for wilderness lights, i believe reliability, runtime and having it on one's body are most important (verses brightness, flash/strobe modes, clickies, throw, beam color...)

i have spent a lifetime looking for the right light and the closest i've come is the custom-made Mako 1xAAA.

here's a link to a thread i started about the Mako, listing what i require of a wilderness EDC 'light and why so few lights meet my needs:

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/show...i-ve-ever-owned

although the Mako is kinda hard to come by, the concepts discussed in the thread may offer you additional insights into what might work best for you.