By year

Flashlights of 2021

174 models from 48 brands released in 2021 — the best of the year, launches by month and typical specs.

2020 2022

Models174+55% vs 2020

Brands48

Median score5.7

Best of the yearFenix LR80R

Top rated

Best flashlights of 2021

Fenix · 2021

LR80R

18,000 lm1,130 m1,636 g

9.6

Olight · 2021

Freyr

1,750 lm360 mBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po

9.6

Nitecore · 2021

P30i

2,000 lm999 m21700 Li-ion

9.5

Nitecore · 2021

MH12 V2.0

1,200 lm202 mBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po84 g

9.5

Acebeam · 2021

K30-GT

5,500 lm18650 Li-ion

9.5

Acebeam · 2021

L35

5,000 lm21700 Li-ion

9.4

Olight · 2021

Warrior Mini 2

1,750 lm220 mBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po

9.4

Nitecore · 2021

E4K

4,400 lm211 mCR123A

9.2

Wuben · 2021

D1 Mini

2,000 lm

9.2

Fenix · 2021

LR50R

12,000 lm950 m21700 Li-ion987 g

9.1

Die Spiegelburg · 2021

Nature Zoom

8.9

Fenix · 2021

PD35 V3.0

1,700 lm357 m18650 Li-ion, CR123A84 g

8.9

All 174 models of 2021

Median

Typical specs of 2021

Spec	2021	2020	Change
Maximum output	500 lm	700 lm	−29%
Beam distance (ANSI FL1)	160 m	213 m	−25%
Maximum runtime	30 h	45 h	−33%
Water protection (IPx)	IPx4	IPx7	−43%
Weight	157 g	146 g	+7.5%

Most active brands in 2021

Ledlenser27 Fenix22 Nitecore17 Acebeam8 Ansmann7 Scangrip6 Olight6 Outwell5 Silva4 Wuben4

Other years

All years

2026173 2025259 2024149 2023133 2022201 2021174 2020112 201962 201874