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Spec
Olight IMINI 2

Olight IMINI 2

50 lm
Olight I3T 2 EOS

Olight I3T 2 EOS

200 lmAAA
ThruNite Catapult V6

ThruNite Catapult V6

2,836 lm21700
NITECORE MH12 Pro

NITECORE MH12 Pro

3,300 lm21700
ThruNite Archer 2A C

ThruNite Archer 2A C

1,000 lmAA
Sofirn SP31 V3

Sofirn SP31 V3

18650
Cloud Defensive REIN Dual Fuel

Cloud Defensive REIN Dual Fuel

1,100 lm18650
Sofirn IF22A

Sofirn IF22A

2,100 lm21700
Beam Pattern
▾Price & Scores2
Price$13$14$60$113$33$30$350$46
MSRP$13$14$80$90$33$30$350$70
▾Output & Beam7
Max Lumens50 lm200 lm2,836 lm3,300 lm1,000 lm1 lm1,100 lm2,100 lm
Sustained Lumens30 lm100 lm1,000 lm1,100 lm400 lm—600 lm950 lm
Peak Candela—961 cd120,000 cd63,000 cd——71,000 cd85,000 cd
Beam Distance—62 m692 m505 m——533 m680 m
Beam Patternfloodhybridthrowthrowhybridhybridthrowthrow
IP Rating—IPX8IPX8IP68IPX8IPX8IPX8IPX8
Impact Resistance—1.5 m1.5 m1.0 m1.5 m1.5 m2.0 m1.0 m
▾Runtime4
Runtime (High)—35 min60 min140 min——60 min75 min
Runtime (Med)———————220 min
Runtime (500lm)——90 min190 min——75 min120 min
Turbo Stepdown——30 s80 s——30 s45 s
▾Physical5
Weight—42 g230 g121 g——196 g126 g
Length—87 mm145 mm155 mm——152 mm127 mm
Head Diameter—15.0 mm55.0 mm25.4 mm——28.0 mm42.0 mm
Body Diameter—15.0 mm35.0 mm25.4 mm——25.4 mm27.0 mm
Body MaterialAluminumAluminumAluminumAluminumAluminumAluminumAluminumAluminum
▾Battery & Charging6
Battery Type—AAA21700, 2665021700AA186501865021700
Chargingusb-cnoneusb-cusb-cusb-cusb-cnoneusb-c
USB-CNoNoYesYesNoNoNoYes
Replaceable BatteryNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Battery IncludedNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYes
Rechargeable BatteryNoNoYesYesNoNoNoYes
▾Features7
Switch Typesidetailsidedualtaildualtailside
Strobe ModeNoNoYesYesNoNoNoYes
Memory ModeNoYesYesYesNoNoNoYes
LockoutNoNoYesYesNoNoNoYes
Moonlight ModeNoNoYesYesNoNoNoYes
Magnetic TailcapNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Pocket ClipNoYesNoYesNoNoNoYes
▾Emitter & Optics1
LED / Emitter——Luminus SFT70Luminus SFT70———Luminus SFT40
▾Category Scores5
Tactical Score35.645.878.475.775.575.774.376.0
EDC Score66.359.381.874.674.385.667.967.6
Value Score51.759.580.674.576.080.967.779.8
Throw Score19.519.288.081.970.570.580.784.9
Flood Score67.841.283.581.267.786.164.370.7
▾Amazon3
Amazon Reviews8,3362,6071,893831641394565
Amazon Rating4.84.74.64.04.54.54.44.5
Release Year2,0232,0232,0212,0242,0242,0242,0232,022
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