly nice and has a very smooth transition from the outer ring of the hotspot into the darkness....

I have some white wall beamshots to show a bit what I mean.

Thank you very much for the review! And that let me know I really need to get one of these!
Good specs, good UI, poor clip position, but that won’t stop me!
Thanks for the input :wink:

I quite like the Warrior Mini. It's tiny, powerful and has all those shortcuts you want. I don't like the Press and Hold to go through the modes though..

Well, although clicking is more intuitive for me, press & hold is ok, specially because it doesn’t take ages to change modes. I have the M2R so I suspect it will not be too much different.

I really wanted a light I could use with instant turbo and strobe for night walks (and winter is coming…), but at the same time use the lowest modes if needed and without having to cycle through them endlessly…

That light has that, and in a “small” pack (if compared to the M2R or the Brinyte PT18 Oathkeeper, that also has similar features).

I have to check the best place to buy it and try to catch the current discount :money_mouth_face: Any clues?

Thanks for the review! I was waiting for the runtime graph. As usual, Olight doesn’t lie about its specs unlike how most other manufacturers do. The efficiency is mind boggling. It seems to be the smallest dual switch 18650 in existence. However, how’s the tint and color temperature? Judging from the 75m photo, it appears to be CW with very high duv but the 10cm pic disagrees. Do you have the Lucky Sun D80 SST-40 5000k? I wonder how it compares. I really like that one.

I guess this makes for a good host for those that can do emitter swaps.