By year

Flashlights of 2022

201 models from 60 brands released in 2022 — the best of the year, launches by month and typical specs.

2021 2023

Models201+16% vs 2021

Brands60

Median score5.7

Best of the yearWuben A1

Top rated

Best flashlights of 2022

Wuben · 2022

20,000 lm2,500 m21700 Li-ion

9.7

Acebeam · 2022

P18

5,000 lm

9.7

Acebeam · 2022

X65 Mini

12,000 lm1,403 m18650 Li-ion

9.7

Acebeam · 2022

X80 RGB

25,000 lm

9.7

XCell · 2022

146475

11,600 lmAAA

9.6

Nitecore · 2022

TM12K

12,000 lm21700 Li-ion233 g

9.6

Lupine · 2022

Blika RX4 SC

2,400 lm240 mBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po120 g

9.5

Nitecore · 2022

TM20K

20,000 lmBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po

9.5

Armytek · 2022

Wizard C2 WR

18650 Li-ion65 g

9.3

Origin · 2022

Outdoors 1000ml

1,000 lmBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po345 g

9.3

RovyVon · 2022

Aurora A1 G4

650 lm

9.3

NEBO · 2022

Einstein

1,000 lm

9.2

All 201 models of 2022

Median

Typical specs of 2022

Spec	2022	2021	Change
Maximum output	650 lm	500 lm	+30%
Beam distance (ANSI FL1)	170 m	160 m	+6.2%
Maximum runtime	26 h	30 h	−13%
Water protection (IPx)	IPx7	IPx4	+75%
Weight	154 g	157 g	−1.9%

Most active brands in 2022

NEBO13 Fenix13 Nitecore13 Ledlenser12 RovyVon11 Black Diamond10 Acebeam10 Mares8 Nextorch8 Olight7

Other years

All years

2026173 2025259 2024149 2023133 2022201 2021174 2020112 201962 201874