TO46R HIgh CRI Value Flashlight - 1000 Lumens

Good quality

Good to use

This flashlight was as expected and great value

Living in Japan, I had to wait a bit for the included lithium battery to clear customs, but now that it is in my hands … my thoughts on the purchase.

I would not call this an Every Day Carry light because it is just a bit too big to be constantly in your pocket, or discretely on your belt in a typical urban work situation. On the other hand, it is too small, and ‘smart’ to be a tactical light, and ‘work light’ sounds too bland and pedestrian for the advantages of this light. Like a ground-breaking musical piece doesn’t fit in the typical ‘rock’, ‘pop’, etc. category in a brick and mortar music store’s aisles, perhaps a new category needs to be made for what might be a close to perfect ‘in between’ light. What makes this light so good? In no particular order …

1 — The price is affordable. I’m a long time member of Candlepower forums, and must have bought at least 50 lights bigger than a key-chain type over the years, including a S2,000.00 Polarion HID. Looking at this relatively small light from Wuben, only a few years ago, such a configuration would have cost a few times as much, and only available from custom makers such as Vinh.

2 — For an 18650 powered light, it is small enough to be kept by the bedside or in the console beside the driver’s seat. I recommend attaching the included wrist strap because the small size of the light would make it relatively easy to fall out of your hands.

3 — It is micro USB rechargeable … which means you don’t have to buy a separate, bulky charger, therefore making the total package small. With the included cable, I just plug it into my car’s charger, or into my computer when at home.

4 — The included battery is good enough, and it is not proprietary. It can be replaced by any higher-spec 18640 battery, consequently giving even longer run-times than what is advertised.

5 — It throws out ’smart’ lumens, choosing quality of light over quantity. It is not a flashy thrower, shooting out a narrow, pale bluish tinge several blocks down the street. As a former biology lab director, I know that high CRI is more biologically friendly to how human sight has evolved. High CRI is closer to optimizing the solar spectrum than most other higher powered lights.

6 — It is ‘floody’, not a thrower. While it does have some useful throw, it is not a lensless ‘mule’ throwing out a wall of light for only a meter or two. And it is not as potentially dangerous as a blinding tactile light in the hands of a juvenile. It has just enough of a sweet spot for lighting up the entire flooring of the car or bedside to look for small, dropped items, walking the dog, or taking a late-night traipse down to the campsite’s latrine. More than enough throw to light up the few meters you actually need.

If I had to nitpick, the only things I might change on the light are:
1 — to raise the buttons a bit. They are tactile enough to feel a satisfying click when engaged, and light up to verify engagement. But with the light in my hand while in the dark, I might have to rotate it a few times before I can feel where the buttons are. And …
2 — Future-proof the charging interface with USB-C instead of Micro. This is just a guess, because I don’t even know how long USB-C will be around, but a lot of electrical peripherals seem to be converging on USB-C as a more common standard.

Those two suggestions being said, not enough to justify dropping the ranking a full point. High 5’s for this one … my new ‘ENU’ light … Every Night Use. Well done, Wuben.

TO46R High CRI Value Flashlight - 1000 Lumens

Die Lichtausbeute ist sehr gut. Erhellt meinen Raum etwa gleichwertig wie eine 150W Halogen Lampe. Farben werden auch vernünftig wiedergegeben.Ich habe mir die Lampe gekauft um Lackfehler die sonst nur unter Sonnenlicht sichtbar sind, auch im Schatten sichtbar zu machen (Hologramme, Farbabweichungen, Kratzer etc), das funktioniert sehr gut.Nachteilig ist aber die Wärmeentwicklung. Das Gehäuse besteht komplett aus Metall (Alu?), nach ein paar Sekunden wird es vorne warm, nach ca einer Minuten ist es vorne zum verbrennen heiß, und das gesamte Gehäuse sehr warm. Nach ca 3 Minuten mag ich die Lampe schon nicht mehr halten, da das gesamte Gehäuse sehr heiß wird.