I shy away from Mini Maglites, myself. I have had several of them fail all in the same way. The switch, i.e. the momentary push button that is the bulb base which is activated by unscrewing the bezel, has decided to stick or generally become unreliable in every single Mini Maglite I have had.

Maybe I just let them get dirty. I don’t know, but I have had a couple of them fail in the described way while relatively new and never having the bezel completely removed (for “candle mode” or bulb replacement). Full-size Maglites are quite nice, in my opinion, especially with a Malkoff drop-in LED upgrade.