My T046R arrived today. Great shipping packaging, I will definitely change optics, runs hot. Going to get it charged and ready to go for some playing around tonight.
Can anyone confirm if the bezel is glued? I cannot budge mine.
Got mine as well.
Had to clean the LEDs on the TO10R, there was some black debris and I didnāt want to turn it on, but otherwise it was fine. I unscrewed the bezel by pressing it against the underside of my ESD mat, worked just fine.
Mine has arrived today Well, definitely not the CW tint, despite all the shift it has which is nothing that canāt be solved with DC-Fix or a frosted lens!
Again, thank you =the=, maukka and Wuben for making this possible
Some photos after putting a piece of diffuser on the TO46R (it is not perfect, but surely evens the shift that the XP-G3 produces!)
On the left, the TO10R, CW, original version! On the right, TO46R, NW, High CRI, group buy version
Just got my TO46R today. I had already bought a couple of the original TO46Rs that are sold on banggood.com that claim to be high CRI. Boy the difference between those and the group buy version are night and day. The tint on the original ones is hideous. Total crap actually, especially side by side with this one. The group buy version has a wonderful tint and CRI looks much better to the naked eye anyway. Iām glad I got an extra emitter board too because Iām going to immediately put it in one of the originals I already had.
Besides all of that, Iām really impressed with the build quality on the wuben lights I have. Itās impeccable. For all intents and purposes the lights are flawless. Anodizing, machining and overall fit and finish are top notch. Only āflawā with wuben is that they were and probably still are selling the crap version of this light (and calling it High CRI) on banggood/gearbest. This group buy version is awesome though.
EDIT: I just looked at the TO46R specs on banggood and theyāve removed all of the references to High CRI from the product page. The box they have pictured still says High CRI LED on it, which is not true. Unless theyāve upgraded the production version of this light with the group buy LEDs. Who know though?
Regarding shipping and handling cost, maybe if they are ordered in combination with a flashlight purchase, then the shipping wouldnāt have much additional cost?
Iām not a convert, Iāve been on the NW bandwagon since I got my first good NW lights a couple of years ago (Convoy L6 NW and Astrolux S41 Nichias) and I was immediately a convert then. High CRI IS kind of a new interest for me though. Canāt change my nickname, it doesnāt refer to my flashlight color preference, it refers to me!
Finally got my TO46R, TO10R, and spare emitter board (nearly 4 weeks of wait time).
For some reason I thought the TO10R was able to run 18350ās but found out it would only fit a 16340ā¦Bummerā¦. gotta read more carefully next time. (May bore the tube out to fit a 18350 in the futureā¦have 2 18350ās sitting idleā¦ will probably throw them into the Manker E14 with 18350 tube. )
What I observed after playing with the lights (tried some lego part swapping) some more:
46r: Head on 46r is āgluedā on to battery tube. Long press of power button (while light is off) turns on turbo mode.
10r: Tail cap is āgluedā on to battery tube. Long press of power button (while light is off) activates strobe (but momentary only and must be held down to keep strobe).
Iām assuming Wuben doesnāt want us lego-ing these lightsā¦
Will go read the manuals to see if I can change them.
One minor annoyance is the charging port flap/cover tends to get in the way of the micro-USB plug. This may deteriorate the cover and compromise the water ingress protection if recharging the light often via the port.
60 days and my package is still at the PostNL Acceptance Center. Jason (Wuben) has not been helpful, asking me to contact my post office instead. The problem is that the package hasnāt arrived in my country yet, so why ask me to call my post office?
PS: I did call my PO and they still havenāt received my package, as expected.
I did give Jason a poke after being in a similar situation. I doubt he actually did anything, but my light showed up a week later.
Nice product! Works exactly as advertised, but I admit Iāve not had much chance to take it out and test it āin the wild,ā as it were. That should be coming up in a week or two though, as I try to make a break for it away from work.