So some years back (2005, wow!), I bought various family members gifts of the Streamlight Propolymer Luxeon 4AA.
I'd like to buy some similar gifts this year, but it looks like the technology has advanced since then (Streamlight themselves offers a bunch of other lights with "C4" LEDs, which I gather from context are better than those old Luxeons), and I'm not sure those are the best buy any more. What I'm looking for is:
1. Something that's "normal" size. Not a heavy tactical flashlight, not a pocket light, something that's the appropriate size to put in a drawer with your stapler and duct tape.
2. Something that uses normal AA batteries. I don't think my friends and family have ever heard of a CR123 battery.
3. Either brighter than the Propolymer with the same running time, or a longer running time with the same brightness, or ideally brighter with a longer running time.
Does this light exist, or should I just pick up more of those five-year-old flashlights?
I'd like to buy some similar gifts this year, but it looks like the technology has advanced since then (Streamlight themselves offers a bunch of other lights with "C4" LEDs, which I gather from context are better than those old Luxeons), and I'm not sure those are the best buy any more. What I'm looking for is:
1. Something that's "normal" size. Not a heavy tactical flashlight, not a pocket light, something that's the appropriate size to put in a drawer with your stapler and duct tape.
2. Something that uses normal AA batteries. I don't think my friends and family have ever heard of a CR123 battery.
3. Either brighter than the Propolymer with the same running time, or a longer running time with the same brightness, or ideally brighter with a longer running time.
Does this light exist, or should I just pick up more of those five-year-old flashlights?