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Fenix recently announced the WT20R with a whacky design and I haven't seen any chatter about it here on the forum. Since I love side by sides, and I have one on the way, I figured I'd ask - what does everyone think of this light? Is there anything you want to know about it that I could answer for you?

The nice folks over at Battery Junction sent me over one of these for a review, click here to read it on my site!

From the product page:

  • The light takes a rechargeable pack or 2xAA
  • The head rotates from a right angle to a traditional flashlight
  • It has separate throw and flood LEDs
  • The tail is magnetic
  • The switch has a battery indicator built into it

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Been enjoying mine for almost 2 months. Have been surprised about minimal mentions for a kinda handy design, when blinding overkill isn’t needed in close spaces.

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I like this. Seems a little underpowered at 400 lumens with 2 emitters. Is the light well regulated on high?

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Looks like something Steamlight would come up with. Good to see they’re still innovating.

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Whacky? It looks awesome!
Thanks for posting, might’ve missed it otherwise.

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It’s 400lm per emitter, but you can’t have both on at same time. One thing the literature doesn’t mention, is that the wide emitter is ~6000K, and the spot led is a nice creamy ~4000K. Regulation works really well.

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I have only 1 question: Why is there no neutral white, high-cri version, with moonlight or real low mode?
But that would probably be a question for Fenix to answer.

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Has anybody unscrewed the front bezel? Easy to swap out the LEDs?

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There’s exposed screws there, I won’t be able to resist trying to remove them to identify the LEDs. Add King as it’s not glued or something I should be able to tell you.

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I need one of these!
and the clone that can be over driven!

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I wonder what’s the beam profile. If these 2 LEDs create one defined spot mixing tints/temperatures may be interesting to apply.

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Looks like a bounce-flash for a DSLR. :partying_face:

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Something new.

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The nice folks over at Battery Junction sent me over one of these for a review, click here to read it on my site!

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Excellent review!

Comparable lights?

Panda 3 Headlamp if you need dual emitter, flood + throw

Streamlight Clipmate USB if you need 50-lumen flood + red low level.

Various bendables like the Rofis R2?

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Yeah the panda 3 certainly makes a statement about the size of this thing, in comparison.

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I wish it had LEDs with better tint/CRI and was much less expensive.

I just can’t justify the premium price of Fenix products when there are so many really nice lights out there with better LEDs for far less money.

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I like this light more than I thought I would, and the rotating head and custom cell both add to the cost, not to mention the mold - but I agree, if you’re composing too the big budget brands they’re certainly more expensive.

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Did you get to trying to swap LEDs?

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I never did, no