Wurkkos TS22 and TS32: Two Serious Flashlights With Very Different Missions

Introduction

Most flashlights fall into familiar categories: pocket lights, throwers, flooders. The Wurkkos TS22 and TS32 resist those categories entirely. One is a two-in-one light with independently controlled spot and flood emitters that also works as a completely waterproof power bank. The other is a genuinely enormous high-output searchlight with a carry handle, deep heat sinks and output figures that border on absurd. Together they make an interesting pair for anyone who takes portable lighting seriously.

Inside the TS22: Battery and Build

The TS22 is a large 21700-format light, and opening it up is part of the experience. Unscrewing the special head piece reveals three 21700 batteries, each rated at 5,000 mAh, installed cleanly in the battery tube. The interior fit and finish is genuinely tidy, and the threading comes properly lubricated from the factory, which is a small but welcome touch. Many lights ship dry, and adding synthetic grease yourself is one of those maintenance chores that is easy to forget.

The user interface is straightforward if you have used a modern flashlight before. Two buttons control two separate emitter sets: one for the spot, one for the flood. Four small indicator lights show remaining charge in rough quarters, from full down to low. A long press from off brings up a very low eco or moonlight mode, and a double press cycles through strobe functions, including a tactical strobe, a beacon mode and an SOS mode. The spot and flood can run at the same time, and each can be adjusted independently, which effectively makes this a mix-and-match lighting system rather than a single-beam torch.

How the TS22 Performs Outside

Taken outside after dark, the TS22 makes an immediate impression. The spotlight alone is a serious, focused beam, with a claimed output around 87,000 candela on turbo, reaching far up into treetops. Switch to the flood side and the light transforms into a wall of illumination across the near field. Around 1,300 lumens on turbo is bright enough that the camera struggles, and your eyes certainly will.

What makes the TS22 more than a novelty is the combination of features. It has been independently certified as completely waterproof, which is rare for a light this size, and the type-C port on the outside, covered by a silicone flap, supports reverse charging. With a type-C to type-C cable it can charge your electronics from its internal cells, which hold enough energy to top up a power-hungry phone multiple times. A waterproof power bank that is also a lantern-style emergency light with both flood and spot coverage is a genuinely useful thing to own.

The TS32: Built Like a Searchlight

Then there is the TS32, which is a different beast altogether. Next to an ordinary AA light it looks almost comical, and in a collection it occupies a size and dimension range most people will never have handled. The body carries serious, deep heat sinks, and a carry handle is attached, presumably because at full output the light gets too hot to hold bare-handed. Like all quality high-output lights, it down-regulates automatically as internal temperature rises, but the handle exists for a reason.

The TS32 is the output champion of the pair. Its spotlight reaches into the tens of thousands of candela on turbo, throwing a hard focused beam deep into the distance, while the flood side produces a claimed 14,000 lumens, enough to light up an entire clearing. Both emitters can run simultaneously at full power, and each can be controlled independently, which produces a combined output that can only be described as obscene in the best possible way. The UI mirrors the TS22: memorized levels, a double-press route into strobe, beacon and SOS modes, and a straightforward two-button layout.

Emergency Use and Power Bank Capability

The reverse-charging function deserves its own mention. Plugging a type-C cable into the port under the silicone cover turns either light into a backup battery for your phone or other small electronics, all sealed inside a watertight aluminium body. Combined with the certified waterproofing, the lantern-like flood coverage and the SOS mode, these lights earn a place in an emergency kit, a boat locker or a vehicle. For anyone in a nautical or outdoor-incident context, a completely waterproof light that can also charge a phone is a hard combination to argue with.

Buying Advice

Choose based on what you actually need. If you want one versatile light for camping, emergencies or keeping in a vehicle, the TS22 is the more practical pick: dual spot and flood control, waterproof certification, and enough stored power to charge a phone several times. If your priority is raw throw and sheer output, and you accept the size and heat that come with it, the TS32 is the one with the handle and the heat sinks for a reason. Neither is a casual pocket light, and both are best understood as serious tools rather than everyday carry.

Conclusion

The Wurkkos TS22 and TS32 show how far flashlight design has pushed in size, output and functionality. The TS22 wins on versatility and emergency readiness, while the TS32 wins on outright power. Whichever you lean toward, both deliver a level of illumination that is genuinely hard to visualize until you see it in the dark.