Olight S1 Mini Baton (Post #1 is now updated as review)
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Hahaha... exactly! one more won't hurt, two more is better! there is this 10th Anniversary Olight flashlight coming... I believe some forum members here has received theirs and posted their impression...
Got mine yesterday. Went for the HCRI model to see what all the CRI hype is about.
I'm not yet overly enamoured with this light. Yeah the tint is green indoors. Outdoors it's not noticeable.
The CRI thing isn't overly noticeable to me either, although I won't pretend that I cannot see a difference, especially on plants.
It gets hot awfully quickly on turbo, and even generates quite a bit of heat on high.
The magnet in the tail is just at the limit of nearly being too weak, I much prefer the S1's magnet.
The UI is more refined than the S1, and the pocket clip is really nice. The switch boot is also a noticeable upgrade. The fact that it is marginally lighter actually makes quite a difference in the pocket.
I'll give it some more pocket time to see if it grows on me, but at this point I get the idea that too many slight compromises were made to achieve this diminutive light, at an exceedingly high rate of diminishing returns.
I'm not yet overly enamoured with this light. Yeah the tint is green indoors. Outdoors it's not noticeable.
The CRI thing isn't overly noticeable to me either, although I won't pretend that I cannot see a difference, especially on plants.
It gets hot awfully quickly on turbo, and even generates quite a bit of heat on high.
The magnet in the tail is just at the limit of nearly being too weak, I much prefer the S1's magnet.
The UI is more refined than the S1, and the pocket clip is really nice. The switch boot is also a noticeable upgrade. The fact that it is marginally lighter actually makes quite a difference in the pocket.
I'll give it some more pocket time to see if it grows on me, but at this point I get the idea that too many slight compromises were made to achieve this diminutive light, at an exceedingly high rate of diminishing returns.
Re: Olight S1 Mini Baton
Excuse the crappy photo but I just ordered the new cw s1 mini and it looks warmer than my old sus one that was eithier neutral or cw too. I was expecting it to be the same or whiter but not too fussed. The old one appears brighter too but guess thats the 800 less beam intensity and nicer wide beam. I hate focused beams on pocket keychain lights.
Btw if you want to lose t
he magnet and get it down to 53mm the tail caps can switch and the old ones smaller 
Old sus one pictured right and new cw? Pictured left in beamshots.
https://ibb.co/gBQDdc
https://ibb.co/hnvqPH
Excuse the crappy photo but I just ordered the new cw s1 mini and it looks warmer than my old sus one that was eithier neutral or cw too. I was expecting it to be the same or whiter but not too fussed. The old one appears brighter too but guess thats the 800 less beam intensity and nicer wide beam. I hate focused beams on pocket keychain lights.
Btw if you want to lose t
Old sus one pictured right and new cw? Pictured left in beamshots.
https://ibb.co/gBQDdc
https://ibb.co/hnvqPH
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