Thanks for the info---Yes, I have compared the Rage to the 40, and there is no way that they can say the Rage is brighter....unless they are measuring a small little section of the beam...my 40 is overall, much brighter. This past weekend I was in a very big building with no lights...for a game -- my 40 was plenty bright in there, noticed that the candela for the rage was not nearly as big as the 40, but the rage more than held it's own. Just recieved my Surge today in the mail, wish I would've had that this past weekend. A friend (clueless about flashlights) couldn't believe how much light the 40 put out for it's size, until I let him borrow my TL-3--- I think I may have converted him into a beginning flash-o-holic!