I dont understand the point of a drill test.. like how is that even possible in a real world scenario? instead drive over it with a car, throw it in a washer/dryer cycle, have a dog chew on it for 10 min, you know shit thats likely to happen.
They only do it because they know that it can be drilled in a certain spot without failing. They purposely drilled into the plastic optic, above where the electronics were housed. Even a dollar store light could survive that because they’re not drilling into a functional part of the light. They nicked the led so it failed, and they’d have to repeat all of the tests if they wanted to film it surviving, but they likely expected it to survive. It was just a marketing trick meant to make people think the light is tougher than it actually is.
I wish you guys would stop doing the drill test. Nobody is going to grill their light and expect it to keep working for a long period of time. I would like to see it left in the rain or mud for a day. Dropping it directly to the bezels, checking both switches, Drop it from a moving car , or more real scenarios along those lines.
dropping it from a moving car would be just like the van test, just roll around for it bit. I can agree to the drill test plus it was black and decker. I'm not surprised the drill stopped working. but drill any electrical will stop working. he did get a few good hits with the hammer on the bulb end and it held up
Testing in ways that we would actually experience (but doing way more repetitions) and then fully verifying function and water resistance would be a much better sales pitch.
Love your products! Three months after discovering them, I already own a dozen. I appreciate this demo, as it is more brutal and realistic than factory testing. But as an engineer, the drill test does absolutely nothing for me. Heat/freeze cycling, drops from extreme heights, or an extended drag behind the car followed by water tests to see if leaks appeared would be more useful.
Not even a proper frame test! We have no idea if it’s still water resistant. No idea if it charges (before hitting it with a hammer), no idea if both switches even still work. This “ad” would only work on someone who is not into actually using their light hard.
Olight is the best flashlight/Weapon lights I've ever owned or seen. And the brightest. They always have sales too. I remember when I first saw them a couple years ago. I thought this could be cool, now I own 4 my wife owns 2. My favorite is the PL-Pro Valkyrie Gunmetal Gray. It replaced my Surefire X300 ultra. I will be buying more. Keep up the good work
Ok, I noticed all the brutal torture testing in the air, behind the van and with the 🔨 (with exception of one time early on when you air dropped it) you only turned it on and off via the side switch but never with the tail switch after every event. That's the whole point of this new W-Mini bro, is the tail switch. Not doubting you or the test, just an observation that I would have liked to have seen the tail switch worthiness through it all. Hell I'm still down with Olight and will keep buying however!!!
Mr H ... yea I asked the same question couple weeks ago.. no answer 🤪 I think as well as my guys in the shop say..”the tail switch was toast after the 1st air toss 👍”
Nice, that thing took a beating. I gave my son a i3T and he left it in his pocket during laundry day. Through the washer and dryer and still works perfectly. I thought That was a beating. After seeing this video I believe that was just a warm up.
It survived going through my washer and dryer!! The original warrior mini is the best light I ever had, glad I got 2! The second version is too heavy so won’t always stick sideways , still good but the first version rules
Olight community loves the torture test but really ,with all do respect drill test ! Not sure if its neccessary. But cool in a way .have several olights like the warrior m2r , m2r pro ,and warrior x and love them all .wish this warrior mini would come in titanium. I'm getting the desert tan.
drilling test is probably for extreme vibrations that the FL can receive. it still has electronic innards and those connections can be affected by other forces, not just extreme sudden drops.
James Rhoades is yours getting shipped straight from China like my mega pack? I’m not being a smart ass, I order Olight all the time this is the first time when I tracked the package it was in China.
Great job! My question is how come you stopped trying the tail switch after throwing it in the air at the beginning of the tests? Did the tail light quit working?
z z .... yea .. it’s a shame! Me and my company bought $100’s of dollars .. probably $1,000’s on Olight, we get invited to TH-cam, “hey subscribe, enter contests, ask questions!! Think the feeling in the shop is to look at Fenix’s lights instead now 🙄
Yep. Far more durable in my experience. FourSevens is another good option. I had an o-light fail after literally 1 drop from waist height. It didn’t quit working from the impact, but rather because it was no longer sealed and humidity from being in my pocket got inside.
Got several of your lights, now. What I don't have, and what I need, is a light (the size of this mini) that will put out 1800 lumens for 40 minutes. My M2R is a great light, but only lasts 4 min @ 1800 lumens.
