Wurkkos TD11 Smart OLED Tactical Flashlight Review
The Wurkkos TD11 Smart OLED tactical flashlight is a feature-rich flat EDC-style flashlight, with throwy front emitters and site white/RGB emitters. Read on!
Official Specs and Features
Here’s a link to the Wurkkos TD11 Smart OLED tactical flashlight product page.
Versions
This is the grey version, and I suspect a black body is available too (but I don’t see it on the site right now.) They all have the same emitter combination, though.
Price
What’s Included
- Wurkkos TD11 Smart OLED tactical flashlight
- Charging cable
- Lanyard
- Manual
Package and Manual
A sidenote of personal preference here. This manual seems to be following in the footsteps of the new way Olight is doing manuals, and I find the graphics to be quite confusing!
Build Quality and Disassembly
Build quality of the Wurkkos TD11 Smart OLED tactical flashlight is just fine. It’s comfortable in hand and the buttons are accessable
The Wurkkos TD11 Smart OLED tactical flashlight is a flat EDC-style flashlight and is not intended to be disassembled. The COB-side does have a couple of TORX screws where you might conceivably begin disassembly of this light.
Size and Comps
133.5mm x 31mm x 23mm and 116g
Here’s the light in hand:
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 in the photo above, my Standard Reference Material (SRM) flashlight is the Hanko Machine Works Trident, an 18350 light. While I have not reviewed or tested the Gunner Grip version seen here, I have tested a Hanko Machine Works Trident Total Tesseract in brass. I love the Trident, and it’s a striking contrast to the inexpensive Convoy S2+, another great SRM.
Retention and Carry
A pocket clip is held in place with three screws. It’s attached from the factory, but it should be easy enough to remove.
There’s a lanyard too, which can attach only to the pocket clip. There are multiple holes where you could attach this lanyard, but the screw holes are likely the best place.
That’s it! There is no magnet, and no pouch is included, either.
Power and Runtime
The Wurkkos TD11 Smart OLED tactical flashlight runs on a single 1670mAh LiPO battery. The battery is built-in and not intended for field service. In fact, I’m not totally sure you could even swap it after disassembly on the bench.
I could not figure out how to turn the proximity sensor off, so I’ve tested just the very highest output here. Mostly out of disappointment that I couldn’t turn off the sensor (because yes, I could have figured out a way to test other modes). The Wurkkos TD11 Smart OLED tactical flashlight also does not have any discrete modes, which is also infuriating.
And I tested the highest side white mode, too.
The temperature lines in these charts are included as general context, not precise measurements. The values represent the range (min to max) during testing, but should not be taken as exact readings. A temperature sensor is not always attached to the bezel (or even the hottest spot, assuming that could be defined). Even with ideal placement, too many variables affect temperature to definitively state a specific max value.
Charging
The Wurkkos TD11 Smart OLED tactical flashlight charges via USB-C. There’s a charge port on the switch end. It has a press-in cover.
Wurkkos includes a USB-C to USB-C charging cable.
Charging is fairly quick at around 1.6A and 1h 20 minutes. The OLED display states the battery percentage as the light charges.
Pulse Width Modulation
None of the extremes (lowest output or highest) use PWM.
Click here to 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
The Wurkkos TD11 Smart OLED tactical flashlight uses two switches for operation. The round e-switch is called the “Tactical button” and the flat switch on the angle side is called the “Touch button.”
As a helper to the user interface, the OLED screen displays relevant information.
There’s also a selector switch that Wurkkos calls the “Toggle Lever” – this is where you select which mode group is active.
I said it above, and I’ll say it again here – I found the manual to be a bit confusing. So if I miss something in this table, please let me know.
