Greetings All,
Current review will be dedicated to a new very interesting flashlight from Olight, the Olight M2X-UT Javelot.
So, what's so special about it and why I think it's the flashlight of the year?
1. It's a first flashlight from a famous well-known flashlight company that is equipped with a dedomed LED
2. While being relatively compact, and using only one 18650 battery it greatly overthrows any other light that uses one battery (and most 3-4 battery flashlights as well)
3. The price - the flashlight can be purchased for about 100$ or even less at the time the review is published - I consider it a great value for money.
What Do I mean by dedomed??
First of all, I would like to explain what dedomed means, because I am sure that not all readers know the meaning and what does it actually good for.
Well, LED emits the light (Light Emmitting Diode) and usually the LED is covered by protective silicon lens, that is called the dome. Many custom flashlight builders and some enthusiasts developed several methods of removing the dome. Removing the dome usually gives a flashlight a better throw, at expense of poorer side spill. Because in case of the M2X-UT it already comes dedomed you get highly customized flashlight from the factory, and manufacturers warranty as well.
Tech Specs
Ready?
I received the review sample in a carton box containing only the flashlight itself.
The normal bundle consists of the flashlight, warranty coupon, holster, lanyard and an adapter for using two CR123A cells. The holster will be handy, because 63 mm head diameter light will be very difficult to put in most pockets.
Here it is. In real life it was even more compact than I thought. Like Olight M22, but with much bigger head. By the way - it's nicely balanced - the head is not too heavy relative to the tail of the light.
Here it is, the head. At first, there is a feeling that Olight forgot to put the lens. But it is there, the anti-reflective coating works. No fingerprints/dust particles/bubbles were found under or on the lens.
Notice the LED - looks exactly like on the Olight commercials. Notice the die - it's also not exactly regular.
The flashlight consists of 3 parts. All made really well and solid - I repeat myself - it has the same solid feeling as M22, but with bigger head. Tailcap from M22 fits M2X-UT and wise-verse, but the head don't.
The threads at the tail are square-cut and anodised, at the front of the flashlight triangle shaped and not anodized. There is some strong spring in the tailcap.
By the way - I tried to disassemble the head by rotating the bezel - and it gave away pretty easily - I was using just my bare hands, no tools. So, the flashlight might be improved further more. I don't want to disassemble it at this point.
Here is a small comparison with the M22 Warrior. There is similarity in the overall appearance.
Here is some evil compatitor - the Supbeam (Acebeam) K50V2
Some acrobatics
Using the flashlight
The flashlight is controlled by a button located at the tailcup and rotating the head. Pretty easy, not too much modes. There is a step-down, like in most other flashlights today.
M2X-UT first gets warm in the integrated radiator, and after that all the flashlight gets warm. It's not very hot, just very warm. No PWM, no noises were emitted by the flashlight.
Some Numbers
Numbers don't lie, and I can tell you that the flashlight has the same hotspot, and overall light distribution like the Supbeam, just with a very different tint. The tint (after the usual dedoming side effect - the tint shift) is neutral-warm, in life it looks prettier than on the pictures. Anyway much prettier than the usual XM-L2 U2 CW LED, imho.
Show me the money!
The M22 on the left, M2X-UT on the right. Notice the sharp edges between hotspot and the spill that M2X-UT has.
Supbeam K50 V2 on the left, Olight M2X-UT on the right. Same sharp hotspot, just a very different tint.
Some games with the exposure settings.
Stabilization
I've measured the voltage after removing the battery from the flashlight. The battery - Sanyo 2600 mah. The maximum brightness was the same when I used the sanyo, xtar 3100/3400 protected and Xtar RCR123Ax2. When the battery voltage became low, the flashlight switched to flashling mode. In this case I measured 3.2 volts on the cell.
Conclusions
This flashlight just outdated most of the throwers, one fine day. I hope other manufacturers will follow Olight with this trend of using dedomed led's. I think the flashlight is great, very close to an ideal flashlight (thrower type off course), closer than any other stock thrower that I know of today.
The flashlight was provided by Olight for review.
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Thanks for reading, hope I assisted you in some way.
Current review will be dedicated to a new very interesting flashlight from Olight, the Olight M2X-UT Javelot.
So, what's so special about it and why I think it's the flashlight of the year?
1. It's a first flashlight from a famous well-known flashlight company that is equipped with a dedomed LED
2. While being relatively compact, and using only one 18650 battery it greatly overthrows any other light that uses one battery (and most 3-4 battery flashlights as well)
3. The price - the flashlight can be purchased for about 100$ or even less at the time the review is published - I consider it a great value for money.