You're gonna need a bigger light for that. Even the old R50 Pro stepped down from 1500 to 1000 after like 10 min. Emisar D18 probably can maintain that, maxes at 10,000 (or 14000 lumens), but it's a thicc light. Any "soda can" style light can probably do that. Olight used to have the X7r but I think it's discontinued
I actually enjoy watching the torture test with the exception of dragging the light on the ground. IMO, dragging it at the speed your going, any flashlight would survive that test. I think the dragging test needs replaced with something more sinister. Oh, and one more thing... if your going to drill a hole thru it, you might want to use a drill that actually doesn’t lose power several time boring a hole. Lol. Other than that, fantastic!
I wouldn’t say any flashlight dude.. there’s a brand called Protec and it was a 3200 lumen light and it died after the first drop.. it’s only a power bank now
Not my experience. They estimated two weeks after my first purchase in July, lights were on my porch 6 days later, shipped from NJ. My second order in August was also delivered in 5 days, this time striaght from China.
Don't listen to them! Don't do it! We are all Olight addicts, once we start buying them we can't stop! I have two failed marriages because of my addiction, my wives would just not understand why all my money was spent on flashlights! It's too late for us, save yourself!
charlieme5150 so true in the past 3 months I got at least 1 mega pack per sale. My wife is already ready to start giving my lights away but... I need this light too lol.
I can't wait for my warrior mini mega pack! The nine other Olights I have are completely amazing! Have one for ever use from EDC to on the Job, best lights with modern technology.. can't get any better! Or can it? LMAO 🤣
Thanks for the tests, why the drill? Please get a new drill, those are near useless, I personally don't use my drills that often but got a better one and wow the difference.
To the negative nit pickers, buy one and test yourself. Why I buy multiples of each model or brand for that matter, now I do not "torture" test but do not baby them in real life use. So far with olight, only one has died on me and it was only a tail cap switch on a inexpensive i3t, of which they sent a replacement switch within a week. Yes I drop my lights on concrete, I'm on concrete alot. If it dies, I'll send it in.
*OF COURSE* I’m going to order this light.....and then a “Pro” version of it will be released soon, making me wish I’d have waited!!!! Already happened to me *SEVERAL TIMES* with almost every olight I’ve bought (and I’ve bought...well....let’s just say “quite a few”)!! 🤦♂️🤷♂️😡
Actually the Pro version may not always be better. In my opinion the S2R2 makes a better light than the Baton Pro. Longer runtimes on a lower capacity battery, 0.5 lumen output for like when I just woke up from sleep and don’t want to blind myself already makes it a better light than the Baton Pro. Also, I find the Baton Pro too floody and lights up a huge area in front of you. With that much light illuminating the foreground it makes it harder to spot something further away. I do find the Baton Pro great as an indoor light, but then again who needs 2000 lumen to illuminate a room? So much as I like my Baton Pro, I find myself reaching for the S2R2 more.
This is for a torture test not for something that is gong to happen to most of us in real life. No one is going to drill a light, no one is gong to sit in a freezing lake to see if the flashlight still works. It simply shows the extreme that these lightscan be put through and still work. We don't need everyday accidents we already know the light will still work...
Before destroying a beautiful flashlight like the one you show in the video, I can give you a PO Box in Buenos Aires, Argentina and you send it to me safely, I have several flashlights of the brand and they are very appreciated by me. regards
Id like to be sent some flashlights like these youtubers and do some of my own torture tests and film it but I couldn't do that paying money for it lol but it would be fun for sure
Next time we want to see what makes the light fail. What height, which heat and so on. But with a logical manner. Driving 60 and let it fall out of the car. Yeet it man!
Ive had several olights in the past and the main issue was the side switch. Olight's side switches are brittle as fck. It may be ok after this torture test, but believe me, that switch will die suddenly even if you are not using it.
Hey ,big fan of olights I have got enough of them to be at plat membership ( basically I like the lights a lot) did anyone else noticed a weird video distortion when the light was being dragged in the van or at the very end after the light was dead it seemed to just move and wiggle on the ground?
I dont understand the point of a drill test.. like how is that even possible in a real world scenario? instead drive over it with a car, throw it in a washer/dryer cycle, have a dog chew on it for 10 min, you know shit thats likely to happen.
well, i think the hammer test would be just as bad if not worse than a dog chewing it and a car driving over it won't do much at all either.
@@picklemat4619 you are missing the point, and agree, the drill "test" was silly and totally unrealistic in a could happen scenario
Dude lightin up 😉
They only do it because they know that it can be drilled in a certain spot without failing. They purposely drilled into the plastic optic, above where the electronics were housed. Even a dollar store light could survive that because they’re not drilling into a functional part of the light. They nicked the led so it failed, and they’d have to repeat all of the tests if they wanted to film it surviving, but they likely expected it to survive. It was just a marketing trick meant to make people think the light is tougher than it actually is.
