[Review] Wuben H1 headlamp :: High CRI + Red

OH! well thats some back story i didnt know…thanks

so you would recommend wuben h1 over sp40 any day of the week then?

is there anything better than the h1 in this price range? under or around $30

If you want the output to be consistent and regulated so that the light doesn’t gradually dim over time as the cell voltage drops, then the Wuben H1 is better.

right, i was wondering if theres any other ones around the same price that could maybe do like 600lm or 800lm, also regulated, or more/better features

Thanks for the review gchart, very informative.

I can’t tell from the picture for sure, but it seems the P9 diode is integrated with the pcb, and the black plastic sheet around is the washer. Please correct me if I’m wrong since I’m not sure what is the white round thing underneath. Could it be the LED mcpcb?

PS: you’re not that ugly, but I like only girls :laughing:

Good question! It appears that the driver board has a circle cut out of it and that an MCPCB with the LED sits in that cut out. Interesting, space saving design, huh?

everybody goes through an experimental phase

This WTF P6 led must be replaced immediately ;))

If you demand another CCT, then sure… but what makes you say that? P9 is 3737 BTW but I bet you could probably do a 3535 ok. Or I guess shoehorning a new MCPCB would work.

I wish I hadn't just spent $30 on a Wowtac A2S. I would have picked the H1 instead. The A2S needs some DC-Fix to make the beam more my preference for a headlamp. The H1 not only has that full flood capability I like, but regulation, a brighter main light and a red light too!

Thanks for the review.

Just gift the Wowtac to someone this Christmas and get yourself an H1 :wink:

i need to make more friends like u

I already bought two Wowtac A2 headlamps and two W1 EDC lights to give to as gifts to some non-flashlight people.

hey gchart, i just got a sp40 from amazon to try it out, and i realized i needed the lamp to be able to rotate easily, as in a built in functionality to rotate, not manually force the rotate. cuz the sp40 is strapped by 2 rubber rings, and if i want it at a different angle, i have to forcibly twist the light past where i want it, due to the give that rubber rings have, then let it turn back a little bit by itself to get it where i want it. i dont like this mechanism at all, and by the looks of it, wuben has the same design?

A ton of headlamps are the same way, including the Wuben H1. The only one that I’ve had be different was the D10/D25 headlamp which uses a hard plastic bracket.

wait which brand? i been seeing a lot of d10 and d25 recently

There are a bunch of brands of the same white-label headlamp. Commonly going by Boruit, but many others. D10 being the single emitter, D25 being dual emitter. Sofirn has their D25S, which is a customized version of it.

Seems quite similar to the excellent Nitecore HC65.

Part of the problem here is that the headband Sofirn included is a bit tight for an 18650 light - I found it more suitable for the diameter of an AA body tube.
It won’t change the elastic properties of the rings, but using a headband for a 24mm light (loads of cheap options on AliExpress) makes adjusting the light a lot easier.

hm…that could be it, cuz i noticed when i twist the light to position it, im pulling on the rubber quite a bit, and it feels like sooner or later, the joint where the ring is attached to the backboard will start to give out and eventually rip.