Anyone have the Olight M31?

[lew187]

what the hell is a pressure switch?


I've had the M2S with SMO some weeks ago.
It is a nice light, but the spot is full of artefacts and the tint is slightley green.

It has the same spot like the Catapult V2.

The best is u buy the m2s and test it at home. If u like it, keep it.. if not.. return it.

edit:
lates beamshots

where is the m31 and catapulv v2??? guess!
btw: on the left I reduced the exporsure a lot!

next m2s vs m31:

 

[tre]

but.... who looks 200 meters? Thats not important...

50 meters... if there is still enough light with good sidespill then it's perfect.

Perhaps 200 meters is not important to you. It is to me. I live in an open rural area without a lot of light in about 75 acres of open space surrounded by forest. I need to see at least 200 meters. Why use an M31 or catapult to see only 50 meters? What's the point? You can get much smaller lights that are much easier to carry to see only 50m. IMO these lights were designed to illuminate objects at some distance. I think you don't detect a difference because you are not using the light for what it was intended.
I'm glad HKJ does his beam shots at 160 meters. It gives me an idea of which light will perform better for my purposes. Thanks HKJ. Keep up the good work.

 

[tre]

I've had the M2S with SMO some weeks ago.
It is a nice light, but the spot is full of artefacts and the tint is slightley green.

However.. the beam and spot of the M2S is reference.

No artefacts, no rings, beautifull bright sidespill...

So which is it? It sounds like you are describing the same light in two completely different ways.

 

[lew187]

I have a m2s with orange peel and had a m2s with smooth later.. the orange peel version is nice! nice beam and spot..

smooth has a lot of artefacts.

the lates m2s is only with smooth available!

 

[tre]

Got it. You were describing two different lights.🙂

 

[lew187]

just the reflector... op vs smo.

So pls give a comment to the beamshots above.

Tonight I take new.

I really think the catapult v2 has the brighter spot.

 

[Mathiashogevold]

I can't believe why you did reduce the exposure ''a lot'' at the M2S, and not the M31, when you are doing that we can't see the difference in throw between the two lights. Please write which lights you are taking beamshots off, i don't want to GUESS which light who are over or under.
This does sound stupid.

 

[lew187]

i wanna see if u can tell me which is the brighter light.

wud u say the spot on the top is brighter than the other?

 

[dhouseng]

I can't believe why you did reduce the exposure ''a lot'' at the M2S, and not the M31, when you are doing that we can't see the difference in throw between the two lights. Please write which lights you are taking beamshots off, i don't want to GUESS which light who are over or under.
This does sound stupid.

I believe the reduced exposure pic is the one at the top left comparing the catapult and the M31, not the M2S at the bottom left.

 

[Mathiashogevold]

It seems like the lower picture with reduced exposure has a tighter and brighter hotspot, but it also seems like it is a donut hole there, but on the picture without reduced exposure i would say that the lower picture has the tightest and most throwy beam (and i can't see the donut hole anymore)
I would say that the low picture is the brightest.
Which light is that?

 

[lew187]

yeahaa...

It is the catapult v2. You are right.. there is a slightly dark point in the spot...but thats really small.


anyway... I have to test it tonight.

But how can it be that the catapult v2 is brighter than the m31 ?!

 

[Mathiashogevold]

Ok, that don't sounds good.
I've had the Thrunite Catapult V2 and wasn't THAT impressed of it over the JetBeam RRT-1, so i hoped the M31 was better than the RRT-1..hmm
The RRT-1 should have a range up to 450 meters, and M31 800 meter? LOL
I don't know what to think

 

[lew187]

RRT-1 - what u talkin about?!

I said M2S, Cat V2 and M31.

RRT-1 is a 240 lumen light....


I have to see both lights at night.. maybe then it's more clear who's the brightness winner.

Don't trust in meters... trust ur eyes.
Order both and compare it for ur own.

Up to now I can tell u the CatV2 is slightly brighter than the M31 (although the M31 has more than 40 000 lux and the cat v2 about 35 000!)
Both r pure thrower lights.

