Olight Perun Mini Orange Flashlight Review

I have in my hands today the limited edition orange Olight Perun Mini.  Read on for some testing and photos, but know I’m loving the orange!

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Official Specs and Features

Here’s a link to the Olight Perun Mini Orange product page.

Versions

There are two versions – one is black, and the other is the orange limited edition (seen here).

Price

The sale price right now is $45.47 – that includes both models.  This is 30% off.  Here’s a referral link – go buy it!

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Short Review

As I’ll use the light, it’s a nice entry into the 16340 category.  I don’t typically use these as headlamps, opting to just carry them like any EDC style light.  The output is good, the UI is good, the size is good…  But as a headlamp, I don’t like that the headband is separate, and while the velcro Olight patch is neat, I’m really not a huge fan of this iteration.

Long Review

The Big Table

Olight Perun Mini (LE Orange)
Emitter:	Osram P9 Cool White (but technically “unspecified”)
Price in USD at publication time:	$45.47 right now on sale!  Referral link.
Cell:	1×16340
Turbo Runtime	High Runtime
LVP?	Yes
Switch Type:	E-Switch
Quiescent Current (A):	?
On-Board Charging?	Yes
Charge Port Type:	Proprietary Magnetic
Chargetime
Power off Charge Port with no Cell?	No.  With cell: all modes.
Claimed Lumens (lm)	1000
Measured Lumens (at 30s)	1022 (102.2% of claim)^
Candela per Lumen	3.1
Claimed Throw (m)	100
Candela (Calculated) in cd (at 30s)	165lux @ 4.364m = 3142cd
Throw (Calculated) (m)	112.1 (112.1% of claim)^
Claimed CCT	Cool White
Measured CCT Range (K)	5700-6000 Kelvin
Item provided for review by:	Olight
All my Olight reviews!

^ Measurement disclaimer:  Testing flashlights is my hobby. I use hobbyist-level equipment for testing, including some I made myself. Try not to get buried in the details of manufacturer specifications versus measurements recorded here; A certain amount of difference (say, 10 or 15%) is perfectly reasonable.

What’s Included

• Olight Perun Mini Flashlight
• Olight “Customized” 550mAh 16340
• Olight Velcro patch with attachment for flashlight clip
• Lanyard
• Charge cable (USB to proprietary magnetic)
• Lanyard puller
• Manual

Package and Manual

Build Quality and Disassembly

Most importantly this light is orange.  The orange is good, too.  It’s a little “sheeny” to be an orange that is Just Right™ but it’s very close.  Close enough.

The build quality is good as you’d expect.  The light feels smooth in hand, and the body provides adequate grip for unscrewing the body.

The head unscrews from the body – and that’s the extent of the parts.

The head end has a short spring and a rubber gasket.  That gasket more or less prevents the cell from being installed incorrectly.  The tail end does not have a spring but has multiple contact points for the positive end of the cell.

The tailcap has a charging connection.

The threads are short, anodized, and square-cut.  Short threads are kind of nice because you’re fighting against the pocket clip to get the body back onto the head.

Here’s my Mini collection.

Size and Comps

61.5mm x 21mm and 52g.

If the flashlight will headstand, I’ll show it here (usually the third photo).  If the flashlight will tailstand, I’ll also show that (usually in the fourth photo).

Here’s the test light with the venerable Convoy S2+.  Mine’s a custom “baked” edition Nichia 219b triple.  A very nice 18650 light.

And here’s the light beside my custom engraved TorchLAB BOSS 35, an 18350 light.  I reviewed the aluminum version of that light in both 35 and 70 formats.

Retention and Carry

Since it ships attached to the light, let’s talk about the pocket clip first.  It’s a black friction fit clip, which has the typical Olight connection.  I like this because it means the light is in a reliable place in relation to the clip.  Olight has added a little dot at the end of the arms to keep the clip from twisting off, too.  Finally, the clip is a “both ways” clip, which I normally don’t like at all.  The “primary” way to use the clip works well (that is, clipping with pants nearest the body of the light) but the second way is less ideal.

This clip would allow attachment to the bill of a cap, though this being a right angle light means that won’t be that ideal.

Next for retention is the Olight velcro patch.  The light slips into a plastic retainer, utilizing the pocket clip.  This connection feels very secure, but still just relies on friction.

The back of the patch is the “hook” side of the velcro.

The manual states a 60-degree rotation, and that looks about right.  I haven’t calibrated my eye-protractor in a while though.

Also, an option for the Perun Mini but not included is the “Headband III.”  Olight included this one in my review kit.

