Wurrkos TS10 preliminary impressions

Just received my Wurrkos TS10 cool white, black anodizing with ice blue aux leds.

Here are my preliminary impressions:

• Build quality– excellent. No issues, but I just got the light so haven’t had time to really test. The light feels solid and well built.

• Hand feel (how comfortable and secure the light feels in my hand) – average to below average. it’s about as slippery as an FWAA. No knurling, but the light has more ridges than an FWAA. It does feel not as secure in the hand as some lights with more knurling like the Sofirn SP10 or Eagtac D25A. It’s good enough but there is a bit of feeling that it could squirt out of my hand.

• Size– phenomenal. This thing is tiny! The diameter of the light is about the same dimensions as an FWAA, but the entire light is noticeably shorter. This is smaller than an FWAA and one of the smallest 14500 sized lights around.

• Beam– phenomenal. Either owing to the choice of emitters or optic, the beam is significantly more focused than an FWAA. This is still a floody light, but the beam shape feels more like that on an FW3A than an FWAA. The optic appears to be different than an FWAA even though the diameter of the optic looks about the same. In terms of tint and CRI this is also probably the best “cool white” light I’ve ever seen. Previous reports of 5500K and 99 CRI sound about right.

• Output– excellent. Despite its more focused beam, this light still seems to be putting out plenty of lumens. Not sure how it compares to an FWAA, but it’s probably not too far off.

• Features– excellent. Anduril 2 with aux leds in a ridiculously tiny package. What’s not to like.

• Switch– very good. The switch is noticeably crisper and requires more pressure to activate than an FWAA’s switch. It’s even better than an FWAA’s switch with o-ring mod. It really feels like Wurrkos put some effort into getting the switch just right before releasing this light. This is still a light with a tailcap electronic switch…. accidental pocket activation is still possible unless lockout is used. However, the switch stiff enough and the light is small enough that I would feel comfortable pocket-carrying it without lockout.

• Clip– average to below average. I’m not a fan of 2-way clips. Especially like this one where there isn’t enough of a lip to slip the light over a pants pocket without using your other other hand to lift up the edge of the clip. Slip-on clips are also inherently less secure than ring-clips like on the FWAA. Also, there isn’t an option to buy an aftermarket deep-carry clip like with the FWAA. That said, if there ever was a light to stick on a ball cap as an impromptu headlight this is it. and the tension in the clip itself is quite good. Note that some after-market clips from other manufacturers allow for deep carry.

• Price– excellent. This light is cheaper than an FWAA and overall better.

Other notes:

• It tailstands perfectly
• It accepts both flat-top and button-top 14500s. (I tested mine with flat top and button top Vapcell H10s)
• I did not test for parasitic drain.
• Ice Blue aux leds were too bright for me in high mode, but are fine in low mode. Brightness of the two modes seemed similar to the aux brightness settings of the Emisar D4v2.
• When choosing aux led color, it may be worth considering parasitic drain. For example green aux leds will probably be the brightest followed by ice blue. Red will probably be the dimmest. If you choose red and then find yourself running the aux leds at high power the battery will likely drain faster than if you pick green and run at low power.

My preliminary impression: This is a fantastic little light. It is better than an FWAA in just about every way. The only things the FWAA does better are:

• selection of stock clips (I might be a bit biased here since my FWAAs are all wearing deep-carry 2-way clips that have been modded to be one-way clips).
• selection of exotic materials (titanium, copper, etc.). Hopefully Wurrkos will consider making a Ti or Ti-Cu version of this light.
• selection of color temps. Currently the TS10 is only available in cool white and 4000K neutral white.
• Modability – the FWAA’s star is sized for standard XP sized leds giving it more options for modding than the TS10. Note that I did not check to see if the TS10’s bezel is screwed.