Since it has a dial, making light level adjustment easy, I think it should also have a lower setting. Somewhere between 15 to 50 lumens. Then it would also be practical for in house use and would have really long run times for emergency use. I like that it can switch from flood to spot. If I get one, one justification would be its use as a powerbank. Besides I need a C to C cord. I can see it now, "What's that?" "It's my powerbank and it comes with a built-in light too." LOL Thanks for the video Tim.
@@johnalessi6004 - Good information, because that is NOT optimal if it's only five minutes... However, the heat at that point is likely going to be pretty noticeable.
@@NeverMetTheGuy only if your using it at full power, that’s a hell of a lot of light. I’m not getting it for that reason. I’m getting it so I can run a 2 or 3000 lumens and have a large battery for longevity between charges. That plus the spot/flood feature is a win for me. You always have those high levels for emergencies. Kinda like having a truck with a big engine. It’ll do a lot if you need but can also be practical. You don’t always have to floor it lol
For a large area, i think imalent r90t is more suitable to do the jobs compare to this olight ugly square thrower beam.. they use magnify lens for the throw mode and give a square beam effects like a cheapo zoomie flashlight. many more way to make it as a thrower but olight choose to go this way.
A very useful and good review. I've recently ordered one of these in the blue colour. I would have liked to see a little bit of extra light spill with regards to the spotlight beam. Even if only to make walking with the lamp, outside, a little more secure. I'm a clumsy sod and so would like to see where I'm going. However, other than that I can't wait for my one to be delivered. Keep up the good work.
Not a bad light, although very bright, I don't like the square shape spot , to bad you can't combine the spot and flood together. Thanks enjoyed the video.
The spot feature is perfect for hunting for Spongebob Square Pants! Couldn’t figure out why it would be shaped like that? But I realized it’s perfect for a beam down to Bikini Bottom 😁
I've had mine for a few days, and love it. The only things I would want changed about it are more color options like maybe black with dark blue, red, gunmetal or forest green would be nice and would live to a see a 3rd gen model with graphene batteries in the future.
you all prolly dont give a shit but does someone know a method to get back into an instagram account? I was dumb lost my account password. I would appreciate any assistance you can offer me
@Keaton Nixon Thanks for your reply. I found the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
I would like to see the light intensity wheel operated with gloves. In cold weather country that would be a major concern. If its to be used as a search & rescue light in cold weather, searchers will wear gloves. If you are going to use it as an expensive toy then it doesnt really matter.
Nice vid, can't wait to get one. Although I can't really understand why the different UI. I understand the need for the toggle for spot/flood. But the UI on the Baton series and M2R Pro Warrior is perfect.
great video but an idea of how big the spot is at a known distance would have been really helpful. For example, is it a 20’ spot at 100 yards or 5’. Hats off to olight for innovation on this one
I came to comments section looking for same answer (how large is the spot at given distances like 25/50/100 yards or meters), or the beam angle for us to do math per our distance interest. Answer to OP, or timestamp in video, would have been a nice reply for your audience taking the time to comment (food for thought ... ;-) Watching video, too many times a commerical advertisment interrupts the video potentially loosing viewer content. Thanks for the video.
Just came in but for some reason I can’t figure out how to attach the lanyard lol. I know there’s a flip up on the flashlight, but I still am striking out.
Just gotta pinch the tip of the rounded end and slip it through, then place the other end of the lanyard through the inside of the rounded end on the other side and tighten. Took me 20 minutes to figure out the rounded end could fit through that hole lol
Boat light. Out in Tampa Bay or coming back in through some of the inlets, keys, and channels late at night or early in the morning, it's good to have someone be able to spot the markers that show up on the plotter (mostly so you don't run into them, but also to make sure you are in the channel). They typically have a reflective metal sign at the top of a wood pile that you can pick up with a decent flashlight from hundreds of feet away. Being able to see them more clearly from a greater distance might be worth the money. Traditional spotlights are okay, a good 800 to 2,000 lumen LED flashlight or spotter is better. This would be fantastic. So...boat light.
Thats what im been thinking asweel.. so ugly square beam.. with that price range better off getting imalent r90t.. the more balance thrower and floodier lights.. it can reach more than 1km asweel. what happen to this new olight design now , the designer is out of their mind ?