It’s a very simple headband.  Just the around the head part, and just around one inch thick.

Also very adjustable.

The loop portion of the velcro is on the headband.  It’s around 4 inches long.

The real thing with this setup is that the hook of the patch is what can potentially contact your forehead.  If you push the light around to adjust it, you’ll definitely feel that hook.  Does it work though?  Sure, it’s effective.

The magnet in the tailcap for charging also holds the light fairly reliably, too.

A final option for carry is the included lanyard, which connects through the hole in the tailcap.

Power and Runtime

Olight includes the cell required for the Perun Mini.  It’s a “customized” 16340, with a claimed 550mAh.  “Customized” in this case means the positive is in the usual place, but there’s a ring of negative surrounding that.

Below see both ends of the cell.  The negative end is normal.

All this does mean that non-customized 16340 cells will not charge in the Perun Mini.  However, conveniently, non-proprietary 16340 cells will operate fully on all modes.

Here are a couple of runtimes.

Charging

The light has built-in charging as well.  Included is a cable – USB to magnetic connector.  This one is the “MCC 1A” and that’s important since there are many versions that look just about the same.

The charger snaps very cleanly to the light, and the light will sit upright on the base, too.

Here’s a charge graph.  Charging is good, and well over 1C.

Modes and Currents

Mode	Mode Claimed Output (lm)	Claimed Runtime	Measured Lumens	Tailcap Amps
Turbo	1000/250	1m/1h25m	1022	2.21
High	250	1h38m	252	0.38
Medium	65	6h	61	0.08
Low	15	25h	13	0.02
Moon	2	4.5d	–	0.01

Pulse Width Modulation

No PWM on any mode.  Yay!

For reference, here’s a baseline shot, with all the room lights off and almost nothing hitting the sensor.  Also, here’s the light with the worst PWM I could find.  I’m adding multiple timescales, so it’ll be easier to compare to the test light.  Unfortunately, the PWM on this light is so bad that it doesn’t even work with my normal scale, which is 50 microseconds (50us). 10ms.  5ms.  2ms.  1ms.  0.5ms.  0.2ms.  In a display faster than 0.2ms or so, the on/off cycle is more than one screen, so it’d just (very incorrectly) look like a flat line.  I wrote more about this Ultrafire WF-602C flashlight and explained a little about PWM too.

User Interface and Operation

The Perun Mini uses a single e-switch on the head.  It’s a big flat switch, and nice and soft.  It is not the least bit proud, which allows the light to headstand.  The Perun Mini is perfectly vertical when headstanding, too.

The switch is also just the least bit clicky.  If your attack angle is exactly straight down, you’ll feel it.  But if you are off-axis even a little, you’ll wonder if you’re pressing it right, and you might have to fiddle with it a bit.

Here’s a UI table!

State	Action	Result
Off	Click	On (Mode Memory, Moon, LMH only)
Off	Hold	Moon
Any	Double Click	Turbo
On	Hold	Mode advance (Moon, LMH only)
Turbo	Double Click	Exit Turbo to previous mode (except if previous was high, then results in Medium)
Any	Triple Click	SOS
SOS	Click	Off
On	Click	Off
On	Click and Hold (quickly)	Timer (Single blink: 3 minutes, Double blink: 9 minutes)
Timer	Click and Hold (quickly)	Switch between 3 and 9 minute timers.
Off	Hold (>2s)	Lockout
Lockout	Hold (~2s)	Unlock (and goes to Moonlight)

LED and Beam

The emitter in this light is unspecified.  That bothers me more than it probably should, but really how simple is it to just state the emitter.  I reached out to Olight and at the time of this release, they have still not commented with an update.

I believe the emitter used in this Perun Mini is an Osram P9.  It’s stated as CW, at least.

There’s a dimpled TIR, which gives a very smooth roll-off throughout the beam.

LED Color Report (CRI and CCT)

The Perun Mini output is around 6000K and has low CRI.

Beamshots

These beamshots are always with the following settings:  f8, ISO100, 0.3s shutter, and manual 5000K exposure.

Tint vs BLF-348 (KillzoneFlashlights.com 219b version) (affiliate link)

I keep the test flashlight on the left, and the BLF-348 reference flashlight on the right.

I compare everything to the KillzoneFlashlights.com 219b BLF-348 because it’s inexpensive and has the best tint!

Conclusion on the Olight Perun Mini Orange

What I like

• It’s orange.
• Complete package
• Onboard charging looks good
• Small
• Hits specifications

What I don’t like

• Unspecified emitter!
• Velcro patch has hooks that touch the skin

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Notes

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