First, a "normal" XML light "FandyFire A0 3 mode XML 1x18650 or 2x123A" - http://www.dealextreme.com/p/fandyfire-a0-waterproof-cree-xm-lt60-3-mode-1000lm-white-led-flashlight-1-x-18650-94977?r=43033281
Now this "search light" with rechargeable 5500mAh built in battery, 2 modes, XPG- R5 LED - http://www.dealextreme.com/p/rechargeable-5w-220-lumen-2-mode-cree-xp-g-led-white-light-spotlight-searchlight-94992?r=43033281
Now two more "search lights" with an unknown LED for me, one in black case, other in green case, battery pack inside...
... which is exactly why DX enables and encourages shilling (I mean referrals) - to bring them more business. Nice "shilling" Fran. Id encourage everyone to do this as long as they promise not to become one of the brain damaged mods on DX.
Well, if my vote matters; I don't like it. If you happen to know zero about flashlights but you found something kinda cool somewhere that you liked, I want to hear about it but a shill just waters down the board. It's not necessarily about being an all-knowing expert, it's about what you think or what you find interesting.
If Solarforce (or anybody else) ever did hook me up, my credibility would go down the drain.
I'd just like to point out to whoever said that as it used an XP-G should know it was a 'floody' beam that XP-G'sdo not always mean flood they got that reputation when they replaced the XR-E in most small sized lights as their viewing angle is wider. But in a light with a reflector that big one should give an incredibly tight throwy beam. Even in relatively small light (4sevens G5) they produce a very tight beam, look at the beam for the Armytek predator, very tight pencil beam using an XP-G. XM-L's are naturally more likely to produce a floody beam in a similar size reflector as they have an even wider viewing angle, but using a large enough reflector even they can be give a tight throwy beam.
Also DX beamshots are almost always pointless and not representative of the actual beam profile at all as they are taken a matter of a few cm from the wall. At a longer distance they will be very different.
Nice 16cm reflector, should be extremely high in lux/good in throw and easily gets you over 100k cd. But if it has a crappy reflector or something that is not optimised, it would throw no better than a P60 XM-L.