Olight Swivel Pro Work Light Review
Olight has updated the Swivel Work Light to a Pro version! This versatile light has a COB and spotlight and charges via USB-C! Read on!
Official Specs and Features
Here’s a link to the Olight Swivel Pro Work Light product page.
Versions
Olight seems to have only one version of the Swivel Pro (specifically). Also available are the Swivel Pro Max and the Swivel COB work light. Various colors are available. There are at least orange and green.
Price
MSRP of the Olight Swivel Pro Work Light is $64.99 but the intro/sale (and current) price if $49. The Olight Swivel Pro Work Light is available through my ShareASale link.
Short Review
What a neat light! The Olight Swivel Pro Work Light offers a bunch of features, most notably this very floody COB. It’s such an even flood, too. USB-C rounds out the package, and I’d say the spotlight is a nice bonus feature. Also worth noting is that there are many ways to hold and carry the Swivel Pro.
Long Review
The Big Table
| Olight Swivel Pro Work Light | |
|---|---|
| Emitter: | Flood COB |
| Price in USD at publication time: | $49.00 |
| Cell: | Internal |
| Runtime Graph | |
| LVP? | Warning |
| Switch Type: | E-Switch |
| Quiescent Current (mA): | ? |
| On-Board Charging? | Yes |
| Charge Port Type: | USB-C |
| Charge Graph | |
| Power off Charge Port | |
| Claimed Lumens (lm) | 1100 |
| Measured Lumens (at 30s) | 943 (85.7% of claim)^ |
| Candela per Lumen | 0.6 |
| Claimed Throw (m) | 65 |
| Candela (Calculated) in cd (at 30s) | 82lux @ 3.089m = 782cd |
| Throw (Calculated) (m) | 55.9 (86% of claim)^ |
| Claimed CCT | – |
| Measured CCT Range (K) | 6600-6700 Kelvin |
| Item provided for review by: | Olight |
| All my Olight reviews! | |
| Olight Swivel Pro Work Light | |
|---|---|
| Emitter: | Spot Side |
| Price in USD at publication time: | $49.00 |
| Cell: | Internal |
| Runtime Graph | |
| LVP? | Warning |
| Switch Type: | E-Switch |
| Quiescent Current (mA): | ? |
| On-Board Charging? | Yes |
| Charge Port Type: | USB-C |
| Charge Graph | |
| Power off Charge Port | |
| Claimed Lumens (lm) | 220 |
| Measured Lumens (at 30s) | 208 (94.5% of claim)^ |
| Candela per Lumen | 4 |
| Claimed Throw (m) | 65 |
| Candela (Calculated) in cd (at 30s) | 45lux @ 4.643m = 970cd |
| Throw (Calculated) (m) | 62.3 (95.8% of claim)^ |
| Claimed CCT | – |
| Measured CCT Range (K) | 6200-6400 Kelvin |
| Item provided for review by: | Olight |
| All my Olight reviews! | |
^ Measurement disclaimer: I am an amateur flashlight reviewer. I don’t have $10,000 or even $1,000 worth of testing equipment. I test output and such in PVC tubes!! Please consider claims within 10% of what I measure to be perfectly reasonable (accurate, even).
What’s Included
- Olight Swivel Pro Work Light
- Charging cable (USB-C to USB-C)
- Manual
Package and Manual
Build Quality and Disassembly
The Olight Swivel Pro Work Light is a plastic light but not in the way you probably think of “plastic flashlights” (or headlamps). This has a nice thick (what I’d say is “robust”) plastic.
Below you can see the hinged back and various settings on it.
The hinge is plastic, too. But again, quite beefy.
Not only does the back (as seen above, that is) flip to various angles, but this part of the back (seen below) also twists around this circular piece.
And of course, it’s possible to swivel both at the same time, for all sorts of angular combinations.
Size and Comps
Weight: 11.46 oz (325 g) (Including Battery)
Height: 1.85 in (47 mm)
Length: 5.12 in (130 mm) (Folded)
Width: 2.13 in (54 mm)
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.
Also above is 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
As I mentioned above, there are a ton of ways to hold the Olight Swivel Pro Work Light. I’ve covered a few above, but first here let’s talk about this tripod mounting screw hole.
Next, there’s a carabiner-style opening, also on the back. Here you can see that there are ample magnets on the back.
Power and Runtime
The Olight Swivel Pro Work Light is powered by an internal lithium-ion battery. This battery is built-in and not really user serviceable.
Above, you can see the battery indicator – the four blue dots. Here are a couple of runtime tests – the highest output for flood and spot, too.
As the battery is depleted, the indicating emitters on the back of the Swivel Pro light up. The indicators mean the following:
Four blue: 75%-100%
Three blue: 50%-75%
Two blue: 25%-50%
One blue: 5%-25%
One blue flashing: <5%
Charging
Olight used USB-C for charging the Swivel Pro Work Light. The charging port is on the side opposite to the switch.
This charging cover is a bit surprising. It presses into the opening in a sort of “hard plastic” way – it’s not really soft plastic (or rubber, or silicone or whatever).
Olight includes a USB-C to USB-C cable.
Based on the cable Olight includes, you’d expect C to C charging to work, and it does. A to C charging works fine, too.
The same power level indicators that were used for depleting the battery are also used for indicating current charging state, as follows:
One blue flashing: <25%
One solid, one flashing: 25%-50%
Two blue, one flashing: 50%-75%
Three blue, one flashing: 75%-100%
Four solid blue: 100% (Charging complete)
Modes and Currents
| Mode | Mode Claimed Output (lm) | Claimed Runtime | Measured Lumens |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floodlight High | 1100 | 10m+180m+20m | 943 |
| Floodlight Medium | 500 | 20m+420m+20m | 421 |
| Floodlight Low | 35 | 84h | 31 |
| Spotlight High | 220 | 15h | 208 |
| Spotlight Low | 60 | 55h | 46 |
| Red | 45 | 14h | 27 |
Pulse Width Modulation
Below are, in order: Spotlight (2 modes), Flood (Medium, High, Low), then Red. Red is the only mode that doesn’t use PWM, but none of it really seems bad anyway.
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, with 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 switch used on the Swivel Pro is an e-switch with a big and textured cover. This switch is on the opposite side from the charging port.
The action on this switch is probably not my favorite. I would guess it’s because the switch cover is so big (while the e-switch part is the normal size.) Also, while textured nicely and easy to find for that reason, it’s very flush with the body of the light.
Here’s a UI table!
| State | Action | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Off | Click | On (Mode memory, output group memory) |
| On | Click | Mode advance (Unless light has been on for more than a few seconds, and then the next click turns the light off) |
| On | Hold | Iterate between Flood group and spot group |
| On (“Camp light mode”) (Floodlight) | Click | Medium>High>Low>Red>Off |
| On (“Flashlight mode”) (Spotlight) | Click | High>Low>Off |
LED and Beam
The main light of the Swivel Pro is this big COB on the front. There’s red hidden in there somehow, too!
Next is the spotlight, which is a single emitter with an orange peel reflector on one end of the light.
LED Color Report (CRI and CCT)
CRI and CCT between the spotlight and floodlight are actually very similar: Both are above 6100K and have CRI in the low 70s.
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
What I like
- USB-C Charging works well
- It’s orange!
- The flood light is so evenly floody!
- Useful swivel (not just useful for naming the item!)
- Red mode
What I don’t like
- Uses PWM
- Cool white
- So few modes (ramping could make this light great!) (or just more levels)
Notes
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