For use outside the house I've pretty much switched 100% to a headlamp - specifically the Princeton Tec EOS. Not having to hold them is just so handy (no pun intended), they're tiny, lightweight, very bright, and durable.

I recently bought the tiny Fenix P1D Cree light (uses the single 123A battery) to have as a small backup for the EOS. It is AMAZINGLY bright for its size and has a long shelf life (lithium), but kind of expensive - about $70

If car camping I'll usually bring a Coleman lantern to help light things up for the Scouts.

Inside my car & house I continue to use an array of somewhat abandoned field handheld lights - my favorites are the 4AA Underwater Kinetics LED (bedroom), the 4AA Streamlight PolyPro LED (car), the Princeton Tec Impact XL (family room), and the little 2 AAA River Rock LED lights from Target (living room & bedroom). The Underwater Kinetics has more of a flood beam - very nice consistency. The SL PolyPro is more of a spotlight. The PT Impact XL isn't as nice as the UK or the SL PolyPro, in my view.

Agree with the UK lights. I have a couple of the UK 4AAeLED lights in various kits. Very usable amount of light with good coverage.

I can't help you with that model, but I have a half dozen of these , got them at Costco, two for about $19 if I recall correctly. I am more than happy with them, so I expect that other of their lights might be OK...

I think I have owned 2 Dorcy's (not the one you are looking at though), and I must say that my experience with them is such that I would have to be a dork to buy another one. Both mine burned out very quickly, and rusted on the inside, and then fell apart.

I wouldn't spend $39.00 on a Dorcy.

Dave

Since I first read this thread I have been looking for the most powerful LED light I could find. The only one I could find that was more powerful was the Trek™ 6000 ex60 and it was over $200 and only operated at full power 4-5 hours. So I'm gonna try the Dorcy and will let you know how it works.

It does indeed use 6AAA batteries. I was checking it out again in Target.

For that price, I would rather have a Surefire G2 Nitrolon. You'll have a few bucks left over for batteries too or to start your fund for a 150 lumen cree bulb assembly.