I purchased the Warrior X Pro because I had simple criteria: Point it at something/someone and unload as much light+as far as possible without fiddling about with a UI. And for that, it works amazing. Other perks: Candela rating for this size and battery type are unmatched as far as I can tell. Build quality is stellar. The magnetic charging is super handy.
My primary gripe is the gas pedal switch. Apparently it has quite a parasitic draw because I went on a trip with what I thought was an almost-fully-charged light, excited to see how truly blistering the high mode can be out in my parents’ back yard. Nope! Apparently I’ve lost like half the charge while the light sat for several weeks and now it tops out at 600-1000 on high.
No big deal, I’ll just pop in some backup lithium primaries… oh wait. Was I smart enough to bring my magnetic charge cable? Of course not.
My verdict: Infrequent use is this light’s weakness. If I were using it daily or every other day for work or duty or whatever, I’d just pick up the Olight L-dock charger and top it up every night. The necessity of unscrewing the tailcap to prevent discharge puts a wrench in the point-and-shoot plans.
As it stands, I almost want to trade it for the standard Warrior X so I have the option to use a micro-USB 18650 or 2xCR123s for backup, but the Warrior X seems to require a 15A max current and nothing on the market with USB ports can run that hard as far as I know.
So I might just assemble a “gun case” sort of travel pack and cart it around with an extra charge cable.
Things to keep in mind if you want one of these. It really is a mighty fine light outside of the quirks mentioned above.
You may have an option. On flashlights with electronic switches I often turn them on then unscrew the tail until they go out. Then I unscrew another half turn and store them that way.
Funny enough, this proprietary 21700 has both positive and negative polarity at the head end of the light. I can turn it on and then unscrew the tailcap almost halfway before it turns itself off. A very slight turn is enough to lock it out though, so it’s not too big a deal.
I don’t have any parasitic drain issue on mine. I left my Warrior X Pro sitting on my desk since its release. Hardly ever used since the Covid-19 shelter at home. It still blast out at about full output. You should contact Olight.
Huh. Admittedly I was going off of 1Lumen.com’s review, where they measured a standby drain of 4.7mA.
I have a multimeter handy so why not answer this for myself? I get the same 4.7mA reading if I measure current from the center of the button to the three outer raised charging contacts, but unless something shorts across those it’s not an issue. Olight even warns about this occurrence in the manual.
Testing resistance across the two contact points of the cap I got open circuit unless pressing the button. That’s good. Then when testing between switch and light body I got nothing. There’s only a minuscule current reading with my meter set on on µA and when pressing the button. Doesn’t seem to be any standby drain, which is a relief. 1Lumen either measured the charge port or got a wonky one. My battery must’ve been low because I’d been messing with it or didn’t quite charge it fully when it arrived.
Still plan to pack a charge cable in a fancy foam carrying case because why not.
Now my battery is measuring at 3.72 volts, which should be ok, but I guess it stands to reason that turbo mode requires the full 4.1-4.2 volts to reach max output?
EDIT: Would help if I read the manual more than once. They say clearly that max output will decrease with voltage.
hm weird it has high parasitic drainage… problem is u cant use normal batteries in many olights, i also have seeker 2 pro and my normal 21700 cells dont work either… always make sure u take the usb cable with u so u should be all set charge the light wherever u are. the magnetic thing is good because u always leave it there overnight or whatever and knows its fully charged.
and yes once volt battery drops so does lumens, this goes for more or less all lights on the market.
I have a Seeker R50 Pro and an S2R Baton and they both have massive parasitic drain. In fact, the R50 proprietary battery is no longer functioning and after reaching out to Olight they admitted it was a common problem. I no longer use their batteries so I cannot use the charging caps and cradle but at least I know using a regular battery will work just fine without forking over extra for their proprietary ones.
I had an S1 Baton a few years back that would dry up a 16340 in two days. That is how bad the parasitic drain was. It only didn’t kill the cells because they were protected.
