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Build & durability

Water protection (IPx): typical values for flashlights

Half of flashlights in the catalog have water protection (IPx) below IPx7, and 80% fall between IPx4 and IPx8 (693 models with data).

MedianIPx7
Median 2026IPx8
Typical rangeIPx4 – IPx8
Models693
Distribution

How water protection (IPx) is distributed

085170254339456784: 1785: 216: 537: 1028: 339Median IPx7
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Water protection (IPx)IPx4IPx4IPx7IPx8IPx8

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

Trends

Median water protection (IPx) by year

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Recent leaders

Highest water protection (IPx)

1 Wuben Lightok X2
Wuben · 2025
Lightok X2
2,500 lm
IPx8
9.4
2 Acebeam W50 2.0
Acebeam · 2026
W50 2.0
2,200 lm18650 Li-ion
IPx8
8.1
3 Scangrip Head Lite S
Scangrip · 2024
Head Lite S
140 lmAAA
IPx8
4.6
4 Scangrip Ex-View
Scangrip · 2025
Ex-View
300 lmBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po
IPx8
5.3
5 Nitecore MH40 Pro
Nitecore · 2024
MH40 Pro
3,500 lm1,300 m21700 Li-ion
IPx8
7.6
6 Acebeam W10 GEN II LEP
Acebeam · 2026
W10 GEN II LEP
450 lm
IPx8
5.7
7 Nitecore TrailSight
Nitecore · 2026
TrailSight
1,200 lm530 m121 g
IPx8
7.2
8 Brennenstuhl TL 410 F
Brennenstuhl · 2025
TL 410 F
350 lm
IPx8
8.2
9 SeaLife Sea Dragon Mini 1300S Power
SeaLife · 2024
Sea Dragon Mini 1300S Power
1,300 lm18650 Li-ion174 g
IPx8
8.4
10 Nitecore P30
Nitecore · 2022
P30
1,000 lm618 mCR123A
IPx8
9.0
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