One word: wow.
I got my TS21 and played around with it for quite a while, and that sentence pretty much sums it up.
You have a 21700-based light, whose cell has about twice the capacity of generic 18650s, and isnât much bigger than most 18650-based lights. In fact, just grabbing it off a table, itâs easy to forget that itâs not an 18650-based light. Itâs got the distinctive grippy design of the FC11, has a flat magnetic tailcap (with a cutout for a lanyard), stainless-steel bezel to help prevent damage to the head if banged or dropped, and has a trio of warm-white (4000K) SST20s providing the light.
Thatâs a mini-review right there.
The light came in the usual orange-and-white Wurkkos signature box, with the light itself properly mummified in bubblewrap for protection. Along with the printed manual is the snap-on deep-carry two-way clip (itâll make sense when you see it), the usb-C charging cable, and a baggie with lanyard and extra O-rings. The included cell is inside the light, so donât forget to remove the insulating disc!
As usual, the anodisation is a flawless semigloss black with not a single nick or ding or void anywhere. There are some shallow fins on the head to help with cooling somewhat. Grippy knurling on the tailcap helps when opening the light to get at the cell.
The sideswitch controls all functions. Itâs the usual raised-button with center âwindowâ with status LEDs underneath. The LED can be set to dim/bright/blink/off when the light is off, to act as a locator (or not).
Diametrically opposite of the switch is the charging port, with stiff rubber flap to keep out water and dirt. Charging is simple, just plug it in, watch the switch light go red while charging, then turn green when done.
The SST20s in 4000K are quite nice. Definitely warm without being yellow, and good color rendition. This triple makes a great addition to my TO46Rs and E2Ls.
This is a rather hefty light, definitely solid and substantial, so it may not be a perfect pocket-light, but it seems quite solidly built and able to take some abuse, âthough I would never subject my lights to that.
The user interface (UI) is the Anduril, and thereâs plenty of documentation which goes into the features in detail, even tutorials online. Suffice it to say that itâs click on/off, pressânâhold to ramp up/down (or step up/down if you select stepped vs ramping), and so on. It can do⌠lots⌠and might take some time to master those esoteric functions, but the gist of it is pretty simple. Learn at your own speed and at your leisure.
Claimed brightness is 3500lm, and I donât doubt it. Keep in mind that this is definitely a flooder, so it spreads light around a wide area, and intensity may not seem like much, but total light output is immense. It might not âreachâ the trees in the next yard down the way a âthrowerâ would, but it could light up your own yard in a nice (and huge) blanket of light.
It makes a perfect walking/hiking light, lighting up a huge swath in front of you. Itâs also quite nice around the house, and even gives my EC50 a run for its money. Of course, itâs also quite good for close-up work, and puts down a wider hotspot vs a small but intense hotspot a thrower would. The TIR lenses mix and project the beam quite nicely.
And in fact, the beam is nigh perfect. Zero ringiness like even the best reflectors would have. Faint spill with almost all the light caught by the lenses and focussed into the wide hotspot.
So there it is. It might be a bit pocket-heavy, being such a substantial light, but itâs a little powerhouse that can lay down a wide blanket of wonderfully warm light. Itâs definitely a keeper, and fits a jacket-pocket quite nice, and would be the perfect light for walking or hiking as mentioned.
Definitely a keeper, that about sums it up.
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