【Wurkkos HD10 update】First batch of HD10 black available now 4000K&6000K

[ebastler (Moritz)]

You could ask @thefreeman if he is interested in a collaboration on such matters - he made an Anduril driver for Emisar with outstanding performance recently, which runs off AA and 14500, has RGB aux and very high efficiency.

Probably easier to have him help than developing the same thing from scratch.

[Wurkkos_Terry]

Absolutely! Come with flashing pads.

[ebastler (Moritz)]

That is huge news!! Thank you Terry.

[Wurkkos_Terry]

The removable bezel is included in my original design. But Wurkkos factory said it has not enough space. So removed it

[Wurkkos_Terry]

@ebastler

runs off AA and 14500, has RGB aux and very high efficiency.

Surprise! That’s definitely a good news.

[Wurkkos_Terry]

@darosk

I really hope there’s proper firmware flashing pads and removable bezel (bezel ring with notches) for modders, on the production version.

I hope so. The flashing pads is yes, but removable bezel not sure

[m03da (a bear.)]

@Wurkkos_Terry please please please try working with @thefreeman or @loneoceans The world needs an efficient compact Andúril head torch. The DW4 is great but unwieldy.

[Wurkkos_Terry]

@Lumenheir

If LED swapping was feasible

Dang! I really want to do that. Why we can Lost my deal

[Wurkkos_Terry]

@James_C

Hopefully Wurkkos will keep spares and sell them to us!

Absolutely! Terry promise

[Wurkkos_Terry]

@jon_slider

• Ship with New Anduril version.
• Flashing pads like TS10
• Clip attaches at the tail, as in TS10
• Screw in Bezel like Sofirn HS10
• Removable magnet like HS10

It’s necessary to make these things available Lol

[Wurkkos_Terry]

@wolfgirl42

@Wurkkos_Terry read @ebastler’s post above if you haven’t yet, lots of helpful info there.

Got it! Keep attention always

[Wurkkos_Terry]

@andrx

I’ve been using it with the tube reversed since yesterday and there are no problems

I guess the tube issue be caused by CNC machining deviation.

[Wurkkos_Terry]

At least half a month. Between mid June and July

[Wurkkos_Terry]

@wolfgirl42

any update on shipping replacements for the failed HD10 samples

Wait a minute. Let me check the stock of warehouse. Then shipping the new parcel immediately.

[Wurkkos_Terry]

@darosk

I really hope they’ve sorted out the issues

Sorry my man. We are still trying to fix the issue, I can’t provide a specific time

[Wurkkos_Terry]

@Mandrake50

He is usually very responsive to this sort of thing.

Yep, I always rush to battlefield at quick if no trivial job. The busy life stumble me

[Wurkkos_Terry]

@Oli

So why are they not doing that?

Wurkkos engineers often use the old firmware in order to test running smoothly. But I can’t believe that they forget to replace the latest firmware.

[Mandrake50]

Thanks Terry for taking the time to post all of the replies with lots of good information. I appreciate your efforts on our behalf. Once everything is sorted I think I will need to pick up the improved/fixed model.

It was a good idea to get some of these out there for people to use and help sort out the good and the bad.

[SteRo]

thank you very much - nice to be here

[YBF650]

So, my own HD10 has finally arrived. Thank you @Wurkkos_Terry

I’ll start with the good things:

• The host feels great in the hand
• Very good matte-black anodizing
• Switch is good, easy to use and the clicks are easy to feel.
• USB-C port has a good seal and does not get in the way
• Tint was decent, didn’t seem greenish, though not noticeably rosy either.
• High quality packaging

Now the things I am not such a fan of:

• No flashing pads, so the firmware issue cannot be fixed easily, or the light updated
• Switch ring and bezel are press-fit, not easily removable for modding
• Exposed plastic optic, mine already got a small scratch
• The tube cannot be reversed easily, so that the clip attaches near the tailcap.
  – Doing this makes the engraved battery look backwards

Unfortunately, it has a critical problem: the light has stopped lighting the primary emitters.
Initially it was sometimes not responsive and took a few seconds after being clicked. Seems to be firmware-related.
This happened after approximately 20 minutes of unboxing.

Recommendations for the production model:

• Fix the firmware issue (old firmware), use the latest TS10-v2 build
• Add flashing pads to the visible side of the driver
• Make the bezel and switch threaded, with grooves for a tool. Please no threadlocker either.
• Move the location of the engraved battery symbol to the tailcap.
• Add a chamfer to both sides of the tube, so it can be reversed without clearance issues.
• Add a glass lens between the bezel and optic, to protect from scratches
• Use wires going through the shelf of the light, like a normal TS10. It is a lot easier to disassemble for modding/repair than this T-connected design.

Update:

Out of frustration, while messing with the light to see if I could get it to work again, I banged it against my hand and it turned on.

Now I am quite sure that the problem is not in firmware, but hardware. I had a similar problem with a TS21, where banging it on my hand would trigger strobe, and I then found that it had a bad solder joint in the T of the boards.

@Wurkkos_Terry How would you recommend me disassemble it for diagnosing the source of the problem?

Update 2:
Unsuccessfully tried to disassemble the light, the T connection between the driver and MCPCB is very difficult to desolder. During this, the light got hot enough to apparently reflow some joints, as the problem is gone after I reconnected the MCPCB to the driver and allowed it to cool down.