Hum, I was looking at his page and couldn’t find this new one there. Maybe it is too soon :zipper_mouth_face:
Yesterday I sent an e-mail to customer service of Olight asking where I could buy the light from.
UK and DE stores do not ship abroad, Amazon ES / DE and AliExpress don’t have it (yet, maybe).
So my hands are a bit tied right now…
Thanks for the suggestion :+1:
You should probably ask Neal directly. He shared a post yesterday, but he hasn't put them online yet maybe. He only had a handful available.
Oh nice 
Thanks for the tip! I am not a FB user so I wouldn’t know that 
Thanks again, I’ll reach him !!! 
500 lumens for 3 hours may be just the ticket for a helmet-mounted MTB light.
Oh, you are totally correct. I edited that part in the review! Thanks for pointing that out.
Yes Neal is doing a very competitive price for these.
Just placed my order with him
Thanks again for the suggestion ChibiM
And thanks Neal for the deal 
And it arrived today
So far so good!
Thanks Neal for the impressive fast shipping you did
I like the light despite some less interesting aspects (pocket clip, tint, no physical lock-out).
But for the things and reasons why I wanted it, it is top
Hi guys. I just bought the Warrior Mini myself and tried to put in one of my old olight batteries in it. It would not work with two different versions that I tried. Is this what they have done to these now? Is it because of the charging capabilities? I don’t see what is special about the battery that came with it, but there is obviously something.
Hi cabla! Welcome to BLF!
This flashlight won’t work (nor charge) with other regular batteries simply because the flashlight needs to have the + and - pole touchig the driver structure.
The Olight battery has both poles in the top, while other regular batteries don’t have it (+ on top and - on bottom).
The battery itself is probably special only because it has the specificities that make the flashlight work, meaning + and - on top, as mentioned.
If you pick a 16340 battery from the Olight S1R Baton 1 and touch the driver and switch the light ON, it will work for the same reason.
It is a bummer that we can’t use other batteries with the flashlight, fact!!
i made this to explain a bit (and bust some wrong info)
Thanks Martin
Always informative
Thank you guys! This makes more sense now. I didn’t realize there were such a thing as those proprietary batteries. This kinda suck that we can’t use standard 18650 batteries but maybe there is a good reason. Maybe they are more efficient this way.
This proprietary batteries are very expencive.
As long as cell inside is Sony, Samsung or similar, I do not know why.
Does it really matter? How many batteries will you need in the lifetime of an O-light and by how much will these extra costs increase the price for it? And about 6 EUR for the S1R battery or 15 EUR for a R50 battery is not a killer imo.
If you like a certain light, get some extra batteries and store them safely to never run out of them, no matter if Olight ceases production or even folds. Did so with the R50 battery, and will get a few 10C 16340 when the S1RII reaches eol. I think I’m safe, and it didn’t cost a fortune.
I don’t think so. High CRI can lead to 30% or more loss in lumens, especially when that Zebralight emitter is a 3-step one, which may imply even more lost. Also, the frosted models from Zebralight usually deliver considerably lower output than claimed. They seem too optimistic when estimating the lost introduced by that frosted lens. For example, the H1 mode output on H600c is claimed as 1616lm, while it’s 1568lm on H600Fc, which means only ~3% lost due to the frosted lens…however the measured difference is much larger.
That Perun is most likely using a 3V version of XHP50.2 and a buck driver, and that’s much more efficient than boosting to 6V or 12V. That also explains why only cool white is available, because 3V XHP50.2’s are all cool white.
Olight has some good drivers, but the difference is not that much. The output difference is not simply because of the driver.
imho using that kind of cells "protects" their average users.... ;)
generally: most flashlight users have very little knowledge about simple mechanical and electrical basics
Ok, here we disagree. Having both contacts accessible on one side is dangerous. At least, Olight improved safety somewhat by introducing this plastic collar.
And some older models can be shortcut on the charging port. Improved, too.
to my knowledge they use circuits in their cells
and the new models even limit the current to 5 mA on the port
@toobadorz
At last, proper explanation.
Thx