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Battery & charging

Charging time: typical values for flashlights

Half of flashlights in the catalog have charging time below 3 h, and 80% fall between 1 h and 5.1 h (79 models with data).

Median3 h
Median 20242 h
Typical range1 h – 5.1 h
Models79
Distribution

How charging time is distributed

04811150.51.52.53.54.55.56.50.5–1: 21–1.5: 151.5–2: 62–2.5: 62.5–3: 23–3.5: 123.5–4: 114–4.5: 94.5–5: 35–5.5: 55.5–6: 16–6.5: 46.5–7: 3Median 3 h
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Charging time1 h1.5 h3 h4 h5.1 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 h2 h3 h4 h20222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Lowest charging time

1 Wuben E1
Wuben · 2024
E1
500 lm38 g
0.8 h
5.2
2 Nitecore EDC23
Nitecore · 2024
EDC23
2,500 lm280 m
1 h
5.4
3 Nitecore EDC31
Nitecore · 2025
EDC31
3,500 lm380 m
1 h
8.7
4 Nitecore NU20
Nitecore · 2024
NU20
360 lm109 m38 g
1 h
5.9
5 Nitecore NU27
Nitecore · 2024
NU27
600 lm123 m56 g
1 h
5.8
6 Nitecore NU33
Nitecore · 2022
NU33
700 lm135 mAAA96 g
1 h
7.4
7 Ledlenser CU2R Signallicht
Ledlenser · 2023
CU2R Signallicht
40 lmBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po
1 h
4.4
8 Nitecore EDC29
Nitecore · 2024
EDC29
6,500 lm400 m
1 h
5.4
9 Nitecore NU25 MCT
Nitecore · 2025
NU25 MCT
400 lm132 m50 g
1 h
5.8
10 Nitecore HC65 MCT
Nitecore · 2026
HC65 MCT
2,000 lm258 m146 g
1 h
9.5
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