[Update]Wurkkos dual LEDs 21700 Headlamp design Photos/UI update~

i see nothing wrong with simple driver, average user won’t know the difference, they want simple reliable light, if it loses 5% of battery to heat they do not care, but it is still pretty big and heavy for a headlamp, great 90* flashlight thou.

Oh, i see, simple boost or buck circuit someone is calling a “Premium” thing. Wake up its 2020.

This competes with a few other dual (spot/flood) headlamps. The Fenix HM65R comes to mind. Weight wise, its not the heaviest in its battery-class. I think it missing a low power red LED that would have been the frosting on the cake, but its half the price of its true competition. I still think that this would make a great mtn.bike light… tune your perfect lighting and put it on the bar or helmet.

Yeah, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. :laughing:

Please show me some real competitor to HD20 using a buck/boost driver, both price-wise and feature-wise. ;-)

Armytek's Wizard Pro (using XHP50.2 with a 6V boost driver) for instance has less features and costs more than twice.

Your main competitor and it wins :smiley:

:-D :-D :-D

I’ll be ordering as soon as they are available on Amazon. Will not be too heavy on a caving helmet for sure.

Swing and a miss.

I’ve noted that a number of Sofirn flashlights (notably the EDC-sized like the SP31/32 series or SP10 series) tend to have not that good anodization, compared to other similar budget-priced flashlights (in particular, I’m comparing to say the Convoy S2 series) — in my experience, Sofirn’s anodization tends to scratch off more easily than the Convoy’s; so probably that means the anodization used by Sofirn is not as good?

Going back to ‘regulated’ drivers — I’m not that well-versed in electronics, but I like measuring/testing stuff using just basic equipment (I understand this is not enough, since I’m not really a professional) — but aside from the C8G and SP33v2 (early batch) that use regulation — how about the SP32Av2.0? I notice that this model does not use PWM for lower brightness levels (I seem to assume that not using PWM is usually “a bit better”) — almost all other Sofirn flashlights (EDC size) use some form of PWM when set to lower brightness levels, so I find the SP32Av2.0 to be “special” in this regard.

So my question is whether the SP32Av2.0 also using a more “regulated” driver? If so, then Sofirn is able to use a regulated driver for one of the entry-level flashlights…

Boost driver cost in China maybe 3$ and with premium components maybe 5$. From now i will call Convoy a premium flashlight manufacturer ;))

How many of their compact/EDC-style lights have a boost driver? (Hint: the driver is 22mm)

What other brands do, and how much do they cost?

Because it’s the 1000th+ time I’ve seen the terms used interchangeably here: Regulation and stabilization are not the same thing. Every flashlight that isn’t pure direct drive is regulated. Not taking a shot at you, but people always seem to make an association between good efficiency and full stabilization which is absolutely not always true.

I personally don’t really like the design of the overall body, I prefer one with knurling like the SP40. That didn’t stop me from buying one though, I wanted to wait until the SP40 would get updated with type c-c charging functionality but the additional throw/flood/powerbank functionality is something I really liked about this one! Also I assume I might be able to swap the body with another flashlight down the road so yeah :slight_smile:

I also do not like the wavy tubes used by Wurkkos, but I do like the quality/price ratio of their lights :money_mouth_face:

I’ll buy it when both LEDs are at 3000k or less and hi cri.

I don’t think they’ve ever heard of quality control…
I received my hd20 last weekend. Unfortunately, the 2 rubber rings of the headband are torn so that it is no longer possible to use the lamp as a headlamp.
There is also some dirt or scratches on both sides of the reflector, but I don’t think it will affect the beam much.I wasn’t able to make any pictures of it, it’s only visible when light is on

I think Lux hit on something that’s true for me when it comes to the HD20. The SHTF utility light has a lot of appeal to me. If I HAD to use the HD20 as a headlamp, it’s a capable headlamp. It’s fine as a handheld. And it can be somewhere in the middle (worn in pocket). It pretty much does all the tricks (takes multiple kinds of battery, charges via USB, battery bank when you need one). There’s not really anything else that does that anywhere in this price range. Would fully regulated/stabilized output make it better? Sure, you’re going to win some customers with that. You might lose some too if that makes it much more expensive or takes you longer to get it out to the market. Something consumers don’t see is the downside risk of not getting a product to market earlier.

I like the wavy tube body of the Wurkkos lights. Provides a nice option when most lights on the market has knurling.

Whut?

All its missing is a red led

So you want [let me count…] 3 LEDs?