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314 lights on the bench

Flashlights compared
on beam, output and runtime.

Output, candela, beam distance, runtime, CRI and battery format for every flashlight here, with each beam drawn from the maker’s published figures.

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Both about 3,950 lumens · 14× the reach

Drawn to the same scale from each light’s published candela. Reach is on a log scale.

Acebeam Terminator M1 2.0

3,900 lm/656,100 cd

Pencil thrower · ~5.0° · 1,620 m reach

Armytek Wizard C2 Pro Max

4,000 lm/3,249 cd

Wide flood · ~73° · 114 m reach

By job

What do you need it to do?

The job decides the beam long before the budget does. Start with the kind of light, then compare the picks inside it.

EDC

125

Pocketable everyday-carry lights with high CRI and useful runtimes.

Headlamp

50

Hands-free lights for trail running, camping, and work.

Tactical

48

Duty and self-defense lights with momentary switches and high output.

Thrower

34

Long-throw lights that push a tight, far-reaching beam.

Keychain

20

Tiny keychain and AAA lights you can carry everywhere.

Flooder

14

Wide, even flood beams for up-close work and area lighting.

Right-Angle

14

Clip-on right-angle lights that double as compact headlamps.

Lantern

9

Area lanterns for camping, power outages, and tents.

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Before you filter

The specs that actually decide it

Read the full spec-sheet guide →

Lumens vs Candela: What Actually Makes a Flashlight Bright

Lumens are the total light a torch produces; candela is how concentrated that light is in the centre of the beam. Lumens tell you how much you're lighting up, candela tells you how far you can see. A 1,200-lumen flood light and a 1,200-lumen thrower make the same amount of light — the thrower just aims almost all of it at one small spot, which is why it reaches 700 metres and the flood light reaches 90.

CRI, Tint and Colour Temperature Explained

Colour temperature (in kelvin) is whether the light looks warm orange or cold blue. CRI is how accurately it renders colour compared with sunlight — 90+ is high CRI and makes skin, wood, blood and foliage look right instead of washed out. Duv is the sideways error: two lights at the same kelvin can look pleasantly rosy or unpleasantly green depending on which side of the black-body curve they sit.

18650 vs 21700 vs AA: Which Flashlight Battery

21700 is the current default for a full-size light: the most capacity and the highest sustained output. 18650 is the same idea one size down, with a far bigger range of hosts and cells. AA and AAA lights trade a lot of performance for the ability to buy a replacement anywhere. Built-in cells are the most convenient and the least repairable — when the cell dies, the light usually does too.

The catalog

Every light, one spec plate

Filter by brand, beam type, cell, and features. Pick up to three to put their beams side by side.

Features

314 lights

Sofirn Q8 Plus

Sofirn

$75.44

Sofirn Q8 Plus

Balanced/~30°/554 m

Lumens
16000
Candela
76666
Cell
21700
Weight
17.4 oz

6x Cree XHP50B (5000K or 6500K)

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Wuben X1 Pro

Wuben

$140

Wuben X1 Pro

Flood/~38°/377 m

Lumens
12300
Candela
35520
Cell
21700
Weight
13.5 oz

Cree XHP50.3 HI + 4x XHP50.3 HD

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Nitecore EDC37

Nitecore

$139.95

Nitecore EDC37

Balanced/~28°/420 m

Lumens
8000
Candela
44010
Cell
Built-in
Weight
7.0 oz

2x NiteLab UHi 20 MAX

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Sofirn SK31

Sofirn

$52.99

Sofirn SK31

Balanced/~27°/395 m

Lumens
6800
Candela
39006
Cell
21700
Weight
7.7 oz (with battery)

Not named by the maker

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Nitecore EDC29

Nitecore

$109.95

Nitecore EDC29

Balanced/~26°/400 m

Lumens
6500
Candela
40230
Cell
Built-in
Weight
5.6 oz

2x NiteLab UHi 20 MAX

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Nitecore EX7

Nitecore

$99.95

Nitecore EX7

Balanced/~20°/500 m

Lumens
6000
Candela
63470
Cell
21700
Weight
4.9 oz

4x 5-core M515S

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Wurkkos T1

Wurkkos

$59.99

Wurkkos T1

Balanced/~23°/415 m

Lumens
5500
Candela
43025
Cell
21700
Weight
4.9 oz

Unspecified + RGBW Side

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Nitecore EDC35

Nitecore

$89.95

Nitecore EDC35

Balanced/~17°/550 m

Lumens
5000
Candela
75700
Cell
Built-in
Weight
6.0 oz

9-core NiteLab UHi 40 MAX

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Nitecore P27iX

Nitecore

$159.95

Nitecore P27iX

Balanced/~21°/430 m

Lumens
5000
Candela
46320
Cell
21700
Weight
4.4 oz (without battery)

4x 5-core M515S array

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