Wuben X5#

• Specifications
• Introduction
• Torch in use
• Build quality
• LED, bezel, lens and reflector
• Size and comparison
• User interface
• Batteries and charging
• Performance
• Beamshots
• Thermal Images
• Conclusion
• Price
• Product page

Specifications#

Brand/model	Wuben X5
LED	Luminus SST36F 5000K, 0.39mW green laser, 365nm UV light
Maximum lumens	1,300 lm
Maximum beam intensity	10,000 cd
Maximum throw	200 m
Battery	Custom 3.7V Li-ion 1200mAh, 4x AAA
Onboard charging	Yes (USB-C)
Material	Aluminium
Modes	5
Blinkies	Strobe
Reflector	Smooth
Waterproof	IP65
Review date	June 2026

Introduction#

The Wuben X5 is a flat-style EDC torch with a white light, a UV light and a laser pointer. It can be powered with four 1.5V AAA batteries or with a single battery pack. It is controlled by two buttons at the rear and a rotary switch on the side.

Wuben kindly provided this torch for review. I have not been paid for this review nor have I held back my opinions of this torch.

Packaging#

The Wuben X5 comes in a white and blue box with an image of the torch on the front and specifications on the back.

The following was included in the box:

• Wuben X5.
• Wuben ABN1200 3.7V Li-ion 1200mAh battery.
• USB-C to USB-C charging lanyard.
• H1.5 hex key.
• User manual.

User manual#

Torch in use#

The Wuben X5 feels comfortable to hold and it is easy to operate the two tail switches.

The laser pointer makes it useful in a classroom setting.

The UV light might make this useful for inspections.

The rotary switch is a bit award to use when holding the torch with a tactical overhand grip.

I find it easier to use if I first rotate the switch from Locked to White Light, or UV Light, and then change grip.

Build quality#

The Wuben X5 is made of aluminium and it has a matte gray anodised finish.

The pocket clip can be unscrewed and moved to the other side.

The torch can headstand but it cannot tailstand.

The lock takes a bit of breaking in at first. I found it a bit stiff to open initially.

The Lithium battery pops out like a spring-loaded magazine.

The build quality is pretty good!

LED, bezel, lens and reflector#

The Wuben X5 has a Luminus SST36F 5000K LED for the white light and a 2W 365nm UV LED for the UV light. Both are surrounded by a smooth reflector.

It also has a Class 1 green laser pointer with a power of 0.39mW and a wavelength between 508 and 525nm.

CCT, CRI, and duv#

I have taken Correlated Colour Temperature (CCT) and Colour Rendering Index (CRI, RA of R1-R8) measurements with the torch positioned half a metre away from an Opple Light Master Pro III (G3).

The CCT is around 4600K, the CRI is around 62 and the Delta u, v is positive (green).

The beam produced has an intense white hot spot surrounded by a slightly green corona and a spill. The top and the bottom of the beam are cut off by the bezel.

Most flat EDC torches seem to have a weird beam shape. I think torch manufacturers need to optimise the reflector or the optics so that the beam shape looks better.

Here is a comparison of different flat EDC torches:

Mode	CCT (K)	CRI (Ra)	x	y	Duv
Eco	4617	60.8	0.3613	0.3913	0.0128
Low	4630	62.9	0.3603	0.3872	0.0113
Med	4634	62.9	0.3600	0.3862	0.0110
High	4650	63.2	0.3592	0.3841	0.0103
Turbo	4714	64.3	0.3562	0.3778	0.0085

Calculate Duv from CIE 1931 xy coordinates

Dimensions and size comparison#

Dimensions#

I took the following measurements using a digital caliper.

Measurement	Unit (mm)
Length	137.13
Width	34.78
Height	21.45

Weight#

I took the following measurements using a digital scale.

Weight	Unit (g)
Wuben X5	102.66
Lithium battery	26.26
Wuben X5 with Lithium battery	128.92

Size comparison with its competition#

The Wuben X5 is pretty big compared to other flat EDC torches.

From left to right: Wuben X5, Olight ArkPro Ultra, Olight Arkfeld Ultra, Olight Arkfeld Pro, Wurkkos HD01

User interface#

The Wuben X5 has two buttons at the tail and a rotary switch on the side.

One button has a cross-hair to indicate that it is for the laser pointer.

The other button is for the white light or the UV light. This button has a forward-clicky action for momentary on (memory) and a reverse-clicky action in terms of turning the light on and cycling through the brightness levels. This means that you can only cycle through the brightness levels once the light is on rather than tap to cycle like a regular forward-clicky light.

