OLIGHT Marauder Mini 7,000 Lumens Bright Flashlight with 600 Meters Beam Distance, Powerful RGB Flashights, Magnetic Rechargeable Lights for Outdoors Work, Hunting, and Searching (Midnight Blue)

I've had this one for over a year and a half. I work night shift and walk my Huskies every single night for 30 minutes to an hour. Anywhere from -30° to 90° (only short walks at 90° during the night because husky). I spent hundreds of dollars buying other flashlights and they've all been let downs. They're either not bright enough or the battery dies within a few months from how I use it. This flashlight is amazing. It's not extremely bright like a spotlight but it's definitely bright enough. My neighborhood is infested with skunks and after me and Balto got sprayed a couple years ago I did my research and found this one. Let's just say we haven't been sprayed since. It's a perfect size especially for what it's capable of. It's built extremely well, I dropped it countless times and it never fails. Even down to the lanyard, I just hang out off of my wrist and walk my dog. Every flashlight I tried to do that with their lanyard broke after a month. I've taken it into several burning buildings, countless motor vehicle crashes and search and rescues in the fire department. I actually just ordered the 10,000 lumen version tonight. I don't know how the battery life will be since it's brighter. The 7,000 lumen might end up being the better of the two. I guess I'll find out.

Well, what can I say? This flashlight bestows a veritable biblical magnitude of illumination into one's hand. I find myself irresistibly tempted to utter, "Let there be light," before engaging the actuator button. I acquired this light to equip myself for those instances when I must investigate the proverbial thing that goes bump in the night. The first time I ventured into my darkened yard with this device, I was astounded by the level of illumination in floodlight mode. It quite literally illuminated my entire front yard, which spans approximately 50 yards (or 100 cubits). I am uncertain who was more astonished by this brilliance—myself, or the three raccoons busily raiding my bird feeders. The sheer magnitude of light convinced them, without further persuasion, to abandon their efforts and vanish into the dark perimeters of my field of flashlight brilliance. After recovering from my initial surprise, I switched the device to spotlight mode out of curiosity. With childlike delight, I swept the penetrating beam across everything in the surrounding area. This, unfortunately, resulted in a telephone call from my neighbor who resides more than a hundred yards away. Evidently, the light penetrated their windows, startling them enough to inquire if anything was amiss. In summary, I am profoundly impressed with this light's performance. Its incredible brilliance is coupled with a reasonable battery life in both spot and flood modes. The ability to vary the level of brightness and select multiple output colors is greatly appreciated. If I were to point to a single drawback, it would be the cost. This is not an inexpensive item, but in the realm of quality tools, you indeed get what you pay for. This is a quality tool and well worth the price.

I learned of the Mini after scouring the internet for a powerful, well-regulated and quality flashlight that offered beam colors other than white. I love Acebeam and considered getting their L19 with a green OSRAM emitter, but didn’t want to be limited to a pure thrower experience with no flood option. Reviews of the Mini were positive, and although I have mixed feelings about Olight’s proprietary batteries and magnetic charging system, I took the plunge and ordered it. My first impression was how hefty this light is. The 32650 cell and thick aluminum housing result in a light that weighs well over a pound. I love this, though—the weight, shape and design simply feels fantastic in the hand. Finally, the beam: The central emitter projects a tight beam with almost no spill that reveals objects hundreds of feet away; the six small emitters surrounding that provide a brilliant, 180 degree flood experience; finally, the remaining three RGB emitters provide a beautiful, rich flood of red, blue or green depending on your selection. Since you’re limited to one emitter for these colors, they’re not as bright as their white counterparts, but are still amazingly bright in dark or near-dark conditions. I will continue to use the Mini to see how the proprietary cell performs. I understand that OLight uses boost or buck drivers in the Mini which gives me confidence in having sustained lumen output during use.

Amazing flashlight

I’ve been carrying the Marauder Mini for a few weeks and the battery indicator is still halfway green. That’s after nightly dog-walk duty on the second-lowest setting and the occasional blast of “sun-in-your-face” mode. At full tilt it really does feel like a pair of modern car high beams in your hand. The body is beautifully machined, hard-anodized aluminum, grippy and short enough to put into a jacket pocket. Build quality feels like it could shrug off a drop onto concrete (not that I’d try; it’s too good-looking in its pristine state). A couple of nitpicks: - The safety dial you have to twist before the button works is a pain when you need light now. - The red/blue/green LEDs look cool on the spec sheet but I haven’t found a real use for them. Additional strobes or adjustable white temperature would be handier. If you can live with that fussy switch, this is a ridiculously bright, long-running flashlight that’s tough as nails. I’d buy it again.