Best 2025 Smartwatches for flashlight usefulness

#1 Garmin fenix 8 Pro
5.0

The flashlight was treated as genuinely useful, including for navigating back down to a trailhead.

Pros: LTE connectivity, battery life

Cons: value for money, safety features

#2 Suunto Race 2
5.0

The flashlight mode was strongly praised by one reviewer as unexpectedly handy and bright enough for real use.

Pros: GPS accuracy, heart rate accuracy

Cons: smartwatch features, recovery insights

#3 Garmin Instinct Crossover AMOLED
4.9

The built-in LED flashlight was one of the most consistently praised features, described as bright, useful, and valuable in real situations.

Pros: style and design, flashlight usefulness

Cons: value for money, mapping and navigation

#4 Garmin Forerunner 970
4.8

Reviewers repeatedly treated the LED flashlight as a major practical upgrade, useful for night runs, hotels, errands, and everyday visibility.

Pros: heart rate accuracy, GPS accuracy

Cons: battery life, value for money

#5 Garmin Venu 4
4.8

The flashlight was one of the most consistently praised new features, described as genuinely useful for night runs, household use, and quick visibility.

Pros: battery life, GPS accuracy

Cons: value for money, voice assistant quality

#6 Garmin Tactix 8
4.8

The flashlight was one of the most loved practical features, repeatedly described as bright, useful, and convenient for camping, night tasks, and everyday use.

Pros: battery life, durability

Cons: value for money, band quality

#7 Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro
4.6

The LED flashlight is one of the most consistently praised features, described as genuinely useful for everyday, travel, outdoor and visibility situations.

Pros: battery life, value for money

Cons: mapping and navigation, user interface

#8 Suunto Vertical 2
4.3

The flashlight was widely considered useful or even essential, but several reviewers criticized early software behavior, access flow, or clunky controls.

Pros: battery life, flashlight usefulness

Cons: companion app quality, onboard music storage

#9 Motorola Moto Watch Fit
4.0

The flashlight was surprisingly useful indoors, though it was not presented as suitable for outdoor exercise.

Pros: battery life, display quality

Cons: value for money, style and design

#10 Suunto Run
3.9

Flashlight usefulness had limited but positive evidence, with reviewers treating the screen flashlight as handy for dark rooms or weekend use.

Pros: GPS accuracy, battery life

Cons: onboard music storage, charging convenience

#11 Coros Pace 4
3.0

The display flashlight was useful in a pinch, but several reviewers said it could not match a dedicated LED flashlight.

Pros: value for money, battery life

Cons: mapping and navigation, button controls

#12 Coros Nomad
2.2

The lack of a true LED flashlight is one of the most repeated hardware complaints. Some reviewers consider it more useful in daily outdoor life than the Nomad’s headline voice-note...

Pros: mapping and navigation, value for money

Cons: smartwatch features, contactless payments

#13 Coros Apex 4
1.5

The lack of a built-in flashlight is one of the clearest recurring complaints.

Pros: GPS accuracy, battery life

Cons: display quality, brightness

#14 Amazfit Balance 2
1.0

Flashlight usefulness scored poorly because reviewers treated the lack of a built-in flashlight as a missing convenience compared with premium sports watches.

Pros: battery life, value for money

Cons: third-party app support, onboard music storage