| State | Action | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Off – Toggle on Tactical | Hold Tactical button halfway | Lowest output (1olm) (Front) – momentary |
| Off – Toggle on Tactical | Fully depress Tactical button | Highest output (3000lm) (Front) – momentary |
| Off – Toggle on Tactical | Any Touch button action | Momentary strobe (Front) |
| Off – Toggle on Accidental Operation Prevention Mode | Any half or full press on either button | OLED indicates Accidental Operation Prevention Mode is active |
| Off – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Hold Tactical button halfway | Lowest output (1olm) (Front) |
| Off – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Fully depress Tactical button | Mode memory (Front) |
| Off – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Hold Touch button | Lowest output (3lm) (Side white) |
| Off – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Click Touch button | Mode memory (Side white) (3lm is not memorized) |
| Off – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Double click Touch button | RGB color memory |
| Front on – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Hold Tactical button | Front white increase (or decrease if you quickly release and hold again) |
| Side white on – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Hold Touch button | Side white increase (or decrease if you quickly release and hold again) |
| Toggle on Lighting Mode | Double click Tactical button | Turbo (Front) |
| Front Turbo – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Double click Tactical button | Minimium (Front) |
| Toggle on Lighting Mode | Double click Touch button | Turbo (Side White) |
| Side white Turbo – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Double click Touch button | Minimium (Side White) |
| Toggle on Lighting Mode | Triple click Tactical button | Front Strobe |
| Strobe – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Double click Tactical button | Strobe group advance (Strobe > SOS > Beacon) |
| Strobe – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Any Tactical button action | Previous front white output |
| Side white on – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Triple click Touch button | Side white Strobe |
| Side white Strobe – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Double click Touch button | Strobe group advance (Strobe > SOS > Beacon) |
| Side white Strobe – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Any Touch button action | Previous Side white output |
| Toggle on Lighting Mode | Double click Touch button | RGB on (memory) |
| RGB on – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Hold Touch button | RGB color advance |
| RGB on – Toggle on Lighting Mode | Double click Touch button | RGB Dynamic mode advance (through 10 modes) |
| Side white On | Click Touch button | Off |
| Front On | Click Tactical button | Off |
Once the proximity sensor has been triggered and moved away from the ‘danger’, the light does not go back up to the previous output. This is very annoying.
LED and Beam
The emitters used on the front of the Wurkkos TD11 Smart OLED tactical flashlight are Luminus SFT25R. There are two, and they each have a smooth reflector. Below, you can see the proximity sensor area, too.
The side light is a COB that has white and RGB both. When in RGB mode, the OLED displays a number in “st” – I suppose this is the step level being displayed. The number does not seem to correspond to the color wavelength. When the RGB reaches the highest “st” it doesn’t stop – it goes straight back to “1st” (which is a bit frustrating, maybe). There’s no way to reverse the RGB direction as far as I can tell. So if you overshoot your target color, too bad.
LED Color Report (CRI and CCT)
The first two below are lowest and highest front white. Cool white and low CRI. The second two are the side white COB lowest and highest levels. Cool white (around 6000K) but high CRI!
CCT (Correlated Color Temperature) refers to the measurement of the color appearance of light, expressed in Kelvins (K), which indicates whether the light is warm (yellowish) or cool (bluish). A lower CCT (below 3000K) is considered warm light, while a higher CCT (above 5000K) gives cooler, bluish light.
CRI (Color Rendering Index) is a measure of how accurately a light source renders colors in comparison to natural sunlight. Scored on a scale from 0 to 100, higher CRI values indicate that colors appear more true to life and vibrant, similar to how they would look under the sun.
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. As above in the PWM section, this is just the lowest and highest of each white level. Front first, then side white.
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 TD11 Smart OLED tactical flashlight has a ton of features! If you need all those features, and you can abide the user interface, then this is probably the flat light for you. If you’re like me, and miss discrete modes and hate the proximity sensor, at $70 this light is an easy pass.
The Big Table
| Wurkkos TD11 Smart OLED tactical flashlight | |
|---|---|
| Emitter: | Front – Luminus SFT25R (2) |
| Price in USD at publication time: | $69.99 |
| Cell: | Internal |
| Turbo – Frong Runtime Graph | Turbo – Side white Runtime Graph |
| LVP? | Probably |
| Switch Type: | E-switch |
| Quiescent Current (mA): | ? |
| On-Board Charging? | Yes |
| Charge Port Type: | USB-C |
| Charge Graph | |
| Power off Charge Port | Side: all modes Front: max 954lm |
| Claimed Lumens (lm) | 3000 |
| Measured Lumens (at 30s) | 1293 (43.1% of claim)^ |
| Candela per Lumen | 12.8 |
| Claimed Throw (m) | 320 |
| Candela (Calculated) in cd (at 30s) | 349lux @ 5.26m = 9656cd |
| Throw (Calculated) (m) | 196.5 (61.4% of claim)^ |
| 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
- Very full-featured
- Using dual switches is fairly intuitive
- High output
- OLED provides useful information
What I don’t like
- Can’t turn off proximity sensor
- No stepped mode
- RGB advance is one direction only
- Huge stepdown on Turbo front white
- Battery is built-in
- Toggle switch is largely useless
- Proximity sensor active on tactical mode
- Proximity sensor is “permanent” (until you manipulate the button again)
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