Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower Flashlight Review

The Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight has one Luminus SFT25R for a fantastic throw-to-output ratio. It runs one 14500 cell and has USB-C charging! Read on!

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Official Specs and Features

Here’s a link to the Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight product page.

Versions

There’s just one version of the Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight. It’s available with or without the 14500 seen in this review.

Price

The Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight sells for $21.99. An incredible price that includes a 14500 cell!

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What’s Included

• Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight
• Wurkkos 900mAh 14500
• Charging cable (USB to USB-C)
• Lanyard
• Spare o-rings (2)
• Diffuser>
• Manual, etc.

Package and Manual

Build Quality and Disassembly

The Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight has great build quality, especially considering it’s under $20.

The tailcap has a spring and the threads are smooth. Notably, the tailcap has nice fat grips for easy removal!

Inside the cell tube (not removable) is just a button.

Size and Comps

90.8mm x 33mm and 75g.

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

Wurkkos includes a lanyard. This lanyard attaches through a hole in the tailcap. The magnet tailcap allows tailstanding with the lanyard in place.

The magnetic tailcap is perfectly strong enough to hold the Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight.

Power and Runtime

The Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight operates on a single lithium-ion cell. I have a package that had a cell included. It’s a 900mAh button top 14500 and is a completely standard cell.

The cell goes into the light in the “usual way” (which is to say that the positive terminal of the cell goes into the light).

Low voltage protection is observed in all tests.

Charging

The Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight also has built-in charging, by way of a USB-C port on the head.

Wurkkos includes an A to C cable.

Charging works great and only takes just over an hour hour to complete.

C-to-C charging even works great! Again, for <$20…

Modes and Currents

Mode	Mode Claimed Output (lm)	Claimed Runtime	Measured Lumens	Tailcap Amps
Turbo	1350	0.7h	1132 (0s) 886 (30s)	4.46
High	617	0.85h	479 (0s) 454 (30s)	0.74
Medium	167	2.3h	125	0.31
Low	21	14h	15.6	0.04
Moon	1	130h	0.92	[low]

Pulse Width Modulation

Every mode uses PWM. It’s a fairly fast PWM and I can’t say I noticed it during use.

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

Control of the Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight is performed through a single e-switch. This is a soft switch and has an indication function in the center. This switch is just like others used by Wurkkos, for example on the WK03.

The switch can indicate in green and red and flashing. When the Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight is turned on, the switch will indicate the approximate battery level for around 5 seconds. Green means “good” and red means “poor” (or “low”). Flashing red means recharge immediately.

There are two groups in the Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight user interface. One offers ramping output and one uses stepped levels (default). Here’s a user interface table!

State	Action	Result
Off	Hold	Moon
Off	Click	On (Mode Memory)
On	Hold	Group 1: Mode advance (LMH) Group 2: Ramp up (technically this also iterates the ramp direction. If you ramped up last time, the next time will ramp down.)
Any	Double click	Turbo
Turbo or Strobe	Click	Previous state
Any	Click 3x	Strobe
On	Click 4x	Iterate between Group 1 (stepped) and Group 2 (ramping)
Off	Click 4x	Lockout
Lockout	Click	Main emitter flashes 2x to indicate lockout
Lockout	Click 4x	Unlock (to mode memory)
Lockout	Hold	Momentary moonlight mode

I really appreciate that there’s not much different between Group 1 and Group 2. Essentially only the ramping bits are different, which is a sort of breath of fresh air.

LED and Beam

One of the standout features of the Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight is that it uses a Luminus SFT25R. That emitter has both incredible output and throw. That’s made even more apparent with the Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight being so small.

The TS12 uses a smooth reflector.

A simple silicone diffuser is included.

LED Color Report (CRI and CCT)

The rating for this emitter is a sort of generic “6000K-6500K.” In reality, it’s much cooler, peaking at around 7500K. CRI is low.

Beamshots

These beamshots are always with 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 TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight is a remarkable light when considering the price. All the features work as they should, and importantly, the throw is fantastic! The build quality is great and the cell is only $2!

The Big Table

Wurkkos TS12 Mini Thrower flashlight
Emitter:	Luminus SFT25R
Price in USD at publication time:	$23.99
Cell:	1×14500
Runtime Graphs
LVP?	Yes
Switch Type:	E-Switch
Quiescent Current (mA):	?
On-Board Charging?	Yes
Charge Port Type:	USB-C
Charge Graph
Power off Charge Port	“With cell: all modes Without cell and/or tailcap: no modes”
Claimed Lumens (lm)	1050
Measured Lumens (at 30s)	886 (84.4% of claim)^
Candela per Lumen	54.35
Claimed Throw (m)	432
Candela (Calculated) in cd (at 30s)	1417lux @ 5.93m = 49829cd
Throw (Calculated) (m)	446.4 (103.3% of claim)^
Claimed CCT	6000-6500
Measured CCT Range (K)	6000-7500 Kelvin
Item provided for review by:	Wurkkos
All my Wurkkos reviews!

^ 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

• Price
• Build quality
• Throw
• Ouptut
• User interface in general is pretty good
• Offers ramping if you need that
• Continuity between stepped and ramping groups

What I don’t like

• CCT
• CRI

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