r/wuben

Wuben E2 and Kizer Madrac 🔥💪

When the first Wuben X1 Falcon (LightOK) came out, I was fascinated. A compact light pushing 12,000 lumens felt wild, and then I saw how Wuben pulled it off. They built in an active cooling system that pulls in cool air and blows it across an internal heat sink, wrapped around 3 Cree XHP70.2 emitters. The engineering had me wanting one badly.

Two things held me back. The battery wasn't replaceable, which is a hard sell on an expensive light, and it was flood only.

Then around July or August 2025, Wuben announced the X1 Pro on Kickstarter, and it basically erased both of my reasons. Sleeker design, user-replaceable 21700s, a cooling fan you can swap yourself, bike and tripod mounts, and proper beam control with selectable channels for spot, spot plus flood, and flood. That was it, I was sold. I backed it right away, and when it arrived, I grabbed an extra cooling fan "just in case" and the tripod mount.

This thing is sweet. I call it a mini sun in the pocket, and honestly, the X1 Pro could tan anyone on the planet. Jokes aside, this slab has earned its keep, and I'm happy with the roughly $120 I put into the whole kit.

A few things I've loved so far:

• Wuben tucked a USB-C to C cable into the lanyard, and it supports fast charging and doubles as a power bank, so charging other gear in the middle of nowhere is sorted if you carry both.
• I took the White version. The black and white dual tone gives me Star Wars vibes, and it matches my white X4. The finish is holding up great on both, and it cleans up easily. A little glass cleaner on a microfibre cloth and it's back to new.
• The tripod mount surprised me. I assumed the weight would make it pointless, and I was wrong. I stuck the X1 Pro on a 4 foot tripod, set it to flood on medium, aimed it at my motorcycle, and did a full throttle body clean and calibration. About 3 hours start to finish, and at some point I forgot I was working under a flashlight and not a ceiling light.

It genuinely raised its own value on the utility side and stayed rock steady the whole time. Right tool, right time, no regrets.

So, what do you think? Do you rock one, and would you call this the right upgrade over the original X1?

I added a locking mechanism to my design.
Sometimes while in my pocket, my first version latch would get pressed by something and the battery would pop out.
I added a sliding lock to prevent that from happening.

edit: Files

A little while back I posted about the E2 Pulse from Wuben's teaser. Since then a bunch of you have shared real photos of it out in the wild, worn on chains, clipped to keys, sitting next to knives, and honestly it's only made me want one more.

The size is the big thing for me. I knew the dimensions on paper, so I expected something small. But a good friend who already has it sent me a photo of it side by side with his Wuben G5 in yellow, and seeing it next to a light I actually know the size of made it click. It's properly compact. Smaller in person than the numbers made me picture.

So now I'm sitting here thinking about grabbing both colours, and if Wuben lands on a decent price I might pick up a few extras for friends and family too. It just looks like the kind of little thing people would actually enjoy carrying.

Big kudos to everyone who posted their shots, the necklace and keychain pics especially. That's what pushed me from "interested" to "okay I need this."

So, what do you think? Anyone here carrying one yet, and does it live up to the hype in person?

Finally got the Wuben X5

I have two G5, and wanted the X5 and love it

LEFT OR RIGHT

TEAM SUPERTOOL or TEAM ARC ?

Back in 2002 I was a kid getting my ears checked, and the ENT doctor pulled out this plain little pen light to look inside. Nothing fancy, just a simple pen with a bit of white light at the tip. But for a kid already weirdly into flashlights, it blew my mind, and it stuck with me for 20-odd years.

Fast forward to now, with a small pile of EDC lights already, and I finally went looking for a proper pen light of my own. My checklist was simple: a reputed brand, good build, a high-CRI emitter, a battery that's both rechargeable and replaceable, and cheap enough that it wouldn't feel like a waste if it flopped. I wasn't chasing max lumens or throw. A pen light isn't meant for that.

The Wuben PL01 ticked every box. High-CRI neutral white, a dead simple tail-click UI, and a USB-C rechargeable cell you can also swap for two AAAs. Build feels great for the price.

And I love it. It lives in my daily to-do diary, and I sometimes flick it on for no reason at all, just because it's a lovely thing to use. If Wuben ever makes a PL02, it's going straight into my rotation.

So, what do you think of the PL01? And if you know a pen light with great build that's still budget-friendly, drop your recommendations. I'd love to hear them.

Which setup would you choose, and why?

LEFT

Leatherman Super Tool 300M

Nitecore MT2C Pro

CENTER

Victorinox Farmer X

Knipex Cobra XS

Wuben X1 Pro

RIGHT

Leatherman ARC Talos

Fenix E06R Pro

CJRB Pyrite Alt

Three different EDC setups. Which one are you taking?

It took two days for the sharp titanium edge to sever the black wire. Given that the device cannot be stripped down further, it is beyond repair.

$120 Garbage

I got a possibility to add new E2 to my EDC. Have to say that I‘m heavily impressed and can only recommend to get one as they become available. Here are the main advantages from my point of view:
• different carry possibilities, as a necklace or as a keychain;
• multiple light sources that combine cold and warm light;
• the body of the flashlight is made out of plastic with phosphorescent properties, E2 is visible in the darkness and can be found without additional light.

Ein kleines aber sehr nützliches Lämpchen

Die  neue Wuben E2 hat mich vor allem durch ihre kompakte Bauweise überzeugt. Sie passt problemlos in die Hosentasche oder mit der mitgeliefert Kette um den Hals und ist dadurch immer griffbereit. Trotz ihrer kleinen Größe liefert sie überraschend viel Licht und ist für den Alltag oder spontane Einsätze ein zuverlässiger Begleiter.

Besonders praktisch finde ich das seitliche Flächenlicht. Es eignet sich hervorragend, um Arbeitsbereiche auszuleuchten oder im Notfall schnell für Licht zu sorgen. Die Bedienung ist unkompliziert und die Verarbeitung macht einen hochwertigen Eindruck.Die verschiedenem Lichtmodi wie Rotlicht und Rot-Blau Flasher sind gerade im Notfall sehr nützlich

Für mich ist die Wuben E2 eine Taschenlampe, die man einfach gern dabei hat – klein, vielseitig und zuverlässig. Gerade als täglicher Begleiter oder als Reserve im Rucksack kann ich sie uneingeschränkt empfehlen.