The Olight Marauder Mini is a big torch in a small body: up to 7,000 lumens, with a spot that throws 600 m and a flood wide enough to light up a whole campsite. I paid $320 for it and took it, along with the rest of our Olight torches, on a trip up north to Bouddi National Park.
What You’re Getting
A black aluminium torch with blue accents, a blue lanyard and a nylon holster. The head has a ring of LEDs around a central lens, and on the side is a blue rotary dial with the switches. It charges with Olight’s magnetic USB cable. It’s waterproof to IPX8, down to 2 m, and Olight rates it for drops of up to 1.5 m. On our scale it weighed 470 g, or 506 g in its holster.
What we like
- 7,000 lumens, 600 m throw
- Spot and wide flood in one
- Red, green and blue light
- Rotary dial for brightness
- Magnetic USB charging
- Holster included
What we don’t
- Too big for a trip to the long drop
- Magnetic cable, not USB-C
Quick Specs
| Spec | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Olight |
| Weight | 470 g506 g in holster |
| Brightness | Up to 7,000 lm |
| Throw | Up to 600 m |
| Light | FloodSpotRedGreenBlue |
| Battery | 6,500 mAhBuilt in |
| Charging | Magnetic USB cable |
| Waterproof | IPX8To 2 m |
| Warranty | 5 years |
Flood and spot
This is a workhorse. We use it most when we arrive at a campsite late at night: the flood lights up the ground between the trees, so we can find a good, level site. When we come across wildlife, at camp or driving somewhere remote, the spot picks the animals out, even when they’re a fair way off. It’s not the light you grab for a walk to the long drop, though; it’s too big for that, and a head torch does the job.
The Marauder Mini has two kinds of white light. The ring of LEDs gives a wide flood, which lights up everything around you: the campsite, the track ahead, the trees around camp. The lens in the middle throws a narrow spot, which reaches up to 600 m according to Olight. A toggle switch on the side picks the beam, flood, spot or both, and the rotary dial on top turns the brightness up or down. When it hasn’t been used for a while, the torch locks itself; a quarter turn of the knob unlocks it. The body has a rubbery grip, so it sits well in the hand.
Red, green and blue
As well as white, it has red, green and blue light. Red is the one for around camp at night, because it doesn’t ruin your night vision. Green and blue are there too; Olight lists hunting among its uses.
Charging and battery
The battery is a 6,500 mAh cell, built in, and it charges on Olight’s magnetic USB cable, which clicks onto a round contact in the tail of the torch. We charge ours from the USB socket on the 12V panel in the back of the Prado. It’s Olight’s own magnetic cable, not standard USB-C, so don’t lose it. Olight also builds in a thermal sensor that warns you and turns the output down when the torch gets hot on full power.
Holster
The torch comes with a nylon holster with a belt loop. In the holster, it fits in the door pocket of the Prado, within reach.
Marauder Mini vs Seeker 4 ProVs the Seeker 4 Pro
If the Marauder Mini is more torch than you need, the Olight Seeker 4 Pro is the compact option: a wide flood up to 4,600 lumens, less than half the weight, and a holster that charges it. The Marauder Mini is the one for throw, with its 600 m spot and coloured light.
This review Olight Marauder Mini |  Olight Seeker 4 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Light | Spot, Flood, Red, Green, Blue | Wide flood |
| Size | Too big for a pocket | Pocket-sized, 133 mm |
| Controls | Rotary dial, Beam toggle | Rotating side switch |
| Charging | Magnetic cable | Holster, USB-C |
| Max brightness | 7,000 lm | 4,600 lm |
| Throw | 600 m | 260 m |
| Weight (our scale) | 470 g | 207 g |
| Price we paid | $320 | $200 |
| Our score | 9.0 | 8.8 |
Conclusion: Olight Marauder MiniConclusion
The Olight Marauder Mini puts out up to 7,000 lumens, with a 600 m spot, a wide flood and red, green and blue light. The rotary dial makes it easy to set the brightness, it charges on a magnetic cable and it comes with a holster. At 470 g it’s heavy for a handheld torch. It’s a workhorse: it finds us a level site between the trees when we roll into camp late at night, and it spots wildlife at camp or on remote roads, even a fair way off. It’s not a light for the walk to the long drop, though. I paid $320.
A 7,000 lumen rechargeable torch with a 600 m spot, a wide flood, red, green and blue light, a rotary dial, magnetic charging and a holster.
It weighed 470 g on our scale, so it’s a torch for the car, not the pocket.
- 4WD tourers
- Campers
- Travellers
Yes, if you need a lot of light. I paid $320 for a workhorse that finds us a campsite in the dark and spots wildlife from a distance. For walking to the toilet, a head torch does the job.
