Is this my favourite budget light of 2023?

Is this my favourite budget light of 2023? - Convoy S2+

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@Cuccos19 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your review! 😊 Just some of my thoughts: As for material it has only 3 version not 4 as far as I know: basic aluminium (with many color options), copper version (and not brass, brass is an alloy of copper, copper is the pure element), and this titanium (alloy or pure titanium I have no idea). What I think: 1. Aluminium: best one, very light weight (2,7g/cm2 for pure aluminium), more than enough physical strength, and very good heat and electricity conductor. Also andoziable for any kind of color. 2. Copper: Bloody heavy (8,96g/cm2 for pure copper), soft, most expensive, but it has a cool character after removing the warnish, and gets aged. Also not even very good, but rather excellent heat and electricity conductor. 3. Titanium: IMHO the most unreasonable choice for flashlight: about 1.5 times heavier than aluminium (4,5g/cm for pure titanium), "sticky threads", expensive, no real life advantage of being stronger than aluminium, as most of the real tactical lights made of aluminium (aerospace grade, of course, and adding stainless steel bezels in the front for breaking glass, striking opponents, etc). And the worst for the end: the titanium is one of the worst, if not the worst heat and electricity conductor among the metals. Okay, it saves your hand but it can fry/cook the components inside the light. Especially in a small body/head flashlight with terrible heat management as the S2 and similar lights. Although, I think new runs having heat management, temperature controls. I have two copper ones, one with an older Cree XML2 T6-3B (~5000-5200K), and 6x7135 driver chips (6x0,35Amper=2,1Amper total), it gets warm but nothing serious (not even inside the room where is no air movement). This is a smooth body one. A little bit of yellowish-greenish tint, but not much disturbing (only when compared to the Nichia 519A 4500K, that has much beautiful tint). The other is a checkered body one ('LITNIT' written on, not Convoy S2+, have no idea why), and that has a 5Amper current, driving a the Nichia 519A LED with 4500K. Beautiful tint, but Nichia under 5Ampers gets extremely hot! I have no idea what would happen inside the head if it would made of titanium. Maybe the driver would be fried/cooked? Copper or not anyway, this small head with no cooling fins at all, has not much help in all I think. Copper has the "funky factor" for me, and that is all about it. But all in all, I think I will have the titanium one too. :) Anyway I also use the 1, 20, 100% mode with memory mode turned off. :)

@ordinarylampshade4624 5 ай бұрын

I also think the SFT-40 3000k version of this is also a great edc option if you more throw.

@17Blower Жыл бұрын

I have 3 of these S2+ just because they are such good value. I keep one by the back door for a quick grab if i go out at night, One in the car and one as an EDC if I go out in the evenings. The UI is pretty good too with so many different combos. A great light. I also bought a shorter mid tube and that fits a 18350 battery, making for a very short and easily pocketable light

@kriztu Жыл бұрын

You can actually purchase metal, magnetic and glow switches for these lights. So many options

@ironkid8836 8 ай бұрын

The 519 is a lovely high cri emitter hugely popular with flashlight enthusiasts also

@DinnerForkTongue 3 ай бұрын

With good reason. It's essentially the 219B, but capable of a lot more power.

@raymondborkowski4290 10 ай бұрын

Love all my litnit convoy flashlights!

@SovereignKnight74 Жыл бұрын

I used to get excited about Titanium lights, until I found out that Titanium is poor at conducting heat. That's NOT good.

@DinnerForkTongue 11 ай бұрын

That's true, but the S2+ is not a torch that runs particularly hot.

@smccarnage Жыл бұрын

Nice meteorite ring and modes explanation. Have a look at Sofirn and Wurkkos too

@syahirnadzri7736 Жыл бұрын

agreed.. very good budget flashlight

@ordinarylampshade4624 5 ай бұрын

I have mixed feelings about Ti lights. On one hand they look really nice one the other aluminum is performance wise the best flashlight material. It's light and very heat conductive while still being cheap.

@MoorlanderEDC 4 ай бұрын

Great point!

@speedy1490 Жыл бұрын

Got mine since 2020 and love it. The smaller 1xAA Battery based T2 with an high CRI, neutral colored LED is also really nice for stuff in/around the house.

@DinnerForkTongue 3 ай бұрын

Got me a pair of S2+'s since at least 2018. One 219C 4000K, one SST20 2700K. The former is my most beat up torch by a huge margin, that's how much I use it. With a TIR, they're a total beauty.

