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Build & durability

Water protection (IPx): typical values for flashlights

Half of flashlights in the catalog have water protection (IPx) below IPx8, and 80% fall between IPx4 and IPx8 (485 models with data).

MedianIPx8
Median 2026IPx8
Typical rangeIPx4 – IPx8
Models485
Distribution

How water protection (IPx) is distributed

068135203270456784: 815: 156: 507: 698: 270Median IPx8
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Water protection (IPx)IPx4IPx6IPx8IPx8IPx8

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

Trends

Median water protection (IPx) by year

IPx0IPx3IPx5IPx8IPx10201820192020202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Highest water protection (IPx)

1 Nitecore TrailSight
Nitecore · 2026
TrailSight
1,200 lm530 m121 g
IPx8
6.6
2 Oceama Spider
Oceama · 2024
Spider
Built-in Li-ion / Li-Po460 g
IPx8
7.3
3 Petzl PIXA R
Petzl · 2025
PIXA R
600 lm90 mBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po130 g
IPx8
5.0
4 Loop Gear SK07
Loop Gear · 2026
SK07
2,800 lm515 m
IPx8
7.7
5 Nitecore NU45
Nitecore · 2024
NU45
1,700 lm172 m18650 Li-ion126 g
IPx8
8.6
6 Loop Gear SK05
Loop Gear · 2024
SK05
2,850 lm380 m
IPx8
9.1
7 Nitecore MH40 Pro
Nitecore · 2024
MH40 Pro
3,500 lm1,300 m21700 Li-ion
IPx8
7.5
8 Loop Gear SK06
Loop Gear · 2026
SK06
2,400 lm
IPx8
5.7
9 Wuben T4
Wuben · 2024
T4
850 lm401 m
IPx8
7.0
10 Fenix PD36R PRO
Fenix · 2022
PD36R PRO
2,800 lm380 m21700 Li-ion169 g
IPx8
7.0
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