i3E i3T i5T i5R i5T Plus Olight models compared

What is the difference between the i3T and i5T? Or the i5T and the i5R? What is high CRI? Which is the brightest? Let's talk a look at all the model names and types of Olight's great alkaline battery flashlight lineup!
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Contents
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00:00 - Intro
01:51 - i3E AAA 1.5v Light
02:53 - i5T vs i5R
07:03 - UI for i5T i5R
07:38 - UI for i3E
08:19 - Lumen Testing i3E i5T i5R
10:25 - i5R High CRI Version
13:44 - Special i3T and i5R for August Sale
15:53 - i3 vs i5 beam shape
16:57 - Lumen Test i3T vs i5R
17:35 - i5R vs i5T Plus
19:18 - CW vs NW vs WW
20:28 - Conclusion
21:31 - Get your free i3E!

[@shauncomper1304]

Great explanation of the differences. I bought an i5t just before the release of the i5r, I’m now running the 5r battery in it with no issues so far , find the performance greatly improved as the torch will maintain its full output for a lot longer, have to re select it after the ramp down. But possibly more interesting is I’m also running two i5r batteries in my i5tplus with similar results, no increase in output but after two hours plus of continuous use I can still access the full brightness with a double click after ramp down.

[@cheule]

Thanks for the confirmarion

[@wesolowskimatt]

Using rechargeable eneloops in in i5t plus will give you exactly the same performance an will be a bit safer for the light. Just saying

[@animeadict17]

thank you so much!!! i wanted to compare these as i want to get my grandpa a new flashlight for his birthday!!! he is used to mag lights so he will be BLOWN AWAY

[@cheule]

No comparison!

[@sknight0391]

The i3e is one of the best little flashlights ever made. It's just so handy to have around. Sometimes simplicity goes a long way with a flashlight. And I bet it's probably the most sold flashlight in the world. I'm looking forward to the new neon green color. 😎👍

[@michaelgeorge5197]

I just ordered a blue one. I’m pretty broke but wondering if I should’ve gotten the i5 instead. Glad to hear your happy with it

[@Synic08]

I went to a concert… i had one of these on me and they didnt let me take it in… confinscated it…. Yet we all were aloud to use cell phone lights.

[@matthedge22]

Got a free i3e a few months ago, love that little thing. Doesn’t bother me on my key ring and it gives off great light for its size

[@TorchHacker]

The finish on that i3E looks nice!

[@jesustheyrealltaken]

2 things I would add. The 13T with 10440 batteries is my 2nd favorite light of this type Olight makes. Admittedly they are out of production but the M1T Raider Plus is the best Olight as far as I'm concerned, including their great baton and warrior series lights. They were sold with 2 CR123 batteries but I like using the 16650s. The slightly larger brother of the I5T with high/low/strobe instead of the low/high.

[@Tony-sy7ed]

I just commented about how much I like the M1T. I was shocked to see someone else liked it as much as I do.

[@cheule]

Thanks for sharing

[@jesustheyrealltaken]

@@Tony-sy7ed They're great lights. I have hopes of seeing olight bring them back this year.

[@stevemastbaum]

I’ve had several key chain lights in the past and the i3e eos is an excellent choice.

[@MrGlock55]

Hey, I'm new to this hobby and with all the different emitters im lost. Do you think it would be possible to do a comparison of all the most popular ones? What they are good at, what they are not great at and how they all look?

[@TorchHacker]

EDC models that take non-proprietary batteries ❤

[@cheule]

You make an excellent point!

[@michaelgeorge5197]

Agreed!

[@the_nma5119]

the second i bought the thrunite saber at 24 dollars i never touched any of these small olights. That small light is fcking unbelievable. its even better than a baton 3. I love olight but that thrunite saber is crazy good for the price. I think i even found that light watching your videos.

[@cheule]

Saber is really good. I agree.

[@onedirection3510]

I3 meaning aaa makes sense. I5 meaning aa makes no sense. Why not i2 for aa? Have you done a comparison video between i3t and I5t?

[@norgtube]

NO idea why anyone would leave alkalines in their lights, you're just asking for a leak. Put a low self-discharge cell in there. Olight making a 14500 light then making it act weird when you use a normal button cell 14500 is the olight'est thing ever.

[@wesolowskimatt]

You're absolutely right.

[@Tony-sy7ed]

Not sure if you’ve ever handled the Olight M1T Raider plus. That was a great light and I don’t know why it’s not offered anymore. It had the same spiral knurl design as the i5T/i3T. Little longer than the i5T much shorter than the i5T plus, really nice feel in the hand. The i5T doesn’t quite clear the end of my hand and I end up covering a lot of the spill when I turn it on. The M1T is a 2 cell 123A light, I run mine with a single 16650 and it works great. Much warmer light than what olight typically offered in the past, at 800 lumens. As for tiny keychain lights, I’m not a fan of twisting the head. If I could nestle the body of the light in my palm and easily twist back and forth to activate that’s different. The i3E is too small, for me, to comfortably turn on 1 handed. I clip my keys to my belt loop. Because the head of the i3E is removable I ended up just losing the head, no idea where it went. I like the nitecore tiki for a tiny keychain light. Has a button pad, high CRI, lantern mode, moonlight mode.

[@cheule]

I never had that one!

[@sofirnfactory]

nice 😉

[@carrot5570]

Did he do this with baton and warrior model as well

[@youtubeuser5424]

They almost, had me on the seeker 4 mini deal until, I realized the one on sale is not the NW version.

[@cheule]

I prefer NW and WW myself.

