The Olight Javelot Pro 2 is a long-range torch: up to 2,500 lumens in a tight beam that throws 1,050 m, according to Olight. I paid $390 for the full kit, with a remote switch, mount, colour filters and a hard case. Like all our Olight torches, it came with us on a trip up north to Bouddi National Park.
What You’re Getting
A long black aluminium torch with a wide 63 mm head, a spiral grip, a side switch with a blue ring and a tail switch, plus Olight’s magnetic charging cable. It’s sold on its own for about $290, or as a hunting kit with a hard case, a remote switch, a mount and filters (see the full hunting kit below), which is the one I bought. On our scale the torch weighed 424 g.
What we like
- Throws up to 1,050 m
- 12 days on Low, 7 hours on High
- Battery level on the side switch
- Half-press tail switch for Low
- Remote, mount, red and green filters
- Waterproof hard case for the kit
What we don’t
- Big and heavy: 259 mm, 424 g
- Sealed Olight-only battery pack
- Lowest mode 15 lm, no moonlight
Quick Specs
| Spec | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Olight |
| Weight | 424 g |
| Battery | 2 × 2170010,000 mAhOlight pack |
| Length | 25.9 cm |
| Head diameter | 6.3 cm |
| Brightness | Up to 2,500 lm |
| Throw | Up to 1,050 m |
| Charging | Magnetic USB cable |
| Waterproof | IPX8 |
Throw and modes
This torch is all about reach. A deep reflector around a cool white LED squeezes the light into a tightly focused spot, which reaches up to 1,050 m on Turbo, according to Olight. It’s a spotlight in your hand: the one for looking far down a track, across a valley or out to the edge of the light at camp. The side switch steps through four levels:
| Mode | Brightness | Runtime | Throw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turbo | 2,500 → 1,000 → 600 lm | 5 + 180 + 27 min | 1,050 m |
| High | 600 lm | 7 h | 510 m |
| Medium | 150 lm | 32.5 h | 255 m |
| Low | 15 lm | 12 days | 85 m |
Four small lights in the switch show the battery level and the brightness at a glance. Turbo runs for about 5 minutes, then steps down to 1,000 lumens for about 3 hours and 600 lumens after that. The Javelot Pro 2 handles heat better than the original, and the thick aluminium body keeps the handle comfortable even on the higher levels. What it doesn’t have is a strobe or a moonlight mode: the lowest level is 15 lumens, which can be too bright inside a tent or for reading a map up close without waking the others.
The tail switch works like a pedal: press it halfway for Low and all the way for instant Turbo, so you can flash the beam on and off without clicking through the modes.
Battery, charging and size
The battery is a big one: two 21700 cells with 10,000 mAh in total, which is what gives it those long runtimes. The catch is that the cells are sealed into Olight’s own battery pack. You can’t swap in standard 21700s in the field; a spare pack has to come from Olight. It charges on Olight’s magnetic MCC3 cable, which clicks onto the tail, and with that much capacity a full charge from empty takes about 9.5 hours. The torch is waterproof to IPX8. At 259 mm long it’s a big unit: it weighed 424 g on our scale (Olight says 423 g), a little less than our Marauder Mini, but it’s much longer.
The full hunting kit
I bought the Javelot Pro 2 as the hunting kit, which comes in a foam-lined, waterproof hard case with a handle. It keeps everything together in the car. The full hunting kit costs about $390 at XHunter, about $100 more than the torch on its own.
Inside, each part has its own foam cut-out: the torch, the remote pressure switch, the mount, the red and green filters, the magnetic charging cable and 3M tapes.
The remote pressure switch hangs on a coiled cable that plugs into the tail, with a LO and a HI button, for constant or momentary light. It’s magnetic, so it sticks to metal, and the 3M tapes hold it on anything else.
The scope/barrel mount clamps around the 26 mm body of the torch, which fits standard 1-inch mounts too. Olight sells the kit for hunting, but the same parts can hold the torch on a bar or rack, with the remote switch within reach.
The red and green filters slip onto the head. Coloured light keeps your night vision, and it doesn’t spook animals as much as white.
Javelot Pro 2 vs Marauder MiniVs the Marauder Mini
Both are our long-range torches, but they work differently. The Javelot Pro 2 puts everything into one narrow beam and reaches the furthest. The Olight Marauder Mini is much brighter overall, with a 600 m spot plus a wide flood and coloured light, in a shorter, fatter body.
This review Olight Javelot Pro 2 |  Olight Marauder Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Light | Spot | Spot, Flood, Red, Green, Blue |
| Controls | Side switch, Tail switch, Remote | Rotary dial, Beam toggle |
| Charging | Magnetic cable | Magnetic cable |
| Max brightness | 2,500 lm | 7,000 lm |
| Throw | 1,050 m | 600 m |
| Weight (our scale) | 424 g | 470 g |
| Price we paid | $390 (kit) | $320 |
| Our score | 8.6 | 9.0 |
Conclusion: Olight Javelot Pro 2Conclusion
The Olight Javelot Pro 2 throws a narrow beam up to 1,050 m from 2,500 lumens, further than any other torch we own. The battery runs it for days on Low and about 7 hours on High, the tail switch gives Low or Turbo with one press, and the kit adds a remote pressure switch, a mount, red and green filters and a waterproof hard case. The downsides: it’s 259 mm long and 424 g, the battery is a sealed Olight pack that takes about 9.5 hours to charge, and the lowest mode is too bright for inside a tent. It’s the one for spotting things a long way off. I paid $390 for the kit.
A 2,500 lumen torch with a 1,050 m throw, a side switch and a tail switch, magnetic charging and a kit with a remote switch, mount, filters and hard case.
It weighed 424 g on our scale and is at its best for spotting things a long way off.
- 4WD tourers
- Campers
- Travellers
Yes, if you want to see a long way in the dark. The torch on its own is about $290; I paid $390 for the full hunting kit with the hard case, remote switch, mount and filters.