The older M2S with orange peel reflector smoothes the beam out very well.
But don't know where to get a older m2s...

 

[Mathiashogevold]

It is a FLASHLIGHT.

Yeah, it is a 240 lumen light, so? It got a Cree R2 with a huge reflector which gives it AMAZING throw, better than the Catapult V2 (In my eyes) I was testing it at Norway's brightest sunlite at night, June 23th.
The Cree R2 is much better for throw than other LED's.

Looking forward to hear about your testing.

 

[lew187]

rofl u going to compare a sst-50 monster thrower against a dowdy cree led?
:fail:

1000 lumen vs 240 lumen?


the Catapult is for SURE the better thrower.
Much much deeper reflector and extremely bright led.

will compare more tonight.

I also couldn't belive that the catv2 is slightly brighter!

curious.

 

[Mathiashogevold]

Maybe it just was my eyes, but after what i can remember the RRT-1 was slighty better in throw. Remember, it's hard to compare them in ''Sunshine''
Of course the Catapult V2 was MUCH MUCH brighter! but had a nice large hotspot who did throw really far, and RRT-1 has a unuseful tight beam wich throws hundreds of meters..
The Cree XR-E R2 LED has the best surface brightness at LEDs, of course SST-50 is much brighter, but it is bigger too.
Maybe there was something wrong with the Catapult V2 or something.. I can't tell you now, because i don't have them anymore.

The JetBeam RRT-1 is a good thrower, so i wouldn't say ''Fail'' to that.

1000 lumens at the V2 is emitter lumens btw, i can't remember who, but i think it was bigchelis who rated the Catapult at 600-700 OTF lumens or so? can't remember..

 

[learner-gr]

Can you post M2S photos to see the artifacts of the smo?

Pressure switch is like this :
http://www.jetbeamusa.com/products/RM%2d01-Weapon-Remote.html

Of course this is for M1X, Raptor RRT1 & RRT-2, and Jet-III M.


Also look here :
http://www.jetbeam.com.cn/links/pro/m2s.aspx

at the bottom

 

[lew187]

sorry I don't have the m2s smo anymore.

u can imagine... in the spot there are a lot of small dark curls.
U wont see it in far distance, but for me it was a quality feature.

the spot is bright such as the spot from the catapult v2.

I think the reflektor geometric is not the best.

u can read something like that here:

... I am far more interested in a light that produces a beam that is completely free from distracting artifacts. The M2S however does not quite fit that category. Between the fact that the LED is slightly off center and the reflector is an incredible mirror polish, the beam has seen some seriously detrimental effects. There is definitely still a transitional corona to this beam, but it really shows up only around half the spot, stretching lopsidedly outward like the petals of a dying flower. I would have drastically preferred a textured reflector which would likely have smoothed things out dramatically. In the wild, this isn't quite as apparent as when I am hunting the elusive white wall, but it can be slightly distracting

http://www.laymanslights.venturous.org/blog/2010/05/jetbeam-m2s/

 

[learner-gr]

I think that the solution is to buy the v2 with SMO and separately to buy one OP reflector. 😀

 

[lew187]

where to buy an op reflector and how to replace it?

i don't think u can replace the reflector.

jetbeam doesn't sell any reflectors that fits to the m2s. take a look at bugoutgearusa.com, maybe they can help.

I'm happy with my m2s with op. I have the UI bug, but that's no problem for me.

I only use the HIGH mode, yeah.

now to my results of m31 and cat v2:

I have no beamshots atm cause it is rainy... BUT.. up to 10 meters the cat v2 has the slightly brighter (hot)spot, but further.. the m31 rocks. It's definitely (although slightely) brighter and has the nicer and more smooth beam.

interesting fact. but it is...
beamshots above showing the v2 is brighter but thats only a few meters.
u can clearly notice the slightley more brightnes if u illuminate trees or bushes that are far away.

M31 wins.

my ranking in brightnes:
1. M31
2. M2S (OP)
3. Catapult V2

but it is really a minium difference, not that huge like in the pics from page 1 🙂 too much exposure.