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Flashlights

Light source: share by year

Share of flashlights by light source, by year of release.

LEDCOB LED panelLEP (laser-excited phosphor)LED + LEP
0%25%50%75%100%201820192020202120222023202420252026
YearLEDCOB LED panelLEP (laser-excited phosphor)LED + LEPModels
202695%2%3%0%107
202597%2%1%1%150
202488%9%3%0%117
202393%3%2%1%88
202296%3%1%0%106
202193%6%1%0%84
202091%7%2%0%57
201998%2%0%0%43
2018100%0%0%0%39

By year of release; only models in our catalog are counted, so the newest year may still change.

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