The Warrior M20s flashlight 320 lumens

Flashlights have come a long way in the past few years as LED technologies have taken off. If you take a look around chances are you will find several quality lights out there you have never heard of. Most of these lights offer more light for a fraction of the price of long time police favorites like streamlight and surefire.

Olight is one of those lesser known manufactures that are making lights that out perform the old favorites at a fraction of the cost. I have been using a Warrior M20s from Olight for a couple of weeks now and it's a great light for $70.00. It has 4 setting counting a very powerful and disorienting strobe that can be accessed with a instant on switch located on the side of the tail cap. With a maximum output of 320 lumen, it is in a class of its own when it comes to light output. In that price range in a surefire you would be looking at 11o lumen range, you would have to more than double the price to get close to that kind of output.

Shown in the middle of this lineup, the Olight Warrior features a instant on strobe switch, pocket clip and stainless steel striker type bezel. It is capable of using several popular batteries including CR123 batteries or rechargeable 18650. I'm looking for a good deal on the rechargeables now. The light can run for 4 hours on high (320 lumens), 12 hours on medium (120 lumens), and 150 hours on low (9 lumens). Olight seems to stand behind their lights and they are offer several accessories with the light like filters, 2 different reflectors, a weapon mount and a remote switch. The Olight uses the newest LED bulb which produces a bright white light and helps with the runtimes.

CONS:

• Not easily recharged and limited only 4 hours of runtime on high. The biggest draw that streamlight offers is the ease of recharging the light and the ability to put out for basically a full shift.


• May take some time to find duty gear or a way to carry the light on your belt that you like. The endless amounts of duty gear options for the surefire and streamlight models you won't have that problem. Some carriers for the more popular lights will work with the M20, it just takes a little hunting. I have been using the Maxpedition light holder, shown below.


• The instant on switch for the strobe is a great feature and makes the light usable as a distraction device and even defense, but it is all but impossible to locate the switch quickly. I am not sure what the answer is to that problem, if it was more tactile or larger it could help, but it could increase the likely hood of accidental activation.

LIKES:

• Well made


• Waterproof


• Compact and bright


• Multiple Battery options


• Easy to adjust light output


• Customizable with removable pocket clip, bezel and tac ring.


• Quality accessories like filters, mounts and switches