MoreLumens said: "I like to have turbo modes when I need to see bigger areas at once in darkness like when camping, exploring caves and fields etc. Usually flooder for those occasions. ..."
That is almost exactly where I am at. I like to use Turbo mode for two seconds, when I need to quickly scan a large area, mostly width, but also some depth. The more raw power the better, to get the width of the area, and also some depth. Being that this is my situation, I want this in the smallest size flashlight possible, because I am only using Turbo for two seconds.
Because I am an enthusiast about this, getting max power flood and some throw from the smallest light for two seconds, to quickly scan an area, from the smallest size flashlight, I have kept up with recent advances in this area for the past five and a half years. My journey, starting October, 2014:
MMU-X3: 1,600 lumens.
MM15, 5,000 L
Meteor XP-L, 7,500 L
TN36UT, 13,400 L
TK75vn quad 70, 16,000 L
X45vn, 25,000 L
Next, recently, I started looking for The Most Powerful Single Cell Light, to do the same thing: Quickly scan large area for two seconds, from the smallest size flashlight:
TM9K, 9,500 L
NSX53, 9,000 L
D4V2vn quad W2, 4,000 L
FW4vn quad W2, 3,850 L
Next, we have this: Single 21700, triple 70.2, 13,000 L, for two second burst to quickly scan the largest area with the smallest size flashlight.
Yes, it has normal modes for normal runtime and normal heat generation, for use that involves longer than two second quick scan.
I have 28 high performance lights, because I like to help support the folks who provide recent advances in things that I like: Very small, small, medium, large and very large dedicated throwers, power throwers, depth flooders and power flooders.
Price/cost? I don't own any "Jewelry" class lights or any USA made custom or semi-custom items or any exotic metals lights, even though I like to look at pics of them, and read posts about them.