You make nice lights (look and feel, newest LEDs, good brightness and/or good throw, super prices) and therefore you have a nice fellowship here, in reddit and TLF.
Biggest drawback for some models including batteries are:
no usb-c charging
no constant output on higher brightnesses
Biggest misstakes in general:
if you sell bad batches and we read about their problems here or on reddit (e.g. Ts10V1 something with turbo and LED burning,HD10-I forget what the issues was,TS12-driver issues,…)
What I would like to see:
TS10 a little bit longer with very good regulation of 2nd highest mode, usb-c charging and no stupid errors in 1st batch
TS10 SG a little bit longer with very good regulation, usb-c charging, 5000K and no stupid errors in 1st batch
HD10 mini (Manker E02 counter part) with 10440 / AAA NiMH, usb-c charging, but with a right angle head on both sides (one white high cri 4500K LED and one color LED)
flat light with tail clicky (the EDC23 from you in better!)
key chain light like EK1 (usb… you got it, floody, high cri, good regulation, one onemode twisty model and one tail clicky model with 4C lockout)
Giveaway sounds great!
I’d love to have a throwier version of the TS10max, maybe with one bigger domeless LED. If that had a buck driver, that would be a safe buy!
While we’re better off than a few years ago, the selection of quality, reasonably priced lanterns could still be larger.
Something in the LT1S class would be welcome, but perhaps with more design flair, and thoughtful touches, like magnetic mounts, that it lacks. If my cheap $10 lantern can attach itself to a surface adjacent to my work area, so should such a lantern.
Seems like any momentum first driven by the BLF LT1 has been lost.
I like Wurkkos about listening to the community with cool products. I started with TS10 and then fell into the hobby. I also got asked which flashlight to recommend other people. I ended up suggest FC11C due to improved driver, good UI and simple to use.
For the improvement, I would like to see some models get update with buck driver just like FC11C
Hi Wurkkos, thank you for organizing this GiveAWay.
Also thank you for actual listening to members of our community when we offer suggestions for further improvement of your products.
So far I own a HD15, a TS10, a TS30S Pro and a TD01C.
Personally I’m not a fan of built in charging, but I love your efforts to include more regulated drivers.
Last but no least: please stay away from lights that only run on proprietary batteries.
Good point. I’m generally satisfied with Wurkkos’ CCTs (I don’t have much use for <4000K) but I have had problems with bad tint.
In this regard, I would additionally suggest that @Wurkkos takes extra care to avoid SNAFUs like the TiTS10 bad LEDs, it’s not that difficult nor expensive to inspect prototypes and batches with an OPPLE light meter or equivalent to make sure no bad LEDs are being sent to customers.
Not so hot on 21700 myself (18650 for larger lights and 14500 for the smaller ones pretty much cover my needs), but good point on the SFT40 at 5000K, I’ve been experimenting with that CCT and find it a very good ‘middle-of-the-way’ between the 4000K I use in-house and the 6000K I use externally.
This! Proprietary batteries are generally shunned by all enthusiasts and for good reason, and specially when they’re not user-replaceable (which is most of the time).
OTOH I understand that for very small lights, and ones with odd formats, it’s difficult to find standard batteries (specially rechargeable ones),
The majority of Wurkkos lights don’t suffer from this, but zero lights with proprietary/non-user-replaceable batteries would be even better for Wurkkos portfolio.
The original BLF LT1 was from Sofirn, not Wurkkos, right? Just to get this straight.
I’m not so hot on lanterns, as I’ve found that standard flashlights with diffusers work very well for my use cases.
But I really love the fact that the LT1S has Anduril with triple channels, I can see quite a few use cases for this (one case specially, an UV light with LEDs for UV-A, UV-B and UV-C would be a killer product as it would allow us to investigate all kinds of fluorescence with a single light – some minerals fluoresce only with UV-A, others with UV-C exclusively, and still others with UV-B).
A boost driver could AFAIK take care of this (and other non-Li-Ion batteries as well, like primary Lithiums), and offer better efficiency and constant light output to boost. That’s one thing Wurkkos should seriously consider, as it would enhance their flashlights in many ways with a single measure.
With all due respect to @L37, I think this would be a mistake: if there’s one thing Wurkkos doesn’t need IMO is any more non-Anduril lights. I just bypassed the TS32 and bought a Sofirn Q8Plus due to that – and I think most enthusiasts feel the same way.
@Wurkkos: if you do launch more non-Anduril lights, please please please at least equip them with an AT1616 and flashing pads so we enthusiasts can port Anduril and flash them with it.
im excited for the giveaway, i think wurkkos should consolidate how many models are offered, add better drivers (anduril + efficiency) and more emitter options
Well, for me personally Anduril is a deal breaker for any practical light (do not really want to go into reasons here), as it will be for many non-enthusiasts who would otherwise use something like this.
So while Anduril is fun and everything i do not see why having choice is bad and would absolutely like to see more non-anduril lights with simple and functional UI like one FC11C has.
IMO a Lumintop Frog-like flashlight would be even better, specially with the diminute battery (10440?) they equipped it with, and of course adding Anduril, Anduril, Anduril (the original Frog could be flashed with Anduril, but then Lumintop cheaped it out and replaced the MCU with a non-AVR one, making that impossible).
I would love a true keyring-sized Anduril light, it would be a sure buy for me.
I respect your opinion, of course, and won’t inquire on the reasons as per your express wish, but just out of curiosity I would like to ask:
What is your preferred UI, exactly?
What about an Anduril-capable light but with Simple mode (which would come as the default from factory) mimicking the exact UI you prefer, and with a really long and complicated click-sequence that would switch it into full Anduril (so it would be virtually impossible to switch it into Anduril by mistake or accident), and moreover, costing the same or less than a non-Anduril light? Would that be acceptable for you?
Basic 1C for on, 1C for off, hold to change modes, 1H from off for moonlight, 2C from anywhere for turbo. And mode memory along with ability to go from moonlight into main group (basically bypass memory). I do not need anything else and also generally prefer stepped brightness (moonlight + 3-4 main modes + turbo is sufficient).
Simple mode… no, Anduril simple mode in not what i am looking for.
And this will inevitably go into reasons a bit… anduril would be acceptable if it was possible to disable shortcuts like 2H momentary turbo, basically everything but what’s listed above. And also have complete configuration lock (basically read-only eeprom) which can only be disabled in a very deliberate way, not possible to trigger by bad inner tube contact or any other user action or malfunction…
Agreed that the current system Wurkkos uses (eg in the HD10 and HD15R) could be improved. But clamps can be problematic too (just see the one on the CYANSKY HS5R). One system that worked really well for me was the one on the Manker E03H II: a flexible rubber-like plastic cilinder, and the clip could go over the outside of the cylinder to help keep the light in it (IMO even worse than a difficult-to-remove headband, would be one that doesn’t hold the light securely enough).