@@harisyoung4110 I recently tested two nice throwers, the Amutorch TC500 and the Acebeam L17: th-cam.com/video/XsU5in72HCo/w-d-xo.html They not only reach far but have great hotspots, like stagelights. The newer Acebeam L18 is bigger than the L17 and should throw as far as the Marauder-Monster but in pretty ;-)
I agree. It's a sign of a cheap flashlight. It renders the beam unusable with no halo to see surrounding objects. I was going to buy this light until I saw the square beam. You can buy a $20 flashlight on Amazon with the same beam pattern. Zero thought was put onto the thrower side of this light.
Five minutes on turbo running on a built in battery? Seems like you gonna be using the step down modes if you goin back country. Better bring a back up light.
I don't know Tim, it's all right but I see a few things that could have done differently. For one just a 5,000 milliamp battery? For two I don't understand why you cannot use the spot and flood at the same time,
5,000 mah just doesn’t sound like enough battery power for such a large Light with such high output. My Olight seeker 2 is only 3200 lumen and has the same 5000mah battery. And with that one you can carry extra batteries and swap them out. With the size of the marauder they could fit 3 - 21700 batteries giving you 15,000 mah. Now that sounds perfect. This is the main reason i avoided the original marauder x7 and x9. Even though both seem amazing and I love Olight products. Maybe I’m wrong though and this is just hyper efficient but even if it is, why not pack more power since they certainly could. My little handheld vaporizer holds 2 - 21700’s. It’s tiny compared to this light and has up to 10,000 mah with certain batteries. Minimum 8,000
Your backyard is to dawn small for this light. It’s not rubberized it’s silicone on the handle. Still like the video do 😎 I also have the XR9 25000lm is awesome but for hiking a little big but this one with the features like sensing objects in front reducing output not to burn it and the lockout after 30 seconds including the easy rotary access....just would wish it had a dimm function like 1-14000 like most of my lights from Nocticon 😎
Knowing Olight they'll release a Marauder 2 Pro with better specs in a couple of months making you regret the initial purchase. If you have a look at their products they seem to do that with most of their lights adding a pro or an upgraded version down the line.
Step down starts as soon as it is on Turbo. In less than 5min, it will reduce to only 23% of its original output. This came from the manufacturer spec, so I expect real world use would be worse. No thanks for me.
Currently advertised as staying at 14k lumens for 3 hrs 10 mins this can't be correct can it surely it would overheat or explode or melt lense or something When you say it drops after 5 mins to what lumen ? From 14k When did you purchase this is it at all possible they have changed something and it can hold 14k lumens for 3 hrs
That ugly square light is really deal breaker for me, many more way to make it throwier but why olight still choose to use magnify lens like the cheaps zoomie light..
The heat buildup is crazy with 14,000 lumens 5mins burn time before stepdown is actually nice. I was expecting 2-3 min. Keep in mind, it's thermally regulated, so once the temp cools down after 5 straight mins on turbo, it will go back to turbo until it reaches a certain temperature threshold, and so on.
Square beam with no spilll..??!!!! Garbage,,that’s what you get with a 2$ ebay flashlight,,cheap optic,, if you could have spot and flood on at same time it would be different story., i have plenty of olights but they failed on this one for sure..
@@SaltEarthandSun actually its not hard at all,ive been building and modding lights for ten years plus..,you want to see a well engineered optic ,,,check out the fireflies e01 flashlight,,600 meters of throw in a single 21700 cell flashlight 4.5 inches long..with a big luminus sst 40 in it..that optic is pure perfection..anything with a square beam is essentially a glorified magnifine glass with little engineering in it..
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Just bought this on the Olight Black Friday. They bundled it with the Perun 2. Can't wait to play with it.
How much with the flash sale?
@@skoolynugenator1802 It was about $250 but that also included a Perun 2 and the O Pen 2 light pen which they threw in as a gift.
I know what the next ridiculous flashlight to go in the collection will be!
It’s a bear of a light
That strobe alone makes this a great self defense weapon
Since it has a dial, making light level adjustment easy, I think it should also have a lower setting. Somewhere between 15 to 50 lumens. Then it would also be practical for in house use and would have really long run times for emergency use. I like that it can switch from flood to spot. If I get one, one justification would be its use as a powerbank. Besides I need a C to C cord.