@ginnfreecs2994 Жыл бұрын

you can get a screwed clip on that and can change everything from the reflector to lens to leds and driver/board and the button on/off switch to stainless or even have Leds on the switch. you can even buy the body only and made yourself from whatever specs you want. someone did make one and have a 3 led emitter on it. only convoy does it. other manufacturer glued their FL so you cannot even service it yourself.

@DiabolicalSpender 4 ай бұрын

Does the titanium variant heat up a lot faster than the aluminum s2+?

@MoorlanderEDC 3 ай бұрын

I'm not 100% sure as I haven't been able to compare the two, however, it does seem to heat up less than some other similar 6065 T6 Alu lights I have

@ironkid8836 8 ай бұрын

Just got a great ine for 10 euro free shipping ,awesome value ,dying to get a c8 also

@TonyMontana-xj3zv 4 ай бұрын

have you got a C8 ? I ordered now a C8+ with the SFT40 led, 8A driver. should be throwing for 750 metres (ansi fl1 was more than 800m when i remember🤔) i had a wurkkos td01c but it was big, bulky, heavy, i sold it on my local market for the same price i got it, and now i ordered the c8+ (sft40)

@gibbons7047 5 ай бұрын

you should write which version it is.

@TheGrenadier97 Жыл бұрын

Excellent! I have a M21A and it's great for the value. I've been thinking about a short tube (18350) S2+ with the same LED as yours, but in 4000K. I think it'll do a pretty good pocket companion that i can upgrade later on with new switches and such.

@DinnerForkTongue 11 ай бұрын

The M21A is pretty nice, if not quite pocketable. I only don't get one because I already have a C8+ with a W1 LED and that more than covers all my needs for throw. The S2+ 18350 is a wonderful shorty.

@TheGrenadier97 11 ай бұрын

I've got a S2 18350 with the SST-20 LED since this comment. Great tint, focused beam and a moderate bias for throw. I ordered a S2 with the same W1 as your C8 to see how it throws.

@cesarcesar5129 11 ай бұрын

Looking online I thought these had a metal switch?

@MoorlanderEDC 11 ай бұрын

They're pretty modular. There's definitely different tail switch module available. It's a light you can pimp up and make it your own

@darrendoss3753 11 ай бұрын

You can add a ring magnet there like 2 bucks

@TH-bj1pb 7 ай бұрын

But then you can't use the landyard

@amagnier Жыл бұрын

Does it support external switch as option please ?

@MoorlanderEDC Жыл бұрын

Yes, I believe so

@SussexEDC Жыл бұрын

Great looking torch. Not sure I would want to get a separate charger for the battery. I really like the styling of this though. Really impressive how you can configure the light. Thank for sharing.

@MoorlanderEDC Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's a bit of a pain

@Yudi.Hilmawan Жыл бұрын

Luckily the Convoy isn't too picky when it comes to batteries and compatible with most batteries so you can buy an 18650 battery with a USB C port instead of an external charger.

@DinnerForkTongue 11 ай бұрын

Just get a Liitokala Lii-100C charger. You'll be set for any single-cell torches you may own until 46950 comes out on the market.

@TH-bj1pb 7 ай бұрын

I have a waterproof box/container which can hold 4 batteries that I bring with me. I put the full batteries one way and the empty ones the other way, that helps me keep track on which one's which. I have multiple 18650-lights and small battery containers. Very neat with a 4x battery charger. In total I have around 20-30kg of batteries, could probably make a battery for a bike

@gglltech6675 Жыл бұрын

nice review brother. is this 5000K?

@MoorlanderEDC Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I think it's the 4500K

@gglltech6675 Жыл бұрын

@@MoorlanderEDC thanks

@colmanscapers7498 Жыл бұрын

Where do you get your genuine high mAh 18650 batteries? There are so many fake ones out there..

@RyanDogs Жыл бұрын

Vape shops always have good selection of 18650 mate

@colmanscapers7498 Жыл бұрын

@etonrifle2384 cheers dude.. 👍🏾

@MoorlanderEDC Жыл бұрын

Nitecore make great batteries and chargers. I'm reasonably lucky that I've been sent so many lights over the years in have a load of them. Check the Flashlight Go link in the description. They have great deals for batteries on there 👍

@zGJungle Жыл бұрын

Nu Battery sells genuine tested and guarenteed 18650s from the UK.

@DinnerForkTongue 11 ай бұрын

I like to buy mine from Sofirn and Wurkkos. Their 21700s, for example, are outstanding.