It might if Makita would get on the ball and offer a decent bulb for it.I finally had to buy a Dewalt bulb made for 14.4 V to get some decent light out of mine(Makita specs a 12v bulb that the filament folds over after a few minutes of use causing incredibly bad beam quality)I also put some Wrightright film on the lens to smooth out the beam-it isn't Surefire quality,but it is pretty good.
It does stomp the M6 in battery costs though.I can get about 5 hours of good light from the 2 NIMH packs for the price of a charge.