like ecery new member i want the absoultly brightest flashlight that i can carry in my pocket. really i do want something blindingly bright. its mowt import use will be to light up the top of a power pole to see if a switch has opened up before we apply ground (12,000 volts + 4/0 copper grounds = a flash of light you could only dream of, but then theres the fire and explosion that the local utility does not look kindly on. at those critical times the light would be on for 30 seconds at most. so say a useful working range of 125 feet, but at that range there needs to be a lot of usable light. the rest of the tome it woule be used for looking inside underground vault, at poles etc (i am guessing medium lumens around 400-600, i know that i bright but thqt little extra light may allow someone to see a crack in the insulation or what ever. then also a low mode for ready maps and what not. i have been looking at the higher end triples in a 6p size. really like the look/size of the surefire c2 with the new overreqdy triple, like the output of a kerberos quad. for size i wouod like something thqt is somewhat pocketable, i carry a zero tolerance 561 knife (4" folder) so having someth