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300 lumens sounds blinding bright to go looking in a cupboard with :o

I wanted my mum to have a good general purpose/meter reading/emergency power outage light, just in case but hoping she’d never need it. I started by giving her an L3 Illuminations L10(twisty) and L11(clicky), both with 4 modes. Same issues with hands and the complication of modes, the idea was to see what she liked and didn’t like about the lights so i could work towards a suitable light but she loves them both, prefers the twisty because it’s easier to use, carries it with her when she goes away and even uses it when she gets up in the night instead of turning on the house lights. I put Energiser Lithiums in them which last for ages and while she hasn’t had to change a battery yet (a year of use) i have no doubt she’ll manage because she already knows how the head twists, she just has to twist it all the way off and put the battery in with the pointy bit pointing towards the LED (bulb :D).

To echo Macka, bigger is not always easier to hold/use, lighter is easier to hold, smaller is easier to store. And to echo others above, try and find out what your mum actually likes, give her a couple of torches to play with if possible and see what happens.
And if you’re worried about runtime with any light get her 2 so she can switch to the second when the first runs out which gives you time to sort out changing the battery.