I wish you guys would stop doing the drill test. Nobody is going to grill their light and expect it to keep working for a long period of time. I would like to see it left in the rain or mud for a day. Dropping it directly to the bezels, checking both switches, Drop it from a moving car , or more real scenarios along those lines.
dropping it from a moving car would be just like the van test, just roll around for it bit. I can agree to the drill test plus it was black and decker. I'm not surprised the drill stopped working. but drill any electrical will stop working. he did get a few good hits with the hammer on the bulb end and it held up
Still waiting for this insane torture test video....
Might try throwing a light fastball style at the wall? Talk about a sales pitch...
Testing in ways that we would actually experience (but doing way more repetitions) and then fully verifying function and water resistance would be a much better sales pitch.
"I'll throw it in the air as high as I can" ... Management - "you'll throw it ten feet in the air" 🤣🤣
If that’s as high as you can throw you need to get that shoulder checked out
Hitting hard with a hammer 🤔..my blacksmith friend say something different 😂
pneumatic hammer test
Love your products! Three months after discovering them, I already own a dozen.
I appreciate this demo, as it is more brutal and realistic than factory testing. But as an engineer, the drill test does absolutely nothing for me. Heat/freeze cycling, drops from extreme heights, or an extended drag behind the car followed by water tests to see if leaks appeared would be more useful.
This time the drill wasn’t on reverse lol
Just got mine on your flash sale. I've had an sr2 batton in my pocket for 2 years. I love it. I hope the warrior mini lives up to that standard.
Does it charge?? This is basically a frame and battery test
Not even a proper frame test! We have no idea if it’s still water resistant. No idea if it charges (before hitting it with a hammer), no idea if both switches even still work. This “ad” would only work on someone who is not into actually using their light hard.
Olight is the best flashlight/Weapon lights I've ever owned or seen. And the brightest. They always have sales too. I remember when I first saw them a couple years ago. I thought this could be cool, now I own 4 my wife owns 2. My favorite is the PL-Pro Valkyrie Gunmetal Gray. It replaced my Surefire X300 ultra. I will be buying more. Keep up the good work
Come on Sean! You didnt test the tail switch after all of that!
Ok, I noticed all the brutal torture testing in the air, behind the van and with the 🔨 (with exception of one time early on when you air dropped it) you only turned it on and off via the side switch but never with the tail switch after every event. That's the whole point of this new W-Mini bro, is the tail switch. Not doubting you or the test, just an observation that I would have liked to have seen the tail switch worthiness through it all. Hell I'm still down with Olight and will keep buying however!!!
Mr H ... yea I asked the same question couple weeks ago.. no answer 🤪 I think as well as my guys in the shop say..”the tail switch was toast after the 1st air toss 👍”
@@hondaredracer yup yup
Nice, that thing took a beating. I gave my son a i3T and he left it in his pocket during laundry day. Through the washer and dryer and still works perfectly. I thought That was a beating. After seeing this video I believe that was just a warm up.
It survived going through my washer and dryer!! The original warrior mini is the best light I ever had, glad I got 2! The second version is too heavy so won’t always stick sideways , still good but the first version rules
Olight community loves the torture test but really ,with all do respect drill test ! Not sure if its neccessary. But cool in a way .have several olights like the warrior m2r , m2r pro ,and warrior x and love them all .wish this warrior mini would come in titanium. I'm getting the desert tan.
Why, am I watching this....*hits the like button* runs away...
Just made my early access order. We just love all the O light products. My wife bought them for me!!!!!!! I think she likes the O Light too!!!!
I'm going to throw this light as high as I can... insert the Sandlot "you play ball like a girl" gif 🤣
This made me actually laugh out loud hahaha
@@olightkelly6107 Good 😊 We can all use a little more laughter, especially these days!
I'd like to see a controlled burn. Get it UL listed.
drilling test is probably for extreme vibrations that the FL can receive. it still has electronic innards and those connections can be affected by other forces, not just extreme sudden drops.
Mine just arrived... so well designed.
Pretty durable light and the price is pretty good for what u get and the special edition Camo sweet
Aw man I missed the sale! Bummer :(
My maga pack will be here soon can't hardly wait for it to show up.
James Rhoades is yours getting shipped straight from China like my mega pack? I’m not being a smart ass, I order Olight all the time this is the first time when I tracked the package it was in China.
