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Battery & charging

Charging time: typical values for flashlights

Half of flashlights in the catalog have charging time below 3.5 h, and 80% fall between 1.2 h and 6 h (144 models with data).

Median3.5 h
Median 20263.3 h
Typical range1.2 h – 6 h
Models144
Distribution

How charging time is distributed

0612172312345671–1.5: 171.5–2: 102–2.5: 92.5–3: 113–3.5: 223.5–4: 184–4.5: 234.5–5: 55–5.5: 115.5–6: 26–6.5: 86.5–7: 07–7.5: 8Median 3.5 h
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Charging time1.2 h2.5 h3.5 h4 h6 h

Lower is better for this spec: the 10th percentile is the top tenth of the catalog.

Trends

Median charging time by year

0 h1.3 h2.5 h3.8 h5 h20182020202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Lowest charging time

1 Wuben E1
Wuben · 2024
E1
500 lm38 g
0.8 h
6.2
2 Nitecore NU33
Nitecore · 2022
NU33
700 lm135 mAAA96 g
1 h
7.8
3 Nitecore NU27
Nitecore · 2024
NU27
600 lm123 mBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po56 g
1 h
6.3
4 Nitecore NU20
Nitecore · 2024
NU20
360 lm109 m38 g
1 h
6.2
5 Nitecore EDC23
Nitecore · 2024
EDC23
2,500 lm280 m
1 h
6.3
6 Nitecore NU25 MCT
Nitecore · 2025
NU25 MCT
400 lm132 m50 g
1 h
6.2
7 Ledlenser CU2R Signallicht
Ledlenser · 2023
CU2R Signallicht
40 lmBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po
1 h
4.5
8 Nitecore EDC29
Nitecore · 2024
EDC29
6,500 lm400 m
1 h
6.1
9 Nitecore EDC17
Nitecore · 2025
EDC17
1,500 lm230 m106 g
1 h
6.0
10 Nitecore EDC31
Nitecore · 2025
EDC31
3,500 lm380 mBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po31 g
1 h
9.0
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