[review] Wurkkos WK30 white/red/UV light

Code MY9WWF8L is till working. Ordered one for my family living on the beach in Florida. During turtle season, they are only allowed to use red flashlights on the beach to avoid disturbing the turtles. They will love this light- my family, not the turtles :smiley:

Code did not work for me just now.

The code worked form me yesterday but I’m on the fence and cancelled the order. Changed my mind today and coupon code not working. Sorry, won’t pay full price because the battery life is not good; 26650 run-time is only on par with other flashlights using 16650.

##EDIT## I was wrong, see my update a few posts below

$33.99 now with NO coupon!

Maybe so but it’s still more than with the coupon and by the time you take battery life into account and replacing the 395nm LED with a proper 365nm LED it seems not worth it.

I just received this wonderful little jewel. I’ve never had anything to equal its versatility…. Love it. :heart_eyes: :stuck_out_tongue:

I hear somebody complaining about the runtime. Or is that just to justify not getting one? LOL…

I say get one. You won’t be sorry. Everything is a trade off. I really don’t see any negatives as to run times. What a little gem !

From my owners manual: Runtimes.

Edited to add: Dual Red and white firing Strobe. KOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL!
Can’t find anything not to like. :+1:

Dog gamut, you’re right! I was looking at run-times for the red LED’s which are of course much less per lumen due to visual sensitivity drop-off in the longer wavelengths! This light no doubt uses a synchronous buck-boost SEPIC chip from TI or something similar, or at least I hope it’s not buck-only.

And so I re-purchased the light and I want to get the 265nm version of the original LG LED from AliExpress but I’m not sure this is the 2W version as is required:

This looks to be the correct UV LED for modification to 365nm:
Part Number: LEUVA33W70RL00
Flux bins: RP4=2160mW - RP1=1625mW
FwdV bins: V1=3.3V - V6=4.3V
http://led.lginnotek.com/

Hopefully 2W version:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33061675321.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.230b7e7aE6yEaH&algo_pvid=223177c6-feb0-42bf-b7b7-daca6e9a7d83&algo_expid=223177c6-feb0-42bf-b7b7-daca6e9a7d83-54&btsid=1e877034-96bf-422b-9105-39fcfc97db1a&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_2,searchweb201603_53

But the above is only rated 1.75W so this may be a better sub for heavy useage:
SST-10-UV-A130-E(F)365-00

And I see the correct one at:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000015221552.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.58831b143FRrSi&algo_pvid=f1908b7e-b37e-427f-8446-4c84619e1308&algo_expid=f1908b7e-b37e-427f-8446-4c84619e1308-0&btsid=be0e09bd-7571-45b1-b448-78158063dafa&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_2,searchweb201603_53

The LG has fairly low visible leakage (Luminus even better) so I shouldn’t need no ZWB2 filter after I bang it in. I hope someone figures out how to conjure the LED substrate out from behind the glass. My hotplate and hot air are ready!

Y’know, all this time, I still haven’t even looked at the instructions/manual??

LOL....have you all noticed when in the UV mode the Blue pilot light _ B R E A T H E S._.... OMG.... Double Neato.Kewllll !!

Ha! I had my finger over it all the time, so never noticed ’til you mentioned it.

LOL…I knew you’d have to take a peek

You guys be sure to use your UV glasses. At 2watts, you be takin on the Jedi… :nerd_face:


on my review of the light I have a video of that …… duh.

You most certainly did…. how’d I miss that?” Blue Fatty - Wurkkos WK30

In the Amazon sale ad, I see the orange 4800 5000ma battery has changed to a white 26650 with Wurrkos brand label. Hope its as good as the already tested orange one. Prolly is.

Hopefully this will come out in a group buy. Love the light, but not enough to pay $65.72 cad for it.

Yep, I hear that, no need to pay that much…that’s @ $ 50 US … Hope you can catch one soon.

There seems to be a lot of love for this light so I would guess Sofirn is going to start ramping up the production on it pretty soon.

I was expecting a smaller light but am happy it was larger than expected. The specs in the ad are wrong. It’s @ 37mm at the head. 29mm at the tube and 33mm at the tail.
The length is 4 & 7/16 inches. (Can’t find my long caliper duhhh)

My orange ones were/are listed 5000mAH, and both clocked in at 5380 and 5376 or something really close.