The flashlight was sent to me by FlashlightBrand for review.
Here's the product's link for more info: Convoys S2+ MAO (non-affiliate)
And a link with a broader collection of Convoy lights (non-affiliate)
The Convoy S2+ arrived in a simple cardboard box
The flashlight is seated into some laser cut foam for added protection during shipping
This variant of the S2+ comes with the very nice MAO finish (Micro Arc Anodization).
I have to admit that the adaption of MAO from more and more companies is one of my favourite additions to the flashlight world!
The lights has a sleek, minimal design.
Its body contains some diamond shaped grooving.
The head doesn't include a removable bezel.
Instead, the head is unibody and the light uses a copper pill to house the emitter and driver board.
Looking down the head, we can see an OP reflector along with a Nichia 519A emitter - I've went with the 4500K version.
At the back side of the head, we can see a copper spring that's used as the positive terminal.
The driver housed in the head is Convoy's 5A.
The copper pill can be easily unscrewed from the back of the head.
As we can see, this specific model of the S2+ uses a green GITD o-ring.
Plenty of thermal past can be seen on the installation of the emitter's PCB.
As with most Convoys, the S2+ is very easily moddable.
The S2+ is operated via a tail mounted, reverse clickie switch.
The MAO version comes with a white, translucent rubber boot.
The tail houses the mechanical switch along with a spacer.
Everything is kept together via the brass retainer ring.
Both the front and rear threads are cleanly cut.
The tail threads are also anodizated.
User Interface
The S2+ comes with Convoy's 12 mode group driver.
Here's all the supported actions:
Turn on/off: Single press
Mode cycle: Half press
Configuration mode: 20 half presses.
After entering the configuration mode, the user can selecte the mode group of his choice and also choose whether to enable/disable mode memory.
Feel free to have a look at the product's page for a detailed descriptions of the available mode groups.
Of course, the driver includes Low Voltage Warning and Low Voltage Protection. The flashlight will start blinking at 2.9V and will cutoff at 2.7V
Output
Here's my output measurements along with the current draw for each output level.
As we can see, the Convoy S2+ w/ Nichia 519A (4500k) is pushing ~ 1100 lumen on turbo.
The Nichia 519A is producing a very high CRI light, which is very pleasing to the eye.
Power Regulation
Here's a power regulation graph I've created with my bench power supply.
What we can see in the graph:
- Turbo is regulated down to 3.7V
- High is almost fully regulated - looses regulation at 3.1V
- Medium and Low are fully regulated.
- Overall the Convoy 5A is providing great regulation.
Outdoor Beamshots
Finally, here's some outdoor beamshots I've captured.
