Wurkkos HD01 Rechargeable EDC Flashlight Review
Check out this Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight! It has multiple emitters, a green laser, dual switches, and USB-C charging. It’s feature-rich! Read on!
Official Specs and Features
Here’s a link to the Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight product page.
Versions
There are at least two versions of the Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight. There’s this black body version and a newer silver version, too. I believe the emitters and other features are the same.
Price
The Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight sells for $49.99.
What’s Included
- Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight
- Charging cable
- Lanyard
- Manual
Package and Manual
Build Quality and Disassembly
The Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight is another in the line of recent rectangular-body lights that have a ton of features.
Build quality is good and the light feels solid. One (not) build quality aspect of the HD01 is the bezel – it’s not flat. You can see it best below. The light won’t headstand (or not well, anyway.) But that’s a design thing, not a build quality thing.
I am not sure how the Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight goes together. It could be that the pocket clip screws (3) also hold the tail cap cover in place. That’d be unusual but feasible. If so, it seems like all the guts are stuffed into the Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight from the tail end. I did not disassemble any of that!
Size and Comps
Dimension: 111mm (length) x 27mm (head diameter) x 17mm(Height)
Weight: 95g / 0.21lb
If the flashlight will headstand, I’ll show it here (usually the third photo). If the flashlight will tailstand, I’ll also show that (usually in the fourth photo).
Here’s the test light with the venerable Convoy S2+. The version below is a custom laser-engraved Convoy S2+ host by GadgetConnections.com. I did a full post on an engraved orange host right here! Or go straight to GadgetConnections.com to buy your Convoy S2+ now!
Also above is the light beside a TorchLAB BOSS 35, an 18350 light. I reviewed the aluminum version of that light in both 35 and 70 formats. I also reviewed that specific edition, the “Oveready BOSS FT Collector Vintage Brass” 35. I love it!
Retention and Carry
There’s a screw-in tw0-way pocket clip on the Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight. It uses there screws, and as I said above, one (or more?) of those could be one of the main things holding the light together.
The clip is surprisingly stiff and also allows for fairly deep carry.
A lanyard is also included. It attaches to the pocket clip.
The tailcap houses a magnet, too. I wouldn’t consider the magnet removable.
Power and Runtime
The Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight is powered by a built-in LiPO. I searched and could not find the capacity of the internal cell. It’s not replaceable.
Output is rated at 1200 lumens and initially does come fairly close. There’s a stepdown after a minute and a half on turbo – much later on the other modes.
Here’s one test for the side white light.
After turning the Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight on, the switch (switches technically) should indicate for around 5 seconds what the battery level is, as follows:
Green: 50-100% power
Red: 10-50% power
Red flashing: <10% remaining
Charging
The Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight offers built-in charging by way of a USB-C charging port on the head end.
There’s a press-in cover. I found this cover to be a bit fiddly, but if you have any fingernails at all you will not have any trouble with it.
Charging by A or C both work great and are very consistent, at around 1A.
Modes and Currents
| Mode | Mode Claimed Output (lm) | Claimed Runtime | Measured Lumens | Tailcap Amps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spotlight Turbo | 1200 | – | 1030 (0s) 935 (30s) |
– |
| Spotlight High | 450 | 1.3h | 361 (0s) 351 (30s) |
– |
| Spotlight Medium | 100 | 4h | 89 | – |
| Spotlight Low | 20 | 24h | 15 | – |
| Spotlight Moon | 1 | 70h | 1.1 | – |
| Coblight (Side light) High | 180 | 2h | 132 | – |
| Coblight (Side light) Medium | 25 | 6.5h | – | – |
| Coblight (Side light) Low | 1 | 70h | – | – |
Pulse Width Modulation
The lowest modes for both white emitters do not use PWM. All other white modes do. Even turbo!
Here you can see a “baseline” – a chart with almost no light hitting the sensor. Then there’s the Ultrafire WF-602C flashlight, which has some of the worst PWM I’ve seen. It’s so bad that I used a post about it to explain PWM! Here are multiple timescales (10ms, 5ms, 2ms, 1ms, 0.5ms, 0.2ms) to make comparing this “worst” PWM light to the test light easier. That post also explains why I didn’t test the WF-602C at the usual 50us scale.
User Interface and Operation
There are two switches on the Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight. They feel about the same. The switch furthest from the front (the “Rear button”) controls the front white emitter. The other switch (the “Front button”) controls the laser, white side light, and RGB side lights.