[@youtubeuser5424]

@@cheule it’s like they said people love, our CW emitters so, much, let’s only include those in the sale.

[@sloanNYC]

Given the Thrunite, Pokelit, and Lumintop AA dual fuel options available at sub $20 I don't get these Olight ones. Great colors though.

[@cheule]

I do wish that Olight has moonlight, but a lot of people feel moonlight is just an extra mode to click through.

[@geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz]

@@cheule The Pokelit really annoys me very greatly for exactly that reason but I do like the Rider Rx. The Pokelit has a low moonlight and no low mode while the Rider does have a low mode but also a brighter moonlight mode which makes absolutely insane nonsense!!! Given that the Pokelit has zero low mode, why then make the moonlight mode even lower than that in the Rider? It just leaves to big a gap in the modes on the Pokelit and the brighter moonlight mode on the Rider I find much more realistically useful. It seemed to me that Acebeam hobbled the Pokelit to keep the Rider more expensive and desirable. Mid and high mode on Pokelit are fine but I do prefer the Rider with it's simple sensible power levels.

[@Sumatra123]

Had a pokelit and after a month it started flickering while switching between modes. Never had that problem with any of my 3 olights.

[@briankendall1978]

Do you see a lumen reduction in the i5t running a NiMH 1.2V cell or will it still output 300lm?

[@cheule]

Eneloops and alkalines yielded the same output

[@ben9and1-3rd]

👍🍻

[@randomescu]

I own the StarDust i5, i dont like it, the button its very hard to press for its size. Not an Olight hater, i just ordered another one, White Seeker4Pro from USA ( i live in Romania).

[@sztaylor89]

I liked my i5r until i found the acebeam pokelit aa. High cri, better tint. True moonlight , higher high and 3 mode. About the only thing i wish the acebeam had was no memory

[@cheule]

The pokelit is a great light. Sometimes I like the beam shape more, sometimes I like the i5T (they’re quite different).

[@juliomaldonado4028]

I seem to be the only dude in my friend group we didn't like the pokelit. I preferred the i5t

[@feahnorl]

Has anyone tried the battery on the i5r on the i5t plus?

[@cheule]

The i5T plus is designed for 3v (two AA in series). If you put two i5R batteries in it, it would be running 4.8v which sounds like a issue. I have not tested if it will dry the driver, and I don’t plan to :) maybe someone else is willing to live dangerously!

[@feahnorl]

@@cheule same, i have a i5T plus in warm white and i'm not willing to risk it lol

[@ryanjkingston]

Have you figured out how to get to the emitters on these?

[@cheule]

I have a video on how to swap the i5T! The i3t is much harder, I can’t reasonable get the lens out without mangling the light.

[@ryanjkingston]

​@@cheule thanks, I'll give it a watch!

[@cheeseswears]

They make lithium doulde a batteries

[@cheule]

They do, 1.5v

[@stevemastbaum]

Titanium is cool but the extra weight is not worth it imo.

[@Synic08]

Just make a standard 14500/AA capabale light!

[@geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz]

VOTE FOR OR AGAINST: I would like to see the i5tPlus head on the i5r/t body giving the 550lumens output using the 2.4v lithium battery as after all the Plus can run on 2xnimh which is 2.4v. It seems so obvious a thing to do to me. Be great to see some-one try that mod if Olight won't produce it. The runtime would be reduced over the standard i5r but should still be ok and the low mode would be unchanged & you could have the 3 different colour temp options and call it the i5rM for mod or i5r+. I think it would be a good option for those like me that find the i5r/t a bit lacking in output but still like the shorter body. I have the neutral while i5tplus and I like the beam tone of that one a lot as it is very similar but a bit more vibrant than my i5r 90CRI. So lets have a vote. Upvote if you would be interested in Olight putting that out or downvote if not? Enough positive votes and maybe they will?

[@cheule]

This is a cool idea. I’m meeting with Olight next month, I’ll mention it.

[@geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz]

@@cheule Excellent. If they could add a medium mode even better.

[@aaronsmith5600]

The only Is correct answer is anything but olight

[@cheule]

I have to disagree there, Olight has some great designs. You could do far far worse in a lot of cases.

[@aaronsmith5600]

@@cheule Tell me one good thing about O light? I'll give you some negatives they take a special battery that is 5 times as much as a standard 18650or 21700 You have to carry around a special charger instead of the standard c type That you already carry around for your cell phone. Honestly they're overprised

[@qaszim2012]

​@@aaronsmith56001 great thing is they introduce people to decent lights. Then they find things like wurkkos or Sofirn. The price? Yeah but ohh well. Not like it's disposable. Mine has been running for years and has been battered but still going strong so paid for itself. Each to there own but saying they have no worth, that's just plain wrong.

[@Tony-sy7ed]

I asked Olight a few years ago if they could come out with an adapter that was MCC receiver to usbc or lightning. Something with a flexible ribbon cable and double sided tape that would wrap to the back of a phone and you could use the MCC Olight charger to charge your phone. Or even come out with a phone case that had the cable management built in and the case would plug into your phones charge port so you could carry less cables and then olights magnetic cable wouldn’t be as proprietary. So they ended up coming out with the magnetic head that fit onto a usbc cable. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@toddd7444]

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[@doktorb3at]

You can use a 10440 cell on the i3t and bump the lumens up there.

[@cheule]

I don’t mention it only because I don’t believe it’s “supported.” But it’s a great hack and thanks for mentioning it.

[@doktorb3at]

Yes. Olight doesn't say anything about it, but many others have tried it without any kind of catastrophe.