I can see it now, "What's that?" "It's my powerbank and it comes with a built-in light too." LOL
Thanks for the video Tim.
This is the best video I've seen so far on the marauder 2 very detailed thank you for that information and I will like and subscribe to your channel 👌
Thanks. Cool light - thanks for the feedback.
Yes.
Excellent video brother! Very helpful. Can’t wait to grab one of these.
Would buy only if they had an option to run buth at the same time on a lower setting but still a great light thanks for the review
I ordered it on the early sale. I like the functionality. I'm on 5 acres so having that capability is great!
You only have it for 5 min
@@johnalessi6004 - Good information, because that is NOT optimal if it's only five minutes... However, the heat at that point is likely going to be pretty noticeable.
Extra batteries should be less than 200 bucks. Hopefully.
@@NeverMetTheGuy only if your using it at full power, that’s a hell of a lot of light. I’m not getting it for that reason. I’m getting it so I can run a 2 or 3000 lumens and have a large battery for longevity between charges. That plus the spot/flood feature is a win for me. You always have those high levels for emergencies. Kinda like having a truck with a big engine. It’ll do a lot if you need but can also be practical. You don’t always have to floor it lol
For a large area, i think imalent r90t is more suitable to do the jobs compare to this olight ugly square thrower beam.. they use magnify lens for the throw mode and give a square beam effects like a cheapo zoomie flashlight. many more way to make it as a thrower but olight choose to go this way.
A very useful and good review. I've recently ordered one of these in the blue colour. I would have liked to see a little bit of extra light spill with regards to the spotlight beam. Even if only to make walking with the lamp, outside, a little more secure. I'm a clumsy sod and so would like to see where I'm going. However, other than that I can't wait for my one to be delivered. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for checking it out
😎👍🏽 I just bought this and the Baton 3 as a bundle on Amazon for around 300 for both👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🤩
I ordered one for squatching. Out for delivery today.
That's a hell of a light, picked one up in ea.
Great review! I'm considering buying one, but I'm concerned about the thumb wheel - can you operate it with heavy gloves on?
Good review! Mine gets here Monday!
Enjoy it
Just bought Marauder 1 few days ago - great flashlight, but I should I return it and buy Marauder 2?
Who is this for?
YES
I like it, that's why I bought a blue, and a black one.
Can't wait to see the RAW copper version of the M2.
Great for camping 🏕 👍🏽
Not a bad light, although very bright, I don't like the square shape spot , to bad you can't combine the spot and flood together. Thanks enjoyed the video.
They’ve managed to make handheld sunlight. Cool.
Great Light & Great Video, I Got 2 Blue On The Way !
The spot feature is perfect for hunting for Spongebob Square Pants! Couldn’t figure out why it would be shaped like that? But I realized it’s perfect for a beam down to Bikini Bottom 😁
You’re so cute
Where to find a holster for this I looked everywhere and nothing
I've had mine for a few days, and love it. The only things I would want changed about it are more color options like maybe black with dark blue, red, gunmetal or forest green would be nice and would live to a see a 3rd gen model with graphene batteries in the future.
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I was dumb lost my account password. I would appreciate any assistance you can offer me
@Jaxton Gunner instablaster ;)
@Keaton Nixon Thanks for your reply. I found the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Keaton Nixon it did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thank you so much you really help me out :D
@Jaxton Gunner you are welcome :)
So does the square cover more area the further out you shine it?
Yes indeed
@@EverydayTacticalVids Thanks. Mine arrived yesterday. Hopefully taking it out tonight.
I would love to see the square mode on a dark lonely road, bet it will go a mile.
I would like to see the light intensity wheel operated with gloves. In cold weather country that would be a major concern. If its to be used as a search & rescue light in cold weather, searchers will wear gloves. If you are going to use it as an expensive toy then it doesnt really matter.
I'm about to buy one for the flash sale, I want to know is the lense made out of plastic? is there a chance of it melting on turbo?
