Wurkkos Flashlights

Wurkkos was founded in 2019 and is based in Shenzhen, China, and says it keeps R&D, manufacturing and sales under one in-house team. Its lights sit at the budget end of the enthusiast market, where USB-C charging in the body, a magnetic tailcap and an included cell come standard even on the cheapest models, and reviewers routinely set it beside Sofirn as the other low-cost maker that gets those details right.

The lineup here breaks into a handful of families. The FC lights (FC11, FC11C, FC12, FC12C, FC13) are 18650 side-switch flashlights; the C-suffixed versions swap the older driver for a buck circuit, so output holds a level instead of sagging as the cell drains, and Wurkkos rates the FC11C at 1200 lumens from a 95 CRI Nichia 519A. The TS line runs from the key-fob TS10 and TS12 up to 21700 lights such as the TS21, TS22, TS25 and TS28, trading pocket size for output and reach. Headlamps go from the 14500 HD10 and HD12 through the 18650 HD15 and its sealed-cell twin, the HD15R, to the dual-emitter 21700 HD20. The TD02, TD11 and T1 carry tail switches for tactical use.

Owners report build quality above the price across the range: the HD15's machining gets called fantastic, the FC12's finish draws praise, and for years the FC11 was the common answer to what a first proper flashlight should be. The recurring complaint is that sustained performance trails the box. HD15 and HD10 owners measured runtimes well short of the published figures, the TS25 falls from its peak to about 130 lumens within a minute, and the TS21's default 45°C step-down holds it to a few hundred lumens. Interfaces split opinion as well: owners call the TD02's bad enough to put them off using the light, and the WK30's hold-to-turn-off scheme one of the worst they have met.

Availability matters more than usual with Wurkkos, which turns its range over quickly. Nine of these models, the FC11, FC12, FC13, TS10, TS21, TS25, WK30, HD10 and HD15R, are discontinued, and the FC11C and FC12C replace the first two. That includes the TS10, FC13, TS25 and HD10, which ran Anduril 2, so anyone who wants that interface should check which current models carry it; the HD15 keeps plain side-switch modes. The HD15R also showed the cost of a sealed cell: cheaper than the HD15, but finished once its battery wears out.