I have been trying to use this flashlight for random tasks around the house, and trying to find excuses to use it daily, so that I could give a nice and thoughtful review. It is very bright and the presentation of the packaging was very well thought out. I will go over it in more detail shortly.
Unboxing & Packaging
The packaging feels premium and it’s clear that Olight had put some effort into its presentation. Everything was organized very cleanly and it feels like you are opening a high tech product and not a flashlight. I have only ever had flashlights from hardware stores so even opening it feels like a world of difference.
The Baton 4 Pro feels very solid in hand with a premium look and nice knurling along the handle. The mounting system in the packaging was nice too which allows you to mount the flashlight nicely on a wall or workspace which make it very practical. It comes with the wireless magnetic charger, similar to an apple watch charger, but no USB C charging cable was included in the box. There is an LED on the magnetic charger, which doesn’t add any functionality for me, but it looks cool at least?
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Features and Performance**
The back end is magnetic, which for some reason my 16 month old loves when I attach it to the fridge. He claps every time I do that LOL. The flashlight has multiple modes for brightness which include, moonlight, medium, high, turbo, and strobe.
I mostly used moonlight or high. There is a clip along the side which makes it easy to clip onto a hat to work like a headlamp, which I could see as being useful for hands free use, such as working on a car. I had it attached to my hat while putting and moving stuff away downstairs from my house since the hot water boiler room doesn’t have a light. It was pretty useful for that. We recently just started having an ant problem this week too so I was using it to look along all our flooring which was helpful during the nightmare we were experiencing. The strobe light was powerful but I don’t see myself using it. The turbo and high modes are quite bright and you can feel a bit of heat coming from the light but nothing too hot that you can’t manage. It’s a pretty impressive output given such a small and compact flashlight and can easily light up large rooms and walking paths. I can see the flashlight as a nice EDC accessory if you walk dogs at night. As for the battery life, after using it casually for two days I didn’t need to recharge it but I proactively did.
It houses an 18650 battery so you can easily replace if needed
Critiques
At first, I found it didn’t respond to my button presses as I intended, such as going between moonlight mode and other modes, and knowing the button press differences between the back button and the button on the side. However, after using it for a few days I didn’t have any issue with it anymore. It just took a little getting used to.
Final Thoughts
Overall, it’s quite a refined EDC flashlight experience. I never considered having an EDC flashlight before but its so handy and I am so thankful for being chosen for this tryout!