Great review! Thank you
Thanks for watching
New Olight should be called "SquareLight"
Agreed
Good video enjoyed all the beam shots
Thanks for checking it out, Blaine
Nice vid, can't wait to get one. Although I can't really understand why the different UI. I understand the need for the toggle for spot/flood. But the UI on the Baton series and M2R Pro Warrior is perfect.
Just got mine. Holly hell is this thing bright 🌞 😳
Thank you.
Great masses of info from your video as compared to others👌👍🇬🇧
great video but an idea of how big the spot is at a known distance would have been really helpful. For example, is it a 20’ spot at 100 yards or 5’. Hats off to olight for innovation on this one
I talked about that in the video actually
I came to comments section looking for same answer (how large is the spot at given distances like 25/50/100 yards or meters), or the beam angle for us to do math per our distance interest.
Answer to OP, or timestamp in video, would have been a nice reply for your audience taking the time to comment (food for thought ... ;-)
Watching video, too many times a commerical advertisment interrupts the video potentially loosing viewer content.
Thanks for the video.
That’s the light you take on the Kang! I wonder if it will hit mountain tops?
can you turn it off yourself or have to wait for the 30s auto lockout?
Just came in but for some reason I can’t figure out how to attach the lanyard lol. I know there’s a flip up on the flashlight, but I still am striking out.
Just gotta pinch the tip of the rounded end and slip it through, then place the other end of the lanyard through the inside of the rounded end on the other side and tighten.
Took me 20 minutes to figure out the rounded end could fit through that hole lol
That's a sweet flash light
Growing up I used to have a 500 lumen Duracell flashlight that I thought was really bright until I got my first olight
Boat light. Out in Tampa Bay or coming back in through some of the inlets, keys, and channels late at night or early in the morning, it's good to have someone be able to spot the markers that show up on the plotter (mostly so you don't run into them, but also to make sure you are in the channel). They typically have a reflective metal sign at the top of a wood pile that you can pick up with a decent flashlight from hundreds of feet away. Being able to see them more clearly from a greater distance might be worth the money. Traditional spotlights are okay, a good 800 to 2,000 lumen LED flashlight or spotter is better. This would be fantastic. So...boat light.
Good info. Thanks for sharing
Tampa inlets are crazy
I remember the old days when you turned a torch on and it was on full power and stayed on full power until you turned it off. 😂
Yeah all 50 lumens the entire time haha
@@sigm4003 If even that. Maglite was like 26 lumens and like most incandescents immediately starts fading to 0.
Hopefully, the Javelot Turbo is more practical.
It is.
You won’t get any spill with the javelot. So my opinion would be no it’s not more practical
That square beam is a deal breaker and fits in well with a 4USD zoomie. So a decent flood light but nothing great as a thrower.
Thats what im been thinking asweel.. so ugly square beam.. with that price range better off getting imalent r90t.. the more balance thrower and floodier lights.. it can reach more than 1km asweel. what happen to this new olight design now , the designer is out of their mind ?
@@harisyoung4110 I recently tested two nice throwers, the Amutorch TC500 and the Acebeam L17: th-cam.com/video/XsU5in72HCo/w-d-xo.html
They not only reach far but have great hotspots, like stagelights. The newer Acebeam L18 is bigger than the L17 and should throw as far as the Marauder-Monster but in pretty ;-)
I agree. It's a sign of a cheap flashlight. It renders the beam unusable with no halo to see surrounding objects. I was going to buy this light until I saw the square beam. You can buy a $20 flashlight on Amazon with the same beam pattern. Zero thought was put onto the thrower side of this light.
This would be perfect if the spotlight was telescopic.
I ordered it on the Black Friday as well and the order is still processing... anyone else in the same situation?
Good edc light
Great flood and distance thrower but the square beam limits your viewing area, so not so good for security or search and rescue.
Yeah seems the square spot is not a huge hit with people.
It’s an awesome light. I’ve been blinding kangaroos with mine.
Five minutes on turbo running on a built in battery? Seems like you gonna be using the step down modes if you goin back country. Better bring a back up light.
I don’t think a home invader could get you in his sights when this bad boy is shining bright at him
You'll be just as blind as him if you shine this thing inside
I don't know Tim, it's all right but I see a few things that could have done differently. For one just a 5,000 milliamp battery? For two I don't understand why you cannot use the spot and flood at the same time,
5,000mah is technically wrong, it's 3 x 5,000mAh 21700 batteries. Olight should have printed 15,000mAh battery capacity on the bottom.
