Olight Olantern Stretch Lantern Review
Here’s the Olight Olantern Stretch lantern. Check it out- it can get tall! It’s clever and the new switch setup is an improvement. Still has warm white, too!
Official Specs and Features
Here’s a referral link to the Olight Olantern Stretch lantern product page.
Versions
The page isn’t up yet so I don’t know how many versions of the Olight Olantern Stretch lantern there are. Probably at least a couple, since this antiqued copper look is usually second. (With the link now active, it does look like this is the only version for now!)
Price
The Olight Olantern Stretch lantern sells for $119.99! Olight gave me this referral link.
What’s Included
- Olight Olantern Stretch lantern
- Charging cable
- Manual
Package and Manual
This little yellow tab requires effort to pull off! But you just pull it straight off.
I’ll be honest, it wasn’t until looking at the manual that I understood what the “Stretch” in the name refers to – it’s that the head will stretch up off the base about 16″!! I figured “stretch” had to do with a bigger internal battery…
Build Quality and Disassembly
The Olight Olantern Stretch lantern isn’t substantially different from the Olantern Classic 2 Pro. I love that one and still use it often! The Olight Olantern Stretch lantern seems a little bigger, and there are some welcome interface changes. But the build quality is still great!
The base has four grippy feet as well as all the battery information.
This version has an antiqued copperish finish. I am not sure if it’s actually copper, but it doesn’t feel plastic. (If you made me guess, I’d say it’s aluminum finished in this antiqued look. That’s fine for me!_
Size and Comps
123mm x 222mm and 1080g.
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
The top has two loops. They’re both suitable to hang the lantern from, but this smaller one is probably the most ideal for a hanging display.
The other loop, seen below, is clearly a handle. I have toted this lantern around my house for days now and can say that this handle works well. You can just barely see it in the connection points below, but the handle is held in place not just by tension, but also by little C-clips. The handle won’t just fall out.
The base (which you can see below) has four grippy pads that help keep the lantern on a flat surface, too.
Power and Runtime
While I didn’t test output for any of the modes (they’re not discrete), I can say that the built-in battery is a 20,000mAh battery – probably three or four 21700 cells in parallel. I’ve mentioned this on a few Olight products before, but I’d really love it if the lantern base served as a charger for cells such as what’s in the Olight Warriors and Batons. I understand why they don’t do that, but what a neat feature it’d be!
The battery in the Olight Olantern Stretch lantern is not replaceable.
Charging
The Olight Olantern Stretch lantern loses one charging method from previous iterations of this type of lantern. This one offers only USB-C charging.
Olight includes a C-to-C cable.
The LED indicator above the powerbank/charge port is used for displaying the battery charge level as follows:
Green: 95-100% charged
Red blinking: <95% charged
Powerbank
While I’m not going to cover it with any testing, the Olight Olantern Stretch lantern can serve as a powerbank, too. There’s a standard USB port that is useful for charging things like cell phones or whatever. The USB-C port can also serve as a power source, too – it’s not just for charging! The C port can output at 5V, 9V, and 12V! The USB-A port can output all these voltages, too!
The 20,000mAh battery that’s built-in should provide several complete charges to mobile phones. Or many charges, if you’re charging something like the Olight Baton!
The LED indicator above the powerbank/charge port is used for displaying the battery charge level as follows:
Green: 30-100% charged
Red: 5-30% charged
Red blinking: <5% charged
User Interface and Operation
One update to this version of Olight lantern is that the warm white and cool white are on separate channels. Those are selected with the switch below – you can’t have both at the same time.
Then the dial clicks very pleasantly (and maybe “loudly” but probably not enough to disturb a campsite, for example) and the light rolls on from lowest to highest. The dial does not rotate freely – when the light reaches max, the dial reaches its endpoint. It rolls over maybe 3/4 of a rotation.
The green indicator you see above stays on briefly when the light is turned on. This is used for displaying the battery charge level as follows:
Green: 30-100% charged
Red: 5-30% charged
Red blinking: <5% charged
Notably, and much to Olight’s credit, this interface directly addresses my biggest complaint about the Olantern 2 Pro!
LED and Beam
Olight doesn’t state what emitters are used in the Olight Olantern Stretch lantern. As I said above, there are two sets. The tube-like long emitter array is for white.
The others, which are sort of hidden under that larger cap as well as being the “tube-like” lights, are warm white (but less warm white), and are in action below:
Summary and Conclusion
The stretch aspect of the Olight Olantern Stretch lantern is pretty neat! I didn’t get any pictures of that (yet) but it works well. I don’t anticipate using that feature, though, as… I’m not sure when you’d need it. But the advancements of the Olight Olantern Stretch lantern other than that specific thing are also great. Better look, better user interface, great dial, and a bigger battery!
What I like
- Bigger battery
- Good powerbank features
- Better user interface
What I don’t like
- Batteries are not accessible
- “Stretch” aspect really doesn’t seem all that useful.
Notes
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