My new Wurkkos TD01C showed up today and I decided to compare 3 of my SFT40 6000K-6500K 21700 throwers.
All 3 had fully charge batteries.
The Challengers( Wurkkos TD01C, Sofirn IF22A, Convoy Z1/8A Buck):
Sofirn IF22A:
Wurkkos TD01C:
Convoy Z1:
Left-TD01C and Right-Z1:
It’s kinda hard to tell but the Wurkkos TD01C is the winner in my book!
I’m surprised how circular the SFT-40 looks
Great comparison and excellent photos. What was the distance to your target (tree)?
Good question, it’s about 300ft
Great comparison. Happy to hear the TD01C was a winner for you!
TD01C is a ridiculous thrower. Truly impressive.
Thanks for the comparison.
I’ve got a Z1 with the SFT40 and the plain 8 Amp Convoy driver- so I was very interested. Did you compare the output drop off over a couple of minutes? I know my Z1 doesn’t seem to drop much on the highest setting.
The TD01C holds its output really well. My Z1, also SFT40 8A buck, gets hotter in my limited comarisons.
Let me suggest you get a L21B. It’s even more impressive than the TD01C
It was raining so I didn’t stay outside too long.
But the Z1 got noticeably warmer faster than the TD01C.
I used fully charged Molicel P42A in both lights.
I know it’s not exactly in the OP but I’m ultimately waiting on the Sofirn SF26 to have a regulated driver because I really prefer the USB cover design for the Sofirn. The beam shots are really nice and the comparison further convinces me that my Cometa/SFT40 is sufficient for now. Thank you!
One thing I should mention.
It’s hard to tell in the beam shots but the TD01C beam seems to have much better color rendering vs the Z1.
I don’t know for sure what’s causing it but I suspect it’s the difference between the TIR and Aspheric Lens.
In the beam shots the Z1 looks cooler but there’s more to it than that.
Has this been officially confirmed or is it just people hoping it will happen?
I haven’t heard anything about the Sofirn model. No one really mentions it (as much as I have read) but there’s been, almost, a requirement of forum members of that on the Wurkkos model. I’m just wishing.
Instead of wishing you should message Barry or sofirn directly.
The TD01C buck driver came about as a result of a lot of people collectively pestering and requesting of it from Wurkkos’s rep Terry.
Having said that - I don’t have much hope in Sofirn any longer. They are far less responsive to community feedback than they used to be. There’s more luck in Wurkkos. Perhaps you can ask @Wurkkos_Terry if they could adopt the TS26 usb-port in some of the Wurkkos models.
This makes perfect sense as an aspheric collects only emission to the front of an LED, not emission to the side. The beam would thus be much more blue-dominated and miss out on reds and greens, resulting in higher CCT and lower CRI despite more magenta tint.
Unrelated, but this is essentially the reason why I personally dislike the idea of high CRI mules.
Thanks for your trust my man. 
When will TD01C be available on Amazon with good price/discount?
I’m not sure. In shipping yet
