I just couldn't resist the L950M, bought one last night even though I recently got a TK40 and M1x, I guess I had some extra batteries that needed a home and at the price of the Lm950 it was too good to pass up. I think it's good to have competition in the market force and the pricing is competitive to say the least and should be rewarded. I joined the cpf in the spring of 2003, long before it was a big site and the Arc AAA at 15 lumens was a marvel and there was hardly any light that had 100 lumens unless you went surefire with their xtra bright bulb, maybe it was theP91. Now I am going to own 3 lights over 600 lumens and they are all brighter I believe than the Surefire M6 which was rated at 500 lumens and thought to be amazing. My how things have changed. First the 1 watt lights, then 3 watt, then 5 watt lights that burned to hot. There weren't any rechargeable 123 bulbs , now I have every version of that light that they make, I even charge up some old pila batteries where two pilas equaled 3 cr123 batteries and they still work, so much about ancient history, but boy how things have changed.