v2 of S2R, the bigger brother of S1R II...




longer runtime... much longer runtime... like approximately 5 to 6 times longer runtime...

Manker U12 is nice little hand warmer, especially high in lumens per dollar value. I like that Manker often offer neutral white option besides the cool white. Their machining has improves a lot over the years and being a young company, they are pretty dynamic. I love my E02Ti Nichia, but none of them is a light that I'll take with me when SHTF. Having to say that, same goes for most Olight and those newer Fenix and Surefire.

In terms of S2R Baton II upgrades, the devil is in the details... I gave away my review sample of S2R, but I'm definitely keeping this S2R Baton II due to the finer details.

no worries mate, as the saying goes... "the best flashlight is the one you have with you when you need it most". you should go with which-ever that works for you.
as for the details, it's in the electronics and components used (although I still think there are improvements to be made).
for EDC/BOB, and for Olight's model that uses 18650 power source, between S2/S2R and S30RIII, I would recommend the S30RIII. between S30RIII and S2R II, I would recommend S2R II.

my latest addition...

A Warm Winter...

releasing soon...

Olight Seeker 2 Pro...







while I like some of the features, I really don't like the slow charging rate...

This was a tint comparison done 2 years ago for various lights. To date, for the task of colour comparison like the purpose built 3M Sun Gun II, only custom light builders and the exception of XTAR D08 (Nichia NV4W144AMT), none has come close to to the tint-less, accurate colour reproduction quality of Nichia 183 5000K, many has settled or prefer the 4000-4500K Nichia 219b/c but IMO they tend to overly compensate in the Red spectrum.

One can easily turn a throw light into a flood light by putting a good diffuser film on the front. For outdoor illumination, I like to shine my thousand-ish lumen light to a piece of white T-Shirt/table cloth and have a nice panel light illuminating a wide area.

If your main objective is colour reproduction, you should head over to BLF and check out some modders who can help you with 5000-5500K High CRI LED options.

just received a new Olight Seeker 2... first impression is good so far...




the 3 x OSRAM P9 LED tint is nice, much nicer than the Seeker 2 Pro.

Olight sent some of their models for review and testing... this is one of them... so far, this Seeker2 has checked a few positive points for me compare to Seeker2Pro.

in my not so humble opinion, seeker 2 is a better model than seeker 2 pro.


probably by end of the week or early next week.

Just completed a quick review of Olight's newly release Seeker 2...

BLF: http://budgetlightforum.com/node/68797
CPF: https://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showth...P9-3000-lumens)

LOL! Welcome back mate. The Elektrolumen Kong and Elephant and those limited edition HDS says otherwise mate.

I'm honored and a little blush by your mentioning bro, but I'm really no sifu, just sharing what I learned from many friends in our local, BLF and CPF community.

received a review sample of Olight M2R Pro recently...















full review posted at:
(BLF) http://budgetlightforum.com/node/69890

(CPF) https://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showth...without-tailcap!

It should be available at local store soon...

LOL! I was a late to join the whatsapp revolution and I had a few incidents of number and ISP switch since our last flashaholic meet. You should get in touch with Dannie as he is the sort-a "unofficial-official" organizer for the meet... and he has a lot more poisons now than ever...

was contacted by an old friend to do a review of these newly release headlamps...



















full review available at:
[CPF] https://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showth...MOH15-and-MOH25

[BLF] http://budgetlightforum.com/node/70119

Yes, on paper, it seems to be a step backwards, am waiting for local resellers to receive their stock to do a comparisons. The shorter runtime likely due to both power source and a different emitter being used, and likely causes of the lower lux and higher lumens as a result. The biggest improvement (yet to see in person) would be the "non-removable" head to address the biggest pain-point for lights of this form-factor. I believe they have also change the knurling for better grip (another yet to see...)

not sure about the Micro-USB cable though, the official reason they give is "For environmental protection..." but not everyone has a Micro-USB cable... so...


oh... and a new RED edition of S1R Baton II...






This post has been edited by RookieDaddy: Nov 29 2019, 02:17 AM

manage to get hold of the v2 i1R, everything on paper is true and I got to say that I like the older i1R a tad bit more...

Since I bought it as gifts due to the non-removable head, so that's that...
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btw... the beam shape of i1R 2 ain't round, but squarish when you do a close-up white-wall hunting... that's a surprise... the bigger die of the new LED... LOL!

sharing here for your references... these are my own testing results, all cables are bought from retail shops or online retailers...


the lower the reading, the better (which means it can potentially charges faster). the results are only testing the cable impedance, not durability in usage.

lower impedance meaning lower resistance thus faster charging as it allows more current to flow... if you are referring to the 2A testing, Gold Aukey cable reads 124 mΩ while the normal Aukey cable reads 144 mΩ, so the Gold plated cable is slightly better than the normal Aukey cable.