Wurkkos TS30S Pro, opinions?
1mon 12d ago by lemmy.ml/u/solrize in flashlight
It's on sale for $60 with SBT90.2 led which is a quite expensive led. I generally prefer small lights but whenever Wurkkos puts an Anduril light on sale, I get FOMO since I think the light is being discontinued.
There's some discussion here: https://old.reddit.com/comments/1t5exay
I'm holding off from the partly comparable TS26 because of its driver issues (moon mode probs) and it's LEDs, though who cares about moon mode in a monster light anyway?
Also, what is so great about the SB90.2 LED? Convoy and Hank charge quite a lot extra for it.
The TS30S blurb claims 295K candela in turbo mode (6K lm) though that seems suspect since 1086m throw is claimed, which would be more like 100k cd.
The Noctigon K1 with same led has comparable throw and output and is of similar size but 2x the price.
In practice idk what I'd do with such a big light. My TS11 probably fulfills my needs for a thrower.
Also, what is so great about the SB90.2 LED? Convoy and Hank charge quite a lot extra for it.
It's a small light emitting surface relative to the amount of power it can take, i.e. it usually results in lots of output and throw. Companies charge a lot for it because it's expensive for them to buy. Looking at the layers of metal and glass and the 24 bond wires, it's probably expensive to manufacture.
The newer SFT90 costs a lot less and does about the same thing.
Wherr did you get the claim that 100k cd is over 1 km? For example the Acebeam L35 2.0 has 105k cd on turbo, and claimed distance is cca 650 m. The calculations are, well, a lot more complex than "times 10 and done".
Hmm I was remembering 1km for a 100kcd light but yes it looks more like 632m. See here: https://davestechreviews.com/2020/05/26/converting-candela-to-throw/