what can we say about the new 600 lumen
olight s1a baton it's nicely in a backpack and his pocket
it's waterproof
you can even put some extra light right where you need it
welcome back to adventure sport I'm Matt today we're going to review the newly
released a light is one a baton comes with lanyard a nice lanyard unboxing one
of the first things I noticed about this is not only the size but the wait
I love a light that's tiny enough i can actually forget i'm carrying it
there are several lights in the baton series including the cr123 version for
me the advantage of the S1A is how easily that AA batteries can be
obtained
especially if you go out on the road you can pick up a a sells anywhere and
they're relatively low cost
try finding a cr123a at a gas station in the middle of nowhere
if you're that lucky you're probably going to pay about eight bucks for it
another advantage of the S1A baton is that it's a hundred lumens brighter in
burst mode than the previous version the output levels are .5 lumen five lumen
50 lumen 220 using lumen and using a 14500 rechargeable lithium battery you
can get 600 out the front lumens
these numbers are adventure sport verified by the way on high i got 224
lumen and on the burst mode using our 14500 I got 614 out the front lumens
let's jump right into the user interface because this is one of the key features
about this light the Olight s1a uses an e switch which further reduces the size
not having to have a mechanical switch in the tail to power the line on you
simply give it one click and a second click is back off again
hang on just a second before you click away
just give me two seconds and i'll explain some of your thinking how is
that miraculous Matt what what exactly is the big deal on off some of you know
what I'm driving at some of you realize the significance of this but for those
of you who haven't had the experience of picking up a nice which light and going
click on and then click to a higher than maybe a higher and higher mode and then
maybe to strobe or SOS or whatever else and then have to sit there and press and
hold and press and hold and wait and wait and wait
oh hey there my lights off if you've ever had that experience you can really
appreciate the fact that this light is truly on 1-click wonder on off
ok moving on so we have one click on and one click off but we also have other
brightness mode and the way we access those modes is from the on position he
simply press and hold the switch and it will cycle through low medium high low
medium high and when you find the level of light it suits your needs
you just let off the switch the s-1 also has a memory mode
so when we click the light off the next time you power it on it will be right
where you left it
those are the basic functions now we'll look into the hidden modes
this time we start with the light off and rather than a short click we do a
press
which gives us access to the moonlight mode
this is the lowest setting on the light in this mode you can get as much as 25
days of runtime from a single AAA battery
you can also access the maximum setting by a double click from the off position
the light also has a hidden strobe function which you can access by three
fast clicks
I like the three clicks to access the strobe feature because so far I've never
accidentally encountered the strobe function
I had similar lights that access strobe I only too fast clicks and sometimes I
end up getting strobe on accident
let's take a quick look at just a few more of a physical characteristics of
the olight s1a and then we'll move on to beam shots
in addition to being an an attractive looking light with its blue highlights
on black finish
it's also quite functional for daily use it has a deep carry pocket clip that
holds the light low enough that it won't fall out of your pocket or get snagged
on anything
the clip is removable and even without it the light has an anti-roll function
some of you may be wondering the switch exposed like that rather than shrouded
in the tail cap is it easy to accidentally turn this on to have it
come on in your pocket when you don't want to
for me the answer is yeah sometimes I mean if the clip is positioned sideways
like that so that it sits in your pocket where the button is this direction
it's not too bad i haven't had it happen much with it like that but i have had it
happen
fortunately olight did provide a more perfect solution in the form of a
lockout tail cap if you just turn this about a quarter of a turn
there's virtually no way the light can never come on in your pocket while we're
on the subject of the tailcap i'm sure some of you probably noticed in the
intro when I stuck this bad boy to the roof of my truck and what makes that
possible
is that there's a magnet in the tailcap that magnet is removable is having
metallic objects attracted to your flashlight is a feature you're
interested in
i would say cons for me about this light are really only that i would
like to see it in a type 3 hard anodized finish the natural color that kind of
olive drab that you get with some sure fires and also if i had designed this
life i think i would have gone with something different for the knurling
rather than that block style but that's just my preference
now about the beam looking down the barrel of this light you can see that
uses an optic typically i'm more of a fan of reflectors myself but in this
case I think the optic optic really has merit for two reasons
now you've heard me say the weight on this a couple of times and you're like
you know what's the big deal what's the big deal
how much the only way and you can see here we get 32 grams but that is without
the battery i took the battery out and put the weight compared to what you know
my bench made this is the life that I always carry when I go hiking its it's
lightweight it's got a composite frame so it's significantly less than that and
what you know what about compared to another flash like this is another every
day carry like my zebralight that I use quite often and where several grams even under
that and again that doesn't sound like a huge difference
but if you've ever been on a even a what's considered a short excursion 14
hours you know if you've ever walked bushwhacking or been on a very very
strenuous hike even a day hike when you've walked 14 hours you will realize
that announced truly is a pound
traditional flashlight beam is something like this
its a bright hot spot that's most intense near the center with some spill
around the edges
the olight s1a beam has a bright hot spot - but it's evenly spread from edge to edge
it also has a spill effect but the transition is smoother than normal this
softer tight beam can be especially useful at close range
it prevents the backsplash from hitting your eyes sharply
yeah
even though the beam from the, olight s1a baton, is soft and smooth for you sick
close range
that's not to say it isn't capable of reaching objects of distance this little
pocket rocket is well able to illuminate a large area
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