Amen, brother! I have been trying HARD to standardize on AAs, but broke down and bought a Inova T2 (got it today-bright, but HUGE and of course 123s for batts), but I really try hard--GPS, Streamlight LuxJR, tiny shortwave radio (from CountyComm), etc.
I will be AA-2 in the group, you of course can be AA-1.
Ford