It doesn't say where it's coming from.
That's impressive, I knew it had to be pretty durable since it's listed as IPX8 waterproof
I'm kind of surprised the battery didn't start melting down
Nice and robust light.
Im into this light! You know what I would also be SUPER INTO?
An S1R2 with a tailswitch... Now that would be the ultimate EDC for me!
S1R2 is shorter than a closed fist, how would that work?
I would love to have that tortured non-working Warrior Mini for my collection.
Only an olight addict would say that 😂
One of the most cool n durable Olight FL. Congrats Olight
Great job! My question is how come you stopped trying the tail switch after throwing it in the air at the beginning of the tests? Did the tail light quit working?
Can you please answer the question. Thanks 👍
z z .... yea .. it’s a shame! Me and my company bought $100’s of dollars .. probably $1,000’s on Olight, we get invited to TH-cam, “hey subscribe, enter contests, ask questions!!
Think the feeling in the shop is to look at Fenix’s lights instead now 🙄
Yep. Far more durable in my experience. FourSevens is another good option. I had an o-light fail after literally 1 drop from waist height. It didn’t quit working from the impact, but rather because it was no longer sealed and humidity from being in my pocket got inside.
What a test . Impressed
I own the m2r pro and i can assure you, this thing destroys the Fenix hands down
My favorite Warrior Mini color is Black!
Got several of your lights, now. What I don't have, and what I need, is a light (the size of this mini) that will put out 1800 lumens for 40 minutes. My M2R is a great light, but only lasts 4 min @ 1800 lumens.
You're gonna need a bigger light for that. Even the old R50 Pro stepped down from 1500 to 1000 after like 10 min.
Emisar D18 probably can maintain that, maxes at 10,000 (or 14000 lumens), but it's a thicc light. Any "soda can" style light can probably do that. Olight used to have the X7r but I think it's discontinued
Can't wait to get one
Nice tests. I have some OLights and I know they are tough. I would love another.
Adler Farms sent us. Can't wait to get our hands on one!!
Absolutely awesome! Where's the Odin torture test?
Great light in the OLight tradition I am picking one up
I actually enjoy watching the torture test with the exception of dragging the light on the ground. IMO, dragging it at the speed your going, any flashlight would survive that test. I think the dragging test needs replaced with something more sinister. Oh, and one more thing... if your going to drill a hole thru it, you might want to use a drill that actually doesn’t lose power several time boring a hole. Lol. Other than that, fantastic!
I wouldn’t say any flashlight dude.. there’s a brand called Protec and it was a 3200 lumen light and it died after the first drop.. it’s only a power bank now
BE ADVISED! They take forever to ship your order. If you can wait two or three weeks for them to ship your order, then you should be OK.
Not my experience. They estimated two weeks after my first purchase in July, lights were on my porch 6 days later, shipped from NJ. My second order in August was also delivered in 5 days, this time striaght from China.
why thursday needs to be friday or sat after pay day
Dang,that is one tough flashlight!
The flashlight is more durable than the one described by the manufacturer, but I don't know if it would withstand the pressure of a passing train 😱
Never owned 1 honestly, be interesting to try one out.
I have about 20 of them. They are amazing lights. And I beat the hell out of them. Buy an Olight you won’t be disappointed
Do IT
Don't listen to them! Don't do it! We are all Olight addicts, once we start buying them we can't stop! I have two failed marriages because of my addiction, my wives would just not understand why all my money was spent on flashlights! It's too late for us, save yourself!
charlieme5150 so true in the past 3 months I got at least 1 mega pack per sale. My wife is already ready to start giving my lights away but... I need this light too lol.
I have Soo many olights...they are tough as nails!!!
Held up pretty well.
Would love the warrior mini olight. Love any light from Olight!
Thanks for making honest torture test!
I can't wait for my warrior mini mega pack! The nine other Olights I have are completely amazing! Have one for ever use from EDC to on the Job, best lights with modern technology.. can't get any better! Or can it? LMAO 🤣
Great, but can it survive your keys shorting out the switch?
I will buy 2 :)
Got mine already.
I would be honored to be a Olight tester
Let's be real hear we all have a olight in our pockets.
Yup
Yup
your not wrong but i dont want to say yes lol
Yep. Baton 2. Walked 2 miles this morning with warrior m2r
M2r ODG currently
Thanks for the tests, why the drill? Please get a new drill, those are near useless, I personally don't use my drills that often but got a better one and wow the difference.
