【TS10V2 Al available】Wurkkos "slender waist" TS10v2 aluminum version available with black,green,orange

Do these versions already have all the bugs fixed?

Thanks for the update, bought one right away.
It is nice to hear about the challenges in the manufacturing process. Would love to see more about the micro-arc oxidation process, how it works and the challenges it presents.
Does anyone know about a good video on it?

link update :

Ordered TS10 MAO 4000K
I wonder if I made mistake ordering orange aux, instead of red /blue, that would come probably better with the white MAO.

What's the spec of the wurkkos 14500? MAX Amp on sustained discharge and charge?

Ordered a MAO with red aux, thanks.

I have the same question. Do the ones shipping now have updated firmware? Do the aux lights stay on all the time and when primaries are on? Thanks

I didn’t even see that part…. hope its ok lol. I just saw MAO available now in the title, didn’t know of flaws at that point. Maybe it refers to the ‘Wurkkos’ brand name which appears from the photo’s not to have gone on very well.

Ordered of course. From AliExpress though. Somehow shipping from wurkkos store is much slower than from AliExpress, for me at least.

My 3rd: MAO white with ice blue and 6k. Like others, I feel this is a good combination. :sunglasses:

For sure will have the 4th, hopefully the brass one.

I will be interested in buying the 5th one, if Wurkkos comes up with a single emitter and more throwy one with a deeper carry clip, in Ti.

Will you also make aluminum versions with 3000K?

After anodization some parts get a second run in the mill (for example threads). If you are not careful the anodization might get damaged (clamping, coolant, chips). The white and rough anodization makes this even harder.

I expect MAO to be much thicker and deeper than normal anodization. But maybe the manufacturer hasn’t correctly parametrized the process.

Gonna make it so that it doesn’t shine on what you’re aiming at? :clown_face:

I see you are giving a 20% discount to Amazon users. Is it possible to get a similar discount for Aliexpress?

I know there have been reports of frying the emitters with high discharge cells, but the TS10 is smoking on turbo with stock emitters and the included Wurkkos cell.

This might not fry the emitters immediately but can shorten their lifespan. If you have this light, go easy on turbo if your battery is fully charged.

I turn Turbo off in Anduril… I see no point to fast draining the battery and having output drop to 100 lumens within seconds.

look at this runtime graph, Turbo is a Lead Ballon

pic is a link to review

And I set a ceiling of 120/150… = 250 lumens, which is sustainable, and more than enough for my Urban EDC needs.

Focusing on Turbo, misses the point of a little flashlight like the TS10… Turbo is only for marketing comparisons. It is not for real world use.

Some people pay over $400 for an HDS w a max output of 200 Lumens. A TS10 can do that for about $25, plus it has Aux lights :wink: :partying_face:

The video shows the bezel is off. The led board is probably off from the heat sink, causing this?

There may also be contamination on the LEDs, always clean with isopropyl alcohol after mounting/soldering. In addition, the optics press the MCPCB down to the heatsink, so it should be run at low level at most without it.

Made this same discovery yesterday and shared it on a flashlight Discord channel, but didn’t want to go public before doing further experimenting.

Without bezel and TIR there’s nothing applying pressure on the MCPCB, thus very little of the heat is transmitted to the flashlight body.

From my additional tests, applying pressure on only one point on the MCPCB, no major smoking happens. The TIR applies pressure evenly on three points, so I wouldn’t expect there to be issues when it’s properly installed.

Unfortunately couldn’t do more tests, as the toothpick I used for applying pressure slipped, and flying went one of the emitters. :laughing:
Time to make a tint mix now with the 6000K emitters I ordered alongside the TS10…

Thanks for taking a hit for the sake of furthering our collective understanding.

Agree!

Sorry to see the Magic Smoke Escaping from you light.

imo, Turbo is only for marketing. For actual use, I disable Turbo on my TS10, and lower the ceiling 40 Clicks

(for science) I’ve been using my first batch TS10 with H10 cells a lot over the last couple months and putting it in turbo with temp set to 50°, forcing a turbo bump one or two times after it starts to step down. No issues at all. This is not my favorite light and for sure the TS10 is worthy of some criticism, but it seems pretty sound and reliable so far. Points already mentioned about clamping pressure in the smoking video above…I mean this is really to be expected isn’t it? Removing that clamp pressure from the optic/bezel allows for less heat transfer even if the mcpcb doesn’t lift up from the shelf visibly. What’s smoking? Is it actually the emitters or is it thermal paste or flux residue or the surface of the mcpcb? Any bits of broken glue get in there, or solvent residue, or something else? Button it back up and there’s no problem, eh, probably?

I don’t understand the trend lately with people calling out lights for faults that do not exist. Initially we had two claims here with the TS10, one of which proved to be invalid (so to speak) and the other was a minor/expected failure of an emitter which can happen with any of them, and has not-infrequently in the past with a variety of emitters and light manufacturers. Not many months ago a couple of experts were calling out Hank for shipping the wrong emitter temp in their lights. Much ado was made and money out of Hank’s pocket to send free replacements, and it turned out they just didn’t know important details about light/physics/emitters/flashlights and Hank had not made an error at all. Maybe it would be a little better if people asked rather than exclaiming there are problems? This is a pita for our manufacturers and stuff like this seems to have strained some of the relationships the community worked to develop.

I think Wurkkos has a good thing going and hopefully they are picking up on the ways to improve in a few areas, but it seems like they’re catching some flak they (the products) do not deserve, too.