The switches feel the same but are easily distinguishable based on their placement.
Here’s a user interface table! The separate emitter arrays can largely operate separately. For example, the laser (or RGB or side white) can be on while the front white emitters are on (!!!).
| State | Action | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Off | Click rear button | Front On (Mode memory) |
| Off | Hold rear button | Front Moon |
| Any | Double click rear button | Front Turbo |
| Any | Triple click rear button | Strobe |
| Off | Click either button 4x | Iterate Lock (Front emitter blinks a few times to indicate) |
| Front on | Click rear button | Off (except from Turbo or Strobe |
| Front on | Hold rear button | Mode advance (LMH) |
| Turbo or Strobe | Click rear button | Previous mode |
| Off | Click front button | Laser on |
| Off | Hold front button | RGB ramping on |
| RGB on | Click front button | Off |
| RGB on | Hold front button | RGB Ramping |
| RGB on | Double click front button | RGB slow flash (at current color) |
| Off | Double click front button | COB white on |
| COB white on | Click front button | Off |
| COB white on | Hold front button | COB advance (LMH) |
| Off | Triple click front button | Rainbow flashing |
| Rainbow flashing | Click front button | Off |
| Rainbow flashing | Double click front button | Rainbow flashing group advance (Signal > Stream > Meteor) |
| Off | Click front button 5x | Iterate breathing switch indicator |
It’s very possible there’s more and that I’ve missed something. There’s a lot going on in this light! Even so, I’d still say that the user interface is fairly straightforward!
LED and Beam
The main (or “front”) emitter is a Latticebrite HM at 6000K. There’s a small TIR with it and a green laser alongside it.
The side emitters are CSP1313 at 5000K.
LED Color Report (CRI and CCT)
Below you can see first the front emitter 5 modes, and in the second row the three modes from the white side COB. The front emitter is cool white on lower output and very cool white on higher output. It’s also low CRI. The side white emitter is around 5000K and high CRI!
Beamshots
These beamshots always have the following settings: f8, ISO100, 0.3s shutter, and manual 5000K exposure. These photos are taken at floor level, and the beam hits the ceiling around 9 feet away.
Tint vs BLF-348 (KillzoneFlashlights.com 219b version) (affiliate link)
I keep the test flashlight on the left and the BLF-348 reference flashlight on the right. These photos are taken around 18 inches from the door.
I compare everything to the KillzoneFlashlights.com 219b BLF-348 because it’s inexpensive and has the best tint!
Summary and Conclusion
The Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight is a very neat light! It has so many features – high output front emitter, green laser, white floody side lights, and finally, an RGB array! It’s a lot. Fortunately, the user interface is reasonably straightforward. USB-C charging is great, but I do not love the fact that the battery can never be replaced. Still, for $50, it’s a great way to get so many features!
The Big Table
| Wurkkos HD01 rechargeable EDC flashlight | |
|---|---|
| Emitter: | Latticebrite HM |
| Price in USD at publication time: | $49.99 |
| Cell: | Internal |
| Runtime Graphs | |
| LVP? | Unknown (but probably) |
| Switch Type: | E-Switch |
| Quiescent Current (mA): | ? |
| On-Board Charging? | Yes |
| Charge Port Type: | USB-C |
| Charge Graph | |
| Power off Charge Port | All modes |
| Claimed Lumens (lm) | 1200 |
| Measured Lumens (at 30s) | 935 (77.9% of claim)^ |
| Candela per Lumen | 7.36 |
| Claimed Throw (m) | 157 |
| Candela (Calculated) in cd (at 30s) | 290lux @ 5.087m = 7504cd |
| Throw (Calculated) (m) | 173.3 (110.4% of claim)^ |
| Claimed CCT | 6000-6500 (Front) 5000 (Side White COB) |
| Measured CCT Range (K) | 5900-6900 Kelvin (Front) 4700-5000 Kelvin (Side White COB) |
| Item provided for review by: | Wurkkos |
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^ Measurement disclaimer: Testing flashlights is my hobby. I use hobbyist-level equipment for testing, including some I made myself. Try not to get buried in the details of manufacturer specifications versus measurements recorded here; A certain amount of difference (say, 10 or 15%) is perfectly reasonable.
What I like
- Lower cost option that incorporates laser
- Good use of dual switches for user interface
- Charging works great
- High CRI side white light
- Fun RGB options
What I don’t like
- Battery can’t be replaced
- Front emitter is cool (to “very cool”) white
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