To the negative nit pickers, buy one and test yourself. Why I buy multiples of each model or brand for that matter, now I do not "torture" test but do not baby them in real life use. So far with olight, only one has died on me and it was only a tail cap switch on a inexpensive i3t, of which they sent a replacement switch within a week. Yes I drop my lights on concrete, I'm on concrete alot. If it dies, I'll send it in.
I would love to try it out .
Well, I guess I "need" one of these 🔦😁
I wish he would have tested the tail switch to see if it worked still
I also
That is awesome
Nicely done!
It would be an honor to get that tourcher tested warrior mini if possible
THAT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM! - Indiana Jones
What I meant, not to be selfish, it would be an honor and neat to have the tested one sent to me just to have
*OF COURSE* I’m going to order this light.....and then a “Pro” version of it will be released soon, making me wish I’d have waited!!!! Already happened to me *SEVERAL TIMES* with almost every olight I’ve bought (and I’ve bought...well....let’s just say “quite a few”)!! 🤦♂️🤷♂️😡
Actually the Pro version may not always be better. In my opinion the S2R2 makes a better light than the Baton Pro. Longer runtimes on a lower capacity battery, 0.5 lumen output for like when I just woke up from sleep and don’t want to blind myself already makes it a better light than the Baton Pro. Also, I find the Baton Pro too floody and lights up a huge area in front of you. With that much light illuminating the foreground it makes it harder to spot something further away. I do find the Baton Pro great as an indoor light, but then again who needs 2000 lumen to illuminate a room? So much as I like my Baton Pro, I find myself reaching for the S2R2 more.
the only reason why I dont carry a Olight mini is the side switch that makes it turn on in my pocket
This is for a torture test not for something that is gong to happen to most of us in real life. No one is going to drill a light, no one is gong to sit in a freezing lake to see if the flashlight still works. It simply shows the extreme that these lightscan be put through and still work. We don't need everyday accidents we already know the light will still work...
Definitely passed 😳😳
Before destroying a beautiful flashlight like the one you show in the video, I can give you a PO Box in Buenos Aires, Argentina and you send it to me safely, I have several flashlights of the brand and they are very appreciated by me. regards
Next time drive over it with the van thanks
*_Olight!_*
That's awesome LOL. Have mine on order in camo.
Id like to be sent some flashlights like these youtubers and do some of my own torture tests and film it but I couldn't do that paying money for it lol but it would be fun for sure
Eh, can't pass the drill test. Think I'll pass on this one.
I know right, what if it got stuck in a drill press!?!
So you did ice test, but did you think about fire test?
Next time we want to see what makes the light fail. What height, which heat and so on. But with a logical manner. Driving 60 and let it fall out of the car. Yeet it man!
Why was it a different flashlight from the 2mph car drag to the hammer test?
Wait, you're right!
LOVEEE ITTT
Imagine how durable it would be in a harder material as Aluminium is very soft.
Are olight products still made in China?
I do carry olight for my edc flashlight. But their gun lights have proven to be of cheap quality.
She head bobbing like she’s nervous lol. All love no hate. Good video.
Do you think you guys will ever make a more aggressive strike bezel for the warrior mini like its older brother?
I hope so!
I wonder what would happen if all light ever had to warranty something
It's cover under warranty?
Good Music Guys. What Band ?
Ive had several olights in the past and the main issue was the side switch. Olight's side switches are brittle as fck. It may be ok after this torture test, but believe me, that switch will die suddenly even if you are not using it.
Hey ,big fan of olights I have got enough of them to be at plat membership ( basically I like the lights a lot) did anyone else noticed a weird video distortion when the light was being dragged in the van or at the very end after the light was dead it seemed to just move and wiggle on the ground?
That wasn't #1 was it? 🤣 definitely a tough light. Cant wait to get mine
You should auction off a package containing the test light and a new one for charity .
Tough lil thing!
That drill is junk. Do a video smashing the drill with a flashlight!
Nice
Of course I'm 2 days late to the sale
Will you have extra batteries for sale for warrior mini ?
dear boss better give it to me 😂😂😂
Wow, literal abuse test right there..
But rlly lives to its namesake👌👌❤️❤️
It makes me sad to see a light abused !!!! 😳😔
Try having to watch it in person.. it's AWFUL.
Olight Kelly .. I don’t even wanna think about it !!!! 😞... I don’t see how y’all do it !! Poor poor little light !!! 🪓🔦🔪🧨🔦💣 ...... 😔😢😭⚰️😔😢😭