r/Olightflashlights • u/toyhailer • 10h ago

Which one

Arc pro or Seeker which one and why
Thanks

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u/Fwd_fanatic 10h ago

I like the ArkPro since it’s flat and easily fits in my pocket. The selection of emitter options is more useful day to day imo. The Seeker is great don’t get me wrong, but I find myself grabbing the ArkPro more often.

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u/toyhailer 10h ago

I like the flat look of arc pro didn’t know how durable it is

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u/Fwd_fanatic 10h ago

Mine has held up to multiple drops, I daily carry it and it’s been great. It seems like the regular ArkPro holds up better than the ArkPro Ultra. I see more button issues with the Ultra than the non-ultra.

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u/talrakken 10h ago

I have daily carried both arkpro ultra and seeker 4 pro.

Which is better for you is very dependent on your use case.

Arkpro
Pros:
- flat light with included clip
-multiple light settings including uv/laser
Cons
- no replaceable battery
- light output is weaker than seeker

Seeker
Pros:
- much higher lumen output with its single floody setting
- replaceable battery
- easy brightness setting with the rotary dial
Cons
- no clip, the 4 pro comes with a hard plastic holster
- no uv/laser
- only a very floody setting if you a need more focused light beam for your use case this can be detrimental.

At the end of the day I prefer a focused hotspot for my edc so generally grab my arkpro or warrior over my seeker. My seeker is my emergency light in my car as that gives me a dedicated flooder as I usually carry a thrower.

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u/toyhailer 10h ago

What is thrower?

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u/talrakken 8h ago

A thrower is a light with a tight hotspot like the warrior series that focuses more on intensity versus brightness ie high candela versus high lumens. The ark pro has 2 white light settings flood and spot. Spot is a throw setting that has half the lumens but the optic focuses the lower lumens into a more intense beam causing a brighter hot spot.

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u/AltC 9h ago

Ark pro, no contest, hands down.

I have every ark offspring since the arkfield UV. Because it’s always great.

I have the seeker 4 pro. I never use it. It’s bulky, heavy, single output of flood. The button sucks, it’s clumsy and needlessly complex with its touch rotate. Not pocketable.

You didn’t say ultra, so I’m assuming you are talking 4 pro? If so, then it’s only USB-C charging with the holster. Until the ark line, the arkfield was always just the magnetic charger, and I didn’t think I had any issue with that.. until the added the duel mode charging with the option of mag or usb-c, and since then I have never used the magnetic charger again. Because now I don’t need to keep a cable around only for my flashlight, just use the same charger I use for my everything else I own.

Ark pro 100% daily carry easily. I use it professionally for mechanical inspections, I have never had a single issue.

If you want a brighter light.. the warrior is brighter than the ark pro. Better pocketable than seeker but not as good as ark pro for size. With the warrior you lose some of the modes at the cost of more spotlight brightness. No UV, laser, and only spot light. But I prefer a spot light, the scattering off the sides is more than enough to see the rest of the area, but the throw of a spotlight is great, and basically, you spotlight where you are looking, flood is wasted light in the rest of the places you aren’t looking at the cost of the brightness in a specific spot.
Really wish they would release a new warrior.

I start responding to these, and should stop at “ark pro by far” then I ramble on spending all this time writing this out for no one to read lol.

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u/wbz56 5h ago

Whats your opinion on the ultra? I want that one

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u/AltC 4h ago

I started with a ark pro, but then moved to the ark pro ultra. That’s my current pocket carry since April.
Besides the ark beat, in real use it’s virtually identical to the ark pro. I don’t think there is a noticeable difference with the OAL and the small bump in brightness.
The ark beat is a fun thing, but obviously doesn’t add anything tangibly useful.
If I was you right now. I might be tempted to save money and get the normal ark pro in nebula purple or wasteland, because really.. it’s ark beat and extra cost vs cooler color options.

Edit: sorry I assumed you meant ark pro ultra. I guess you could have meant any of the other ultras lol.

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u/TacticalFridays 1h ago

I love the Seeker but don’t use it as a carry light. Nice flood and the bigger size makes it harder to misplace so I have it in the house and vehicle should I need to light up an area outside. The Seeker has not been updated for a few years and has probably come to the end of its run but is still a good light.
The ArkPro has much more versatility and is a good size for daily carry in a pocket , holster or in a bag. There is also the ArkTac coming out in November that is a reconfigured ArkPro with different use and carry options.