The rotary switch is used to select: White Light, Lock, UV Light.

White Light#

State	Action	Result
Off	Press and hold the tail switch	Momentary On (mode memory)
Off	Click the tail switch	On (mode memory)
On	Tap the tail switch	Cycle (Eco, Low, Medium, High, Turbo)
On	Click the tail switch	Off
Any	Double tap the tail switch	Strobe
Strobe	Tap the tail switch	Previous mode

Laser Pointer#

Laser	Action	Result
Off	Click the Laser Button	Laser On
On	Click the Laser Button	Laser Off

UV Light#

State	Action	Result
Off	Click the tail switch	UV Light On
On	Click the tail switch	UV Light Off

Mode memory#

There is mode memory for the white light.

Strobe#

Strobe has an alternating frequency.

I measured Strobe with a Zoyi ZT-706S oscilloscope using High Speed mode.

Battery level indicator#

The battery level indicator near the rotary switch will appear for five seconds when the torch is turned on.

Colour	Battery level
Blue	90% - 100%
Blue flash	40% - 90%
Red	15% - 40%
Red flash	0% - 15%

Pulse Width Modulation#

I did not notice any visible PWM (flickering).

I measured the PWM of the light with a Zoyi ZT-706S oscilloscope.

Eco, Low, Med, High, Turbo

What I like about the UI#

• It is simple to use.
• The rotary dial is used to select White Light, Locked or UV Light.
• There is a dedicated button for the laser pointer.

What could be improved#

• It would be better if you could cycle through the brightness levels by tapping the White Light button while the torch is off so that you can quickly select a mode.
• Shortcuts to Eco, Turbo and Strobe from off would be nice.
• A Momentary On shortcut for the laser pointer would be nice.
• The rotary switch is a bit difficult to use in an overhand grip with my thumb on the White Light button.

Batteries and charging#

Battery#

The Wuben X5 comes with a Wuben ABN1200 3.7V Li-ion 1200mAh battery. It also accepts four 1.5V AAA batteries.

Charging#

The Wuben X5 has a USB-C charging port behind a metal sliding cover.

Power supply: PinePower Desktop USB-C
USB Meter: ChargerLAB Power-Z KM003C
Room temperature: 18 C

It took 1 hours 20 minutes to charge the Lithium battery from 3.33V to 4.14V at a rate of 5V/1.2A.

The charging status indicator is red while charging and it becomes blue when charging is complete.

The included USB-C to USB-C cable has the following pins:

Power supply compatibility#

I tried the following power supplies with the USB-A magnetic charging cable:

Power supply	USB Type	Protocol	Does it charge?
PinePower Desktop	USB-C	PD	Yes
PinePower Desktop	USB-A	QC	Yes
PinePower Desktop	USB-A		Yes

USB-C to USB-C charging works.

Performance#

Specifications from the manual:

White Light#

Lithium Battery

FL1 Standard	Turbo	High	Med	Low	Eco	Strobe
Output (lumens)	1,300 + 400	350	150	50	1	1,000
Runtime	1min + 1h 30min	2h	5h	15h	200h
Beam Distance (metres)	200
Beam Intensity (cd)	10,000

AAA Battery

FL1 Standard	Turbo	High	Med	Low	Eco	Strobe
Output (lumens)	850 + 400	350	150	50	1	1,000
Runtime	1min + 1h	2h	5h	15h	200h
Beam Distance (metres)
Beam Intensity (cd)

UV Light#

Power	Runtime	Wavelength
2 W	2h	365 nm

Laser pointer#

The torch has a green Class 1 (0.39mW) laser pointer with a runtime of 50 hours.

The wavelength is between 508 and 525nm.

I used the included Lithium battery and Duracell 1.5V AAA batteries for the following tests.

Lumen measurements#

Cell	Mode	Specs	Lumens @turn on	Lumens @30 sec	Lumens @10 min
Lithium	Eco	1	1	1	1
Lithium	Low	50	50	50	50
Lithium	Med	150	151	151	149
Lithium	High	350	356	352	343
Lithium	Turbo	1,300 + 400	1,158	911	393
AAA	Turbo	850 + 400	828	517	394

Note: Lumen measurements may be off by 10% with my DIY lumen tube.

Runtime graphs#

I used my own DIY lumen tube with a TSL2591 sensor and forked bmengineer’s project RuTiTe to record runtimes.

