I think the olight hate may be a little overdone. Like apple hate. Olight make excellently designed and built lights. With some of the best drivers in the market. And easy to use magnetic charging, especially good for all the haters of usb-C charging. And great customer service as well. I only own one, and that's because it was basically free and runs on a AAA. But it's excellent. Well machined and finished. Runs for 65 minutes at 110L on an eneloop. No drop and no dimming. 110L straight. That's pretty good. Beam isn't bad either. And is tiny. Half the size of a solitaire and about the size of a AA cell
So reasons to hate:
Proprietary cells? Ya, this is a bummer. But there are reasons. First it allows their magnetic charging to work correctly. Also allows them to have e-switches at the head without the need of a double battery tube. Making a more slender and robust light. It also allows them to control which cell you use. And makes sure you will have one of high quality that meets the requirements they've built into the light. Do they make extra money off those cells? Sure they do. And I like choice too. But I can see their reasoning without taking it personally.
"Crappy" emitters: Ya I get this one. I don't like low CRI high cct LEDs either. It's why I don't buy them. It allows them to get high output for a long time. People like good numbers. They sell. And they're not cheap or crappy emitters. They're just not the ones flashaholics prefer.
So I don't buy olights because they don't offer what I need. Doesn't mean I hate them though. That's stupid to hate a company because they make products you don't like.
So reasons to hate:
Proprietary cells? Ya, this is a bummer. But there are reasons. First it allows their magnetic charging to work correctly. Also allows them to have e-switches at the head without the need of a double battery tube. Making a more slender and robust light. It also allows them to control which cell you use. And makes sure you will have one of high quality that meets the requirements they've built into the light. Do they make extra money off those cells? Sure they do. And I like choice too. But I can see their reasoning without taking it personally.
"Crappy" emitters: Ya I get this one. I don't like low CRI high cct LEDs either. It's why I don't buy them. It allows them to get high output for a long time. People like good numbers. They sell. And they're not cheap or crappy emitters. They're just not the ones flashaholics prefer.
So I don't buy olights because they don't offer what I need. Doesn't mean I hate them though. That's stupid to hate a company because they make products you don't like.