Olight Oclip Pro Flashlight Review

The Olight Oclip Pro flashlight is an updated version of a popular keychain flashlight. It has flood, throw, and red output, USB-C charging, and more! Read on!

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Official Specs and Features

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

Versions

There’s only one version of the Olight Oclip Pro flashlight. There are several body colors available in the less-costly aluminum body.

Price

The price comes in at a remarkable (introductory) $31.99. The Oclip Pro is available now!

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What’s Included

• Olight Oclip Pro flashlight
• Charging cable
• Manual

Package and Manual

Build Quality and Disassembly

There’s a whole lot going on in the Olight Oclip Pro flashlight! It’s still mostly “an Oclip” (which I think has been quite popular.) But this one offers three emitters instead of just one like the original version. I have one  Olight Oclip – a copper version and tested it here.

The Olight Oclip Pro flashlight is 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 orange aluminum.

There are no points of obvious entry into the Olight Oclip Pro flashlight. The back has a seam running all the way around, and it seems press-fit closed. Of course, the emitter has a cover 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

57mm x 28.05mm x 27.83mm and 53g

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 just 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

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 switch has moved sides from the previous version! (It’s also enhanced – more on that later.)

The clip itself also has a magnet that is strong enough to hold the light.

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

Here are the nice little grip feet inside the clip.

Power and Runtime

Olight says the built-in battery is a 580mAh LiPO. I don’t know how to access this battery, though.

Below you can see the runtimes of some modes for both white lights. The light doesn’t seem to reach the claimed 500 lumens but does hold steady after the stepdown. On the other hand, spot seems to have a higher output than claimed. So maybe it’s a wash!

The Olight Oclip Pro 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 head.

This port is another change from previous versions. Instead of a press-in silicone/soft cover, the Olight Oclip Pro flashlight has a hinged cover that flips open. It flips only as far as can be seen below, though. I do believe it’s metal!

Olight also provides a USB to USB-C charging cable.

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
Flood – Turbo	500 + 60% + 20%	1m + 50m + 30m	423 (0s) 419 (30s)
Flood – High	300 + 60% + 33%	1m + 100m + 10m	250
Flood – Medium	100	3h30m	80
Flood – Low	10	27h	8
Flood – Moonlight	1	6d	0.6
Spot – Turbo	380 + 63% + 22%	1m + 50m + 30m	397 (0s) 394 (30s)
Spot – High	240 + 63% +  35%	1m + 100m + 10m	233
Spot – Medium	85	3h30m	79
Spot – Low	9	27h	7.8
Spot – Moonlight	1	6d	0.77
Red – High	40	4h	–
Red – Low	4	29h	–

Pulse Width Modulation

There’s not really any PWM to be seen here. Some squiggles, but not 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

There’s a whole updated switch for the Olight Oclip Pro flashlight. This is a more familiar round e-switch with an indicator in the center, and this Pro version gets an emitter selector, too!

The selector order is: (in the position above): Flood, Spot, Red.

Below you can see the emitters. The spot emitter (Luminus SFT-12) has the biggest reflector, while red and flood get a very tiny cup. They’re both all flood.

The switch action is good. It’s fairly deep and the metal (or hard) switch cover is nice to use.)

Here’s a user interface table! I think it’s a fairly familiar user interface. The selector is sort of outside the user interface. You can change it with the light on too, but it’s still as if the light is three separate lights.

State	Action	Result
Off	Click	On (Memory, excluding turbo and nonsteady modes)
Off	Hold briefly	Moonlight
Off	Hold less briefly (~2s)	Lockout
Lockout	Click	Switch indicator turns red to indicate lockout
Lockout	Hold ~1s	Unlock. Light comes on.
Any	Double click	Turbo (for red, technically “high” but that’s the only way to get to red high)
Off	Click 3x	White selected: Strobe Red selected: No change in state
On	Hold	White selected: Mode advance (LMH) Red selected: Low then Red blink (NOT red high!)
On	Hold	Mode advance (LMH)
On	Click 3x	White selected: Beacon Red selected: Red blinking (slowly)
Off	Rotate selector	Battery indicator^

^Battery indicator on switch is as follows:

Green: 60-100%
Orange: 30-60%
Red: 1-30%

There may be a few other nuances to this user interface but honestly, the manual has tiny text and it’s too big to scan. I’ll get the pdf manual from Olight shortly!

LED and Beam

There are three emitters on the Olight Oclip Pro flashlight but it’s not “a triple.” Each emitter serves its own purpose. Spot, flood, or red. They can not be used at the same time.

LED Color Report (CRI and CCT)

The flood emitter is cool white to very cool white and low CRI. I don’t think it seems as bad as these numbers make it sound. The spot emitter is more reasonable at around 5500K, with Turbo drifting past 6000K. CRI is low for it, too.

Beamshots

These beamshots are always with 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. These photos are taken around 18 inches from the door.

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

Summary and Conclusion

I liked the previous Oclip just fine, but it’s not something I’d really use much. It’s neat, it’s a neat novelty. I really appreciate the improvements in this Olight Oclip Pro flashlight, notably that it has both spot and flood (and they are both very specifically what they claim to be. I like red on this version and would say that it seems better implemented here, too.

The Big Table

Olight Oclip Pro
Emitter:	Luminus SFT-12 (Spot)
Price in USD at publication time:	$31.99
Cell:	Internal
Turbo Runtime Graph	High Runtime Graph
LVP?	?
Switch Type:	E-Switch
Quiescent Current (mA):	?
On-Board Charging?	Yes
Charge Port Type:	USB-C
Charge Graph
Power off Charge Port	Lowest 3 modes
Claimed Lumens (lm)	380
Measured Lumens (at 30s)	(0% of claim)^
Candela per Lumen	11.12
Claimed Throw (m)	120
Candela (Calculated) in cd (at 30s)	165lux @ 5.227m = 4508cd
Throw (Calculated) (m)	134.3 (111.9% of claim)^
Claimed CCT	5700-7000
Measured CCT Range (K)	5500-6200 Kelvin
Item provided for review by:	Olight
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Olight Oclip Pro
Emitter:	Probably Osram P9 (Flood)
Price in USD at publication time:	$31.99
Cell:	Internal
Turbo Runtime Graph	High Runtime Graph
LVP?	?
Switch Type:	E-Switch
Power off Charge Port	Lowest 3 modes
Claimed Lumens (lm)	500
Measured Lumens (at 30s)	(0% of claim)^
Candela per Lumen	1.32
Claimed Throw (m)	–
Candela (Calculated) in cd (at 30s)	29lux @ 4.921m = 702cd
Throw (Calculated) (m)	53.0
Claimed CCT	5700-6500
Measured CCT Range (K)	6100-6600 Kelvin
Item provided for review by:	Olight
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^ 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

• Orange body
• Neat charging port cover (it’s flat against the body!)
• Selector switch for each emitter
• Spot and flood are spotty and floody, respectively
• Good implementation of the red emitter
• Familiar user interface

What I don’t like

• Could use all 5 modes for red, too
• Low CRI
• Cool White
• Not possible to ever change the battery

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