Granted, the S9 is smaller and lighter, but it’s also an 18650 light.
And this is my point. That it’s only got (just looked it up) 580lm out the pipe. Take a 14500 light like an SP10 or TK05, and they’re in the same 500lm-600lm range, and lots smaller.
Granted, there’s no on-board recharging, but it’s, as I mentioned, anæmic compared to other 18650 lights that push out twice the lemons.
I holster a ’502 as my “real” EDC light, but nowadays I’m also pocketing an SP10.
Edit: And that’s what I wanted to mention, that with the same output, you could be using a 14500 light, and have it be lots smaller. So to me, instead of filling the gap between much brighter 18650s and much smaller 14500s, and getting the best of both worlds, the S9 is kind of the worst of both worlds, almost as big as most other 18650 lights, but with the lesser output of 14500 lights.
Huh? Where were you getting your coffee?
Here, you ask for a coffee, you get it in a cardboard cup, made with milk/cream/sugar/nutrapoison, whatever you ask for, and walk out with… the cup.
Go to a 7-11 and you build your own, from doll-sized cups to a nice big pail of it, but you roll yer own. Me, I like Colombian roast, a few packets of honey, some French-vanilla creamer, and some half’n’half. Oh, and a coupla shots of Stōk.