Best flashlight for about 20$?. I think i have a winner, if you have another better you can say it...

i would second the convoy m1.
thing is bright and floody and its small.
all the tube style lights mentioned are the same way.
unless you go with a bigger tube like one that takes 26650’s
but my a8 has almost the exact same beam as the convoy m1, so id get the convoy instead since its alot smaller.

i was also gonna mention the kd c8, that thing throws like crazy, probably the best throwing c8 in stock form out there.
and its also the one with the biggest flood and spill of all the c8’s i have also.
but mine is a smo reflector, so your op reflector should be even floodier with more spill.

oh, and id stay away from that c12 from lightmalls, read this