Question,I bought the M23 from you guys. Olight on CPF said they will be shipped to the dealers in USA on Friday July 10th,could you give an estimate as to when they will be shipped to the customer?
I asked this question when I ordered [July 8th] and have not heard back.
the ec4s was on my list before I decided to downsize
downsizing, simplifying! not retiring from lights, but retiring from lumen testing! haha.
I will buy a few lights here and there. I was up close to 100, but now I am around 18-20. I could probably get down to 5 or 10, but I dont see the need to right now.
Sorry for the delayed response. We should get the Olight M23 in this week and have it shipped out no later than Friday. I’ll be sure and send you a message or post in this thread the second they arrive. For the EC4S as well.
Hey wolfdog1226! We have the Olight M23’s in and I’m shipping yours right now. I’m about to test them to see if they have a thermal or a timed step down for ya.
Pretty strange. In Olight’s description it says it has a 5-8 min step down, but I’ve had 2 pointing at the wall for 25 min (just to see if one would step down first) to the point where they are ever so slightly uncomfortable to pick up (not ridiculously hot but…… hot) and they haven’t stepped down.
Right,a TOTAL of 8 minutes. Steps down in 5 and then after 3 more minutes the output is reduced to 60%. That is how I interpret their statement below from an excerpt of their specs.
Olight info:
“Built in thermal management system that limits the high output of 1020 lm to 5 minutes and then gradually ramps
down the high output by 60% after 3 minutes of constant use.”
I believe here like in other parts of the specs they worded it wrong. Meaning reduced “TO” not “BY 60. If it was reduced “By” 60 it would be lower than Medium[350L]!
Anyway,great to know that they did not get hot after 25 minutes,heat will be a non issue because I am hiking and my hands and the air flow help a lot. M3X/SR52vn both NEVER get hot.
Were yours in front of a fan? Probably not!,sitting on a desk and pointing to the wall?!
So after 25 minutes you did not notice any type of timed step down where the light ramped down that was noticeable from a “Visual Perspective”?
My guess now is that it has thermal management[I definitely prefer that and that’s what they specify] and only STEPS DOWN when the heat reaches an unsafe temp.
Yeah, it performs nicely for sure! But in answer to your questions, yeah just sitting on my desk casually blinding me slowly even though they were pointed away. And yes, I actually tried this with 6 different flashlights and I never saw a visual difference after at least 15 min with each.
That’s good,looking forward to getting it On Friday.
One reason why the M3X [which I bought from you guys in August of 2013!] is still in my rotation and the only stock light in it until the M23’s arrival, is because it has no step down and never gets hot,plus 1000 lumens and 91Kcd is plenty for my secondary lights!
Excerpt from Selfbuilts review:
On max, the M3X has very high output for the class, with no sign of any sort of step-down.
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Appears that because of great heat sinking the M23 will follow suit! 8)