[review] Wurkkos WK30 white/red/UV light

Umm, you do know that UV has low and high brightnesses, too, right?

Yes, noticed that with the uv right away.

I’m hoping for a knurled version of this light as was alluded to earlier. Fingers crossed but not holding breath. :smiley:

Damn you…I’ve been trying to save money…

I discovered my light has the solid red and white 'mode' too. I say mode because it's kind of like having additional modes. I can then single click back to low red, medium red and then red and white (and that equals more light). We're always wanting more light, right? Lol!

I tried a few times to get into Bug Mode, and no joy.

Is that repeatable with youse, or just may-or-may-not happen?

(Or just think of it as white with a nice high R9 value…)

It's repeatable. I might've found another 'mode'. I clicked 4 times and it went into a slow blinker but I couldn't get out until I unscrewed the tail cap. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to do it again. I gave the light to family visiting from out of town. Doubt I'll see it again. Once I showed them what it does, they loved it. Maybe it'll come up on sale again.

I’ve gotten into the steady red/white mode, the flashy alternating mode, and some other weird mode I don’t remember now. I should start paying more attention to button-clicks. :beer:

Damn, I feel almost left out. :smiley:

I might’ve found another ‘mode’. I clicked 4 times and it went into a slow blinker but I couldn’t get out until I unscrewed the tail cap.

4 clicks is lockout mode.

4 clicks gets you out of the slow blinker mode as well, just tried it.

I was struggling yesterday to open it but gave it up. I have only one strap wrench. I was holding the head with pliers and tried to unscrew the bezel but my strap wrench was slipping around it.
Aswang, did you encounter any difficulties during your struggle?
I’m thinking of either heating it up just by leaving the white light on or by blowing some hot-air.

Any recomendations friends?

Any coupon codes currently available for this?

I’ve tried the ones previously listed in this thread, but they all appear to have expired.

I will check with Wurkkos for another groupbuy opportunity after CND, i.e. as of October 8, 2019.

Thanks!

Can you share how it's done? If it's (somewhat) repeatable..

The bug you mentioned seems to be similar to the one on the SP32A v1, detailed below.

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I've also discovered a few "bugs" on other Sofirn flashlights, eg the Sofirn SP32A (v1)

(note: Sofirn SP32A (v1) has a few revisions, which I will name v1.0, v1.1 and v1.2 -- this are my OWN version numbering, not Sofirn's)
v1.0: the very first batch with the very long ramping time (~7.5-8 seconds to ramp from low-to-high and high-to-low)
v1.1: improved ramping time of ~4 seconds while ramping from low-to-high or vice-versa; the flashlight does 2 slow blinks upon reaching Highest or Lowest brightness level (while ramping)
v1.2: similar ramping time as v1.1, but this revision does only 1 very quick blink to signify reaching the Highest or Lowest brightness level (while ramping)

I sold away the v1.0, so I can't verify it has the bug. I'm using the "v1.1" version where there are 2 blinks upon ramping to the Top or Bottom brightness.
I've ordered the "v1.2" for other people, which is how I discovered it has a difference in the different blinks when reaching ramp-top/bottom.

The bug for SP32A v1.1 (might be present in v1.0 and v1.2 too):
- go to Strobes modes (via triple-click), then do quad-clicks to engage Lockout mode.
bug result: The flashlight will now be locked out doing Strobes modes, and cannot be turned Off, until doing another 4 clicks to Unlock.

(normally, 4-clicks to Lock-out should only engage while in Off mode, not in a special mode like Strobes).

I'm wondering, if this is related to the above WK30's cannot turn off Strobes modes -- 4-clicks makes it "locked out" ( ie. cannot switch to another mode) in Strobes?

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Some other bug I've discovered on other Sofirn flashlights (related again to the "4-clicks to Lockout"):

Sofirn C8F v1 (the 18650 version) bug:
- the flashlight can be "locked out" while it's in Moon mode (ie. the light stays lit up in "Moon" mode brightness level, and since it's locked out, cannot adjust brightness or do anything else, until doing another 4-clicks to "Unlock" the "Lockout" mode)

requires a special sequence to activate this "Moon mode Locked-out" bug:
- turn On the flashlight first (any mode) => do a long-press/hold, which makes the C8F go to Moon mode, then do 4-clicks which will Lock-out the flashlight (with the main LED in Moon brightness level)
- this "bug" does NOT occur if done this way: from Off, long-press/hold the flashlight to make flashlight go to Moon mode, subsequently doing 4-clicks will not engage Lockout if done this way.

Brought one of these since a light with its features would be very useful to me. Have had nothing but problems with it. Nearly impossible to get out of white light mode. Several times have managed to get the red light. However this came only after three clicks, not two. UV light has come up one time. White light comes on immediately most of the time when switch is first pressed. Am returning and getting a replacement which, hopefully, will work properly.

My WK30 is 365nm now.
Still has plenty of output.
That ugliness is some NOA 61 I smeared.

Any idea when they will come back at sale price on AliExpress? I previously bought it for $29 with battery. Now it’s $42

Is Amazon an option for you? I have recently updated the groupbuy again with new discount codes.