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Build & durability

Impact resistance (drop): typical values for flashlights

Half of flashlights in the catalog have impact resistance (drop) below 1.5 m, and 80% fall between 1 m and 2 m (124 models with data).

Median1.5 m
Median 20261.5 m
Typical range1 m – 2 m
Models124
Distribution

How impact resistance (drop) is distributed

01123344511.521: 451.5: 422: 37Median 1.5 m
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Impact resistance (drop)1 m1 m1.5 m2 m2 m

A model at the 75th percentile beats three quarters of the catalog on this spec.

Trends

Median impact resistance (drop) by year

0 m0.5 m1 m1.5 m2 m2019202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Highest impact resistance (drop)

1 Nitecore TINI 3
Nitecore · 2025
TINI 3
600 lm90 m20 g
2 m
7.7
2 Nitecore TUP2
Nitecore · 2025
TUP2
1,200 lm125 m58 g
2 m
9.5
3 Nitecore EDC23
Nitecore · 2024
EDC23
2,500 lm280 m
2 m
5.4
4 Nextorch WL50
Nextorch · 2024
WL50
550 lm250 m18650 Li-ion, CR123A135 g
2 m
7.2
5 Nitecore EDC31
Nitecore · 2025
EDC31
3,500 lm380 m
2 m
8.7
6 Nextorch TA30W
Nextorch · 2024
TA30W
1,500 lm275 m18650 Li-ion, CR123A97 g
2 m
7.1
7 Nitecore UT6 MCT
Nitecore · 2026
UT6 MCT
1,600 lm195 m
2 m
9.2
8 Nextorch oStar
Nextorch · 2022
oStar
500 lm131 m18650 Li-ion87 g
2 m
5.6
9 Nitecore NPL35
Nitecore · 2025
NPL35
2,000 lm412 m
2 m
8.4
10 Nextorch E52D
Nextorch · 2025
E52D
3,700 lm280 m21700 Li-ion130 g
2 m
7.8

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