Olight Oclip Cu Clip Flashlight Review

The Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight is a neat little e-switch light with a built-in LiPO battery. It offers four white modes and red, too! Mine is copper!

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Official Specs and Features

Here’s a referral link to the Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight product page.

Versions

There’s only one version of the Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight. But there are a number of body colors available in the less-costly aluminum body.

Price

The Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight sells for $53.99 and is available right now at olightstore.com.

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What’s Included

• Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight
• Charging cable
• Manual etc

Package and Manual

The Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight does ship in a sealed plastic bit but as this is a sort of aged copper anyway, I’m not sure how important that is. Anyway, it’s a nice touch.

Build Quality and Disassembly

The Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight is a small little thing. It’s very rectangular, which suits some of its uses. For example, it fits nicely on MOLLE loops and has a clip (or technically is a clip) for attaching securely.

The build quality is great. This version is copper, which you’ll probably only buy if you’re very into copper. Otherwise, (like for bicycle usage, etc) you’ll probably opt for the aluminum version, which will be much lighter.

There are no obvious points of entry into the Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight. Of course, the emitter has a lens, but I doubt they stuffed the guts in through that opening. In any case, I didn’t disassemble this light, and doing so would probably be a destructive endeavor.

Size and Comps

Thickness 0.91 in (23 mm)
Weight CU: 2.26 oz (64 g) (Including Battery); Black/OD Green: 1.06 oz (30 g) (Including Battery)
Length 1.91 in (48.5 mm)
Width 0.83 in (21 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+. The version below is a custom laser-engraved Convoy S2+ host by GadgetConnections.com. I did a full post on an engraved orange host right here! Or go straight to GadgetConnections.com to buy your Convoy S2+ now!

Also above is the light beside a TorchLAB BOSS 35, an 18350 light. I reviewed the aluminum version of that light in both 35 and 70 formats. I also reviewed that specific edition, the “Oveready BOSS FT Collector Vintage Brass” 35. I love it!

Retention and Carry

Of course you can infer based on the name that this is a clip light. And it is! The clip is advertised as having a 14mm opening. Inside the opening are a couple of little grip feet. It’s a useful clip, and with the red emitter secondary option, can make a very nice bicycle light or backpack light.

The clip itself also has a magnet which is strong enough to hold even this heavier copper version of the Oclip.

Maybe on the business end of a hatchet isn’t the place for the Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight…

Finally, there’s a lanyard hole in the clip, too! A lanyard is not included.

Here’s a neat feature! Since the Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight can stand upright, it can be used effectively as a document holder!

Power and Runtime

Olight says the built-in battery is a 280mAh LiPO. I don’t know how to access this battery, though.

Below you can see runtimes of the highest couple of modes. The light doesn’t seem to reach the claimed 300 lumens, but does hold steady on High for around a minute.

The Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight does shut off when the battery voltage is low.

Charging

Of course with a built-in battery there must be built-in charging. I’m pleased to say that charging is by way of a USB-C port on the emitter end.

Olight provides a USB to USB-C charging cable, too.

Charging via either C to C or A to C works just fine and takes just over an hour.

Modes and Currents

Mode	Mode Claimed Output (lm)	Claimed Runtime	Measured Lumens
High	300/180	1m+60m	257 (0s) 247 (30s)
Medium	100	90m	80 (0s) 80 (30s)
Low	10	12h	7.8
Moon	1.5	30h	1.5

Pulse Width Modulation

There’s no PWM!

Here you can see a “baseline” – a chart with almost no light hitting the sensor. Then there’s the Ultrafire WF-602C flashlight, which has some of the worst PWM I’ve seen. It’s so bad that I used a post about it to explain PWM! Here are multiple timescales (10ms, 5ms, 2ms, 1ms, 0.5ms, 0.2ms) to make comparing this “worst” PWM light to the test light easier. That post also explains why I didn’t test the WF-602C at the usual 50us scale.

User Interface and Operation

The Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight is controlled by one e-switch. This switch has a single indicator dot right in the middle, too. The e-switch cover nicely matches the copper body of the light. A nice touch!

Here’s a user interface table!

State	Action	Result
Off	Click	On (Mode Memory)
Off	Hold >2s	Lock (technically Moonlight then Lock)
Locked	Hold >1s	Unlock to moonlight
Off	Hold 1s	Moonlight
On	Hold	Mode advance (ascending)
Off	Click 3x	Strobe
On	Click 3x	Beacon
Any	Double click	Red steady
On	Double click	Iterate between red and white
Red	Hold	Iterate between red and red blinking

LED and Beam

Olight does not state what the emittes here are. It appears to be a Luminus SST-20. Olight does state that it’s cool white, though. Interestingly, there are four red emitters. They’re place at the corners of this dimpled TIR optic.

LED Color Report (CRI and CCT)

The CCT meaures warmer than Olight’s claim, which is nice. The CRI is low, though, and the Duv is positive. All of this makes for a not-perfect enthusiast experience. Most users might not care about this info, though.

Beamshots

These beamshots always have the following settings:  f8, ISO100, 0.3s shutter, and manual 5000K exposure. These photos are taken at floor level, and the beam hits the ceiling around 9 feet away.

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!

Summary and Conclusion

The Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight is a nice little clip light. I love the copper finish on this one, and do not get any copper smell lingering on my hands from it (or even from smelling the light up close.) The beam profile is great and I like the red output, too. For use on a bike, the aluminum might be a better choice. I do still wish (as on all the lights like this) that the battery was accessible.

The Big Table

Olight Oclip Cu Clip flashlight
Emitter:	Luminus SST-20
Price in USD at publication time:	$53.99
Cell:	Internal
Runtime Graphs
LVP?	?
Switch Type:	E-Switch
Quiescent Current (mA):	?
On-Board Charging?	Yes
Charge Port Type:	USB-C
Charge Graph
Power off Charge Port	All modes
Claimed Lumens (lm)	300
Measured Lumens (at 30s)	247 (82.3% of claim)^
Candela per Lumen	6
Claimed Throw (m)	70
Candela (Calculated) in cd (at 30s)	82lux @ 4.579m = 1719cd
Throw (Calculated) (m)	82.9 (118.4% of claim)^
Claimed CCT	5700-6500
Measured CCT Range (K)	5000-5400 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 I like

• Copper body
• Nice tight beam profile
• Red secondary mode
• Fairly simple user interface
• USB-C charging
• Reasonable cost of the aluminum versions

What I don’t like

• Inaccessible battery
• Cool white
• Low CRI

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