The room temperature was approximately 18 C.

Lithium Battery#

4x AAA#

Runtime#

Here is a summary of the runtime results:

Cell	Mode	User manual	Runtime	Turn off	Final voltage
Lithium	Turbo	1min + 1h 30min	1h 38min 5s	1h 38min 5s	3.32
Lithium	High	2h	1h 56min 50s	1h 56min 50s	3.33
Lithium	Med	5h	5h 8min 37s	5h 8min 37s	3.21
Lithium	Low	15h	16h 6min 28s	16h 6min 28s	3.13
Lithium	Eco	200h	10min+	10min+
AAA	Turbo	1min + 1h	39min 59s	39min 59s

“Runtime” is the time until the output reduces to 10% of the output at 30 seconds (as per the ANSI/PLATO FL1 2019 Standard).

“Turn off” is the time until my DIY lumen tube no longer detects more than 1 lumen.

“+” indicates that the light remained on after recording had stopped.

The runtime results with the Lithium battery are close to what Wuben claim.

The runtime was a bit shorter than expected for Turbo when using four relatively new Duracell 1.5V AAA batteries.

The output is well regulated.

Throw#

I took lux measurements with a UNI-T UT383BT at 30 seconds. Turbo was measured at five metres.

Cell	Mode	Specs (cd)	Specs (m)	Candela measured (cd)	Distance (m)
Lithium	Turbo	10,000	200	3,475	117

The beam distance is shorter than expected.

I measured a beam distance of 123 metres at turn on and it then it dropped to 117 metres by 30 seconds. The battery voltage was 4.176V before measuring the beam distance.

Beamshots#

I went to a local park and aimed the Wuben X5 at a tree 70 metres away while using Turbo.

Beamshots were taken using a Sony RX100M2 using 3.2", f3.2, ISO 100, 5000K WB.

Wuben X5 (Turbo)#

Olight ArkPro Ultra Spotlight (Turbo)#

Olight ArkPro Ultra Pure Flood (Turbo)#

Olight Arkfeld Ultra (Turbo)#

Olight Arkfeld Pro (Turbo)#

Wurkkos HD01 Spot (Turbo)#

Nitecore EDC29 (LUMIN SHIELD)#

Nitecore EDC29 (SEARCH)#

Wuben X5 UV#

Here are some beamshots with the UV light.

It would be even better if the UV light had a ZWB2 filter to only allow UV light around 365nm through.

The image looks washed out without the filter.

Thermal Images#

I used a Thermal Master P3 to take thermal images of the torch while using the Spotlight in Turbo mode. Get 10% off the Thermal Master P3 with code Mcmahon10

Room temperature: 14 C

Time (mm:ss)	Max Temperature
00:00	19.0 C
01:00	21.7 C
02:00	24.5 C
03:00	24.6 C
04:00	24.7 C
05:00	24.8 C

Conclusion#

The Wuben X5 is an interesting take by Wuben for the flat EDC torch category.

The design choice to have the rotary switch on the side and a tail switch appears to be heavily influenced by the X4 and the X2 Pro.

The X5 is a continuation in the X-series with more of a focus on general use (e.g. use the white light and UV light for inspecting things, or use the laser pointer in a classroom).

Rather than bolting on a tactical tail switch like the X2 Pro, the X5 has a push button tail switch built-in. I would not really call this a tactical light though due to the lack of shortcuts from off to Eco, Turbo and Strobe.

It is pretty cool to see Wuben come out with this multi-chemistry torch. It can take four 1.5V Alkaline AAA batteries or it can use the included Lithium battery.

The runtimes are good with the included Lithium battery. But the beam distance is almost half of what was expected.

If you want a flat EDC torch that takes more commonly available AAA batteries or a Lithium battery pack then I would recommend checking this Wuben X5 out.

Pros:#

• Good build quality.
• Good runtime.
• Nice beam.
• Takes a Lithium battery or 4x AAA batteries.
• Built-in USB-C charging.
• Laser pointer.
• UV light.

Cons:#

• Beam distance is shorter than expected.
• Beam shape could be better.
• Rotary dial is a bit awkward.
• User interface could be improved with more shortcuts.
• No ZWB2 filter for the UV light.

Price#

The Wuben X5 is US$79.99 at wubenlight.com.

Product page#

Wuben X5 at wubenlight.com (affiliate link)

Wuben X5 at amazon.com (affiliate link)

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