I too use the HL7's for daily work, and at night,,, every night, and it has yet to fail. The HL7 is without doubt one of the most user friendly lights on the market. It's not like all the cycle thru the different mode lights that drive you crazy when you miss your mode, and then you have to the cycle thing again. Bah. The HL7 focuses fast, and simple, and the brightness is controlled by a lever. High to low, and spot to flood in a second or so, and you are in complete control. The HL7 is an upgrade to the H7, which I liked even better, but the H7 was just not built for heavy use, and it had a few issues with wire breaking. I still have two h7s and still use them. The light in Painful Chafe's link is very similar to the old H7. DX has one also for the same money. The beam on the knock offs like those have a more square spot, and are ringy, which I don't mind the square beam on spot, or the rings. I also have one of the DX knockoffs, and I like it just fine. My only complaint with these lights is the three AAA's. But I use rechargers, so it's not much of an issure for me. Want flood? Want throw? Want variable brightness? Want ease, and simplicity of use? Get one of these, and get away from click, click, click/multimode syndrome. Other manufacturers would do well to follow suit with this format. Remember KISS?