What Do I mean by dedomed??
First of all, I would like to explain what dedomed means, because I am sure that not all readers know the meaning and what does it actually good for.
Well, LED emits the light (Light Emmitting Diode) and usually the LED is covered by protective silicon lens, that is called the dome. Many custom flashlight builders and some enthusiasts developed several methods of removing the dome. Removing the dome usually gives a flashlight a better throw, at expense of poorer side spill. Because in case of the M2X-UT it already comes dedomed you get highly customized flashlight from the factory, and manufacturers warranty as well.
Tech Specs
Ready?
I received the review sample in a carton box containing only the flashlight itself.
The normal bundle consists of the flashlight, warranty coupon, holster, lanyard and an adapter for using two CR123A cells. The holster will be handy, because 63 mm head diameter light will be very difficult to put in most pockets.
Here it is. In real life it was even more compact than I thought. Like Olight M22, but with much bigger head. By the way - it's nicely balanced - the head is not too heavy relative to the tail of the light.
Here it is, the head. At first, there is a feeling that Olight forgot to put the lens. But it is there, the anti-reflective coating works. No fingerprints/dust particles/bubbles were found under or on the lens.
Notice the LED - looks exactly like on the Olight commercials. Notice the die - it's also not exactly regular.
The flashlight consists of 3 parts. All made really well and solid - I repeat myself - it has the same solid feeling as M22, but with bigger head. Tailcap from M22 fits M2X-UT and wise-verse, but the head don't.
The threads at the tail are square-cut and anodised, at the front of the flashlight triangle shaped and not anodized. There is some strong spring in the tailcap.
By the way - I tried to disassemble the head by rotating the bezel - and it gave away pretty easily - I was using just my bare hands, no tools. So, the flashlight might be improved further more. I don't want to disassemble it at this point.
Here is a small comparison with the M22 Warrior. There is similarity in the overall appearance.
Here is some evil compatitor - the Supbeam (Acebeam) K50V2
Some acrobatics
Using the flashlight
The flashlight is controlled by a button located at the tailcup and rotating the head. Pretty easy, not too much modes. There is a step-down, like in most other flashlights today.
M2X-UT first gets warm in the integrated radiator, and after that all the flashlight gets warm. It's not very hot, just very warm. No PWM, no noises were emitted by the flashlight.
Some Numbers
| Flashlight/Mode | Low | Mid | High | Turbo |
| Olight M2X | 3000 | 33000 | 110000 | |
| SupBeam K50 V2 | 52 | 53500 | 90000 | 110000 |
| Olight SR96 | 3200 (450 lm) | 9800 (1500 lm) | 33000 (4800 lm) | |
| Olight M22 Warrior (950 lm) | 430 | - | 7500 | 19500 |
| Jetbeam SRA 40 (960 lm) | 660 | - | 7800 | 31500 |
| Convoy L4 (1000 lm) | - | 1200 | 13000 | 30000 |
Numbers don't lie, and I can tell you that the flashlight has the same hotspot, and overall light distribution like the Supbeam, just with a very different tint. The tint (after the usual dedoming side effect - the tint shift) is neutral-warm, in life it looks prettier than on the pictures. Anyway much prettier than the usual XM-L2 U2 CW LED, imho.
Show me the money!
The M22 on the left, M2X-UT on the right. Notice the sharp edges between hotspot and the spill that M2X-UT has.
Supbeam K50 V2 on the left, Olight M2X-UT on the right. Same sharp hotspot, just a very different tint.
Some games with the exposure settings.
Stabilization
| Voltage (without load) | Brightness |
| 4.09 | 110000 |
| 4.04 | 110000 |
| 3.93 | 86000 |
| 3,86 | 83000 |
| 3.78 | 83000 |
| 3.74 | 83000 |
| 3.7 | 73000 |
I've measured the voltage after removing the battery from the flashlight. The battery - Sanyo 2600 mah. The maximum brightness was the same when I used the sanyo, xtar 3100/3400 protected and Xtar RCR123Ax2. When the battery voltage became low, the flashlight switched to flashling mode. In this case I measured 3.2 volts on the cell.
Conclusions
This flashlight just outdated most of the throwers, one fine day. I hope other manufacturers will follow Olight with this trend of using dedomed led's. I think the flashlight is great, very close to an ideal flashlight (thrower type off course), closer than any other stock thrower that I know of today.
The flashlight was provided by Olight for review.
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Thanks for reading, hope I assisted you in some way.
