Which Olight?
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 4:42 am
As many on this board know, I'm a big fan of Olight. Olight makes good lights for a reasonable price. Has every light I purchased been perfect from Olight? No, but I have contacted customer service and they sent out replacement or parts very quickly, which customer service has been great. Thankfully, I have only needed them two times, once a bad switch and another was a light broke (the Wave light which they stopped production on) and they sent a replacement for it.
If you checkout Olight, you may wonder which light would be best to meet your needs. I have four lights that I use on a regular bases. The first, is the Warrior X. We keep a couple of these next to the doors. These lights are extremely bright and have two features that I really like. The first is the taillight switch. The switch is easy to operate with or without gloves. You half press the switch and you get the low setting (300 lumen). Press the switch all the way and you get high setting (2,000 lumen). Very easy to operate without a lot of additional manipulating required. Good light to grab in stress related where you don't want to think about multiple things to do. THe second feature I like is the throw on this light. Even on low setting the beam is focused and covers a tremendous amount of distance. It has enough spill to be able to see a decent amount of area, but this light is designed to cover distance and gives you a good bright hot spot that would be blinding to anyone you are shining it on. The downside to this light, even on low setting, it doesn't make a good worklight. The beam is very focused and up close very bright.
The second light is the Olight Seeker 2 Pro. This is a great utility light. It has a decent throw, but nothing compared to the Warrior X. It has multiple options from low setting of 50 lumen to high setting of 3,200 lumen. The light provides a nice flood to light up an area well. With multiple settings it makes the light very versatile, which I use this light to work on various projects around the house/farm. It can be used for defense also, but doesn't have the reach that the Warrior X. If you are looking for one light to do everything, this would be the light. Kind of reminds me of a GLock 19, good at everything, but not a master of anything.
The third light that I use a lot is the Olight H1R. It is nice having a hands free light. I prefer the H1R over the H2R because I like the smaller size. It lights up my work area well and could be used for campsite or hiking to see the path. It is not a long distance throw light, it is a flood light designed more for lighting up your immediate work area. Extremely handy light to free up both hands and provide you the light you need to see to get the task done.
Finally, my EDC light is the Warrior M2R. This light provides a great balance between throw and flood. It is easy to carry in the pocket. It has the tail switch for quick activation and it has the side switch that allows you to cycle thru different light levels if you are needing to use it as worklight verses a self defense/throw light. This light is almost always in my pocket.
I have several other Olights from the keychain I1R and I3S on all our keychains to the X7R and Javolet Pro plus several other models. Yet, the ones listed above are the lights I find being used on a daily type usage. Hopefully, if you are wondering which Olight to consider this will give you some idea what might meet your needs.
If you checkout Olight, you may wonder which light would be best to meet your needs. I have four lights that I use on a regular bases. The first, is the Warrior X. We keep a couple of these next to the doors. These lights are extremely bright and have two features that I really like. The first is the taillight switch. The switch is easy to operate with or without gloves. You half press the switch and you get the low setting (300 lumen). Press the switch all the way and you get high setting (2,000 lumen). Very easy to operate without a lot of additional manipulating required. Good light to grab in stress related where you don't want to think about multiple things to do. THe second feature I like is the throw on this light. Even on low setting the beam is focused and covers a tremendous amount of distance. It has enough spill to be able to see a decent amount of area, but this light is designed to cover distance and gives you a good bright hot spot that would be blinding to anyone you are shining it on. The downside to this light, even on low setting, it doesn't make a good worklight. The beam is very focused and up close very bright.
The second light is the Olight Seeker 2 Pro. This is a great utility light. It has a decent throw, but nothing compared to the Warrior X. It has multiple options from low setting of 50 lumen to high setting of 3,200 lumen. The light provides a nice flood to light up an area well. With multiple settings it makes the light very versatile, which I use this light to work on various projects around the house/farm. It can be used for defense also, but doesn't have the reach that the Warrior X. If you are looking for one light to do everything, this would be the light. Kind of reminds me of a GLock 19, good at everything, but not a master of anything.
The third light that I use a lot is the Olight H1R. It is nice having a hands free light. I prefer the H1R over the H2R because I like the smaller size. It lights up my work area well and could be used for campsite or hiking to see the path. It is not a long distance throw light, it is a flood light designed more for lighting up your immediate work area. Extremely handy light to free up both hands and provide you the light you need to see to get the task done.
Finally, my EDC light is the Warrior M2R. This light provides a great balance between throw and flood. It is easy to carry in the pocket. It has the tail switch for quick activation and it has the side switch that allows you to cycle thru different light levels if you are needing to use it as worklight verses a self defense/throw light. This light is almost always in my pocket.
I have several other Olights from the keychain I1R and I3S on all our keychains to the X7R and Javolet Pro plus several other models. Yet, the ones listed above are the lights I find being used on a daily type usage. Hopefully, if you are wondering which Olight to consider this will give you some idea what might meet your needs.