[review] Wurkkos WK30 white/red/UV light

added to my ever-growing wish list of flashlights :smiley:

Freaky Halloween Light Show? Dunno, but it’s KOOOLLLLLL ! :sunglasses: :+1:

Oh, how bout night huntin brush hogs?

Wurkkos WK30 sesonal edition: My Way

Very, very nice light this one! I think this is my new favorite toy. And I was lucky enough that I was able to take the bezel off with no tools.. Somehow mine had a bit of red threadlocker, but it was so dry and looked like it had shrunken with time or something, pulling itself off the threads.. It simply fell off the threads once the bezel was free.

Love the form factor and reflector size, also THANK God the reflectors are SMO! Don't like the hold for Off tho.. :|

First thing this light needs fixing is a 365nm LG UV emitter, which ofc it's on its way from Simon :) and also a ZWB2 365NM UV filter :P

I wish the body would've been just a straight cut and thicker, as well as the tail cap.

I also wish the emitters would've been perfectly centered and have centering gaskets.. :|

I hope the MCU is supported/compatible with Anduril, so I could put some custom version of it on this nice light ideally :)

The beam patterns are nice, if only the emitters would've been properly centered that is.

I love the cutouts for the switch and USB port, as well as the USB protection cover.

I wish that there was one more mode between eco and low, otherwise, the spacing between low, mid, high is quite nice. Also the same for red, or have the mid a bit lower, maybe around 30 lumens or so. I feel like the UV's low mode is kinda pointless, but doesn't bother me too much.

Random stuff I haven't seen mentioned:

Sofirn SP33 body tube fits nicely with the help of a 2mm thick spacer that you could make out of some solid copper wire - someone mentioned that this light would look better with some knurling on the body and tail - I can now confirm that is definitely the case ;)

Triple Click from Red goes back to white, just as Double Click does from UV.

In case anyone had any doubts :)

Yay!

Would like to buy amother Wurkkos WK30. Any idea when they will come back at sale price on AliExpress? I previously bought it for $29 with battery. Thanks

I notice that a few of the Wurkkos products have moved to the Sofirn AliExpress store, not sure if the WK30 was also made available there.

Thanks, but unfortunate I couldn’t find the WK30 there either. Maybe I will just have to wait for this Covid situation to pass and hope they relist it .

The WK30 is already available at the Sofirn AliExpress Store.

Got it. Thanks!!!

Late to the game but just ordered a second WK30 (both from Amazon without coupons codes).

What I found special about this light:

No knurling (have enough lights with knurling, extra points for being different)

Freaky Red/White strobe (interested to see how much trouble this may get me in)

Red mode (experimenting with how useful this will be for preserving night vision)

UV mode (not that useful for me but intrigues others)

Neutral white light (though I am not as sensitive about this issue as others)

Having to remember another unique user interface helps keep an old mind sharp

Thank you "Lightbringer" for your review and "Light-Bringing" the WK30 to my attention.

No worries. Still haven’t gotten bored with this one. :laughing:

doubt u ever will, i also find this light insane fun and unique :sunglasses:

And that ’351… :heart_eyes:

Received my second WK30 last week and just in time because they are now out of stock on Amazon US. The only difference between the two is the orientation of the tri-led in relationship to the switch and searching images on the web I have seen both configurations.

The first light has the white led oriented opposite the switch and the second light has the white led oriented near the switch, so one advantage is I can easily tell the two lights apart, but even though there is no functional difference, aesthetically I prefer the first light with the white led oriented opposite the switch because to me it just looks "better balanced" overall from different viewpoints when not being used.

Also read some of the motor vehicle laws for my state and they are very strict regarding vehicle lighting. To be safe and avoid violations, do not shine lights out of your vehicle or ever use a strobe or colored light while on a public road even if you really want to use that freaky Red/White strobe to get though traffic.

I purchased a WK30 today on eBay. Brand new for $25.30 shipped. I have a feeling it will have 395nm UV.

Can’t wait to get it! Looks like fun.

Oh , we have never Authorize for any ebay store, would you mind send me the link for a checking ?

PM sent. Thank you. I appreciate you looking out for us (members on BLF).

Thank you to Wurkkos for looking into my eBay purchase!

It appears that it was just an individual selling a brand new torch they had. I see this quite a bit with pocket knives. As long as the seller has a 100% score, and they accept returns, I feel comfortable buying when the price is right.

I am interested in opinions others may have. These are my findings as a casual observer.

The WK30 in now back in stock on Amazon US. I just received a new WK30 from Amazon which should now have the newer 365 nm UV LED. I also have the older WK30 with the 395 nm UV LED.

There is not much of a difference between the two UV wavelengths in my judgement (assuming my new WK30 does indeed have the newer 365 nm UV LED and my older one is 395 nm UV).

I can consistently tell the difference between the two but only from the hotspot's characteristics. The hotspot on the older WK30 with the 395 nm UV is slightly more defined at the edge of its circumference and is also just slightly brighter overall with a tint containing more visible white light, but the difference is barely perceptible.

In actual use there is even less of a difference. I compared the two visually in total darkness by inspecting US currency, my drivers license and passport, a collection of minerals and petrified objects, various gemstones on jewelry, various rooms and objects inside my house and naturally occurring objects outside of my house.

For me, everything that showed up with the newer 365 nm UV was also visible with the older 395 nm UV and could be noticed just as easily and clearly with the older 395 nm UV. The only difference I could perceive was that the WK30 with the 365 nm UV was visually just slightly dimmer on objects that did not fluoresce which was probably due to it being 30 nm farther away from the visible light spectrum.

However my observations are based on assuming the new WK30 from Amazon did have a 365 nm UV LED and that the older one did have a 395 nm UV LED but I do not have access to any scientific techniques that would independently verify these assumptions are correct and there are not any identifying markings on the WK30 which would indicate the wavelength of the UV LED being used.

Below is an image showing the type of difference I was expecting to see (but did not see) between the two UV wavelengths from this link (however I do not have any Canadian currency):

http://www.diyphysics.com/2012/04/12/telling-apart-365-nm-from-395-nm-ultraviolet-leds-and-flashlights/