5,000 mah just doesn’t sound like enough battery power for such a large Light with such high output.
My Olight seeker 2 is only 3200 lumen and has the same 5000mah battery.
And with that one you can carry extra batteries and swap them out.
With the size of the marauder they could fit 3 - 21700 batteries giving you 15,000 mah. Now that sounds perfect.
This is the main reason i avoided the original marauder x7 and x9. Even though both seem amazing and I love Olight products. Maybe I’m wrong though and this is just hyper efficient but even if it is, why not pack more power since they certainly could. My little handheld vaporizer holds 2 - 21700’s. It’s tiny compared to this light and has up to 10,000 mah with certain batteries. Minimum 8,000
It is 15000 mah. It has 3- 21700 batteries, that are 5000 mah each.
Cool "Powertac" flashlight advertising during the Marauder 2 review. Cheesus, that's a ridiculous add when viewing a Olight review. Next.
good deal...
Square seems to bother me, guess i'm not used to it.
Totally get it. That’s how I felt at first but it’s definitely growing on me
Your backyard is to dawn small for this light.
It’s not rubberized it’s silicone on the handle.
Still like the video do 😎
I also have the XR9 25000lm is awesome but for hiking a little big but this one with the features like sensing objects in front reducing output not to burn it and the lockout after 30 seconds including the easy rotary access....just would wish it had a dimm function like 1-14000 like most of my lights from Nocticon 😎
Knowing Olight they'll release a Marauder 2 Pro with better specs in a couple of months making you regret the initial purchase. If you have a look at their products they seem to do that with most of their lights adding a pro or an upgraded version down the line.
Actually you could consider it an X7R Pro.
next to my home there is an airport...👍😂
😬 Sounds like a great way to find out if the feds have the same sense of humor as you
the square spot looks like my 8 year old shadowhawk x800
Am I the only one who can’t get it to work as a power bank?
Referring to iPhone specifically
Square light looks odd ! Keep it simple.
Square spot? No thanks
The dial adjustment is not a good feature
Projection TV.
Step down starts as soon as it is on Turbo. In less than 5min, it will reduce to only 23% of its original output. This came from the manufacturer spec, so I expect real world use would be worse. No thanks for me.
Currently advertised as staying at 14k lumens for 3 hrs 10 mins this can't be correct can it surely it would overheat or explode or melt lense or something
When you say it drops after 5 mins to what lumen ? From 14k
When did you purchase this is it at all possible they have changed something and it can hold 14k lumens for 3 hrs
Not a made in China where possible 🇺🇸
That ugly square light is really deal breaker for me, many more way to make it throwier but why olight still choose to use magnify lens like the cheaps zoomie light..
ur thumb is funky looking
Anyone know how to make $250 in a day
What’s the point of having that bright of a light if it only runs at that bright for 5 minutes lol!!!!!! 😂 😆 😝. 🙄
Have you ever owned a 14000 lumin light? I do. It's almost too bright in total darkness.
What's the point of having a double-barrel shotgun if it only holds 2 rounds? 😂
The heat buildup is crazy with 14,000 lumens 5mins burn time before stepdown is actually nice. I was expecting 2-3 min. Keep in mind, it's thermally regulated, so once the temp cools down after 5 straight mins on turbo, it will go back to turbo until it reaches a certain temperature threshold, and so on.
Don’t get out much, do you ...?
Silly comment, great replies...
Square beam with no spilll..??!!!! Garbage,,that’s what you get with a 2$ ebay flashlight,,cheap optic,, if you could have spot and flood on at same time it would be different story., i have plenty of olights but they failed on this one for sure..
Not so. It’s so much harder to project a light source like that with no spill.... actually what they’ve achieved is quite a feat.
@@SaltEarthandSun actually its not hard at all,ive been building and modding lights for ten years plus..,you want to see a well engineered optic ,,,check out the fireflies e01 flashlight,,600 meters of throw in a single 21700 cell flashlight 4.5 inches long..with a big luminus sst 40 in it..that optic is pure perfection..anything with a square beam is essentially a glorified magnifine glass with little engineering in it..