I find myself in disagreement.
The entire purpose of this light would be:
1. Guide people out during a blackout
2. Guide people out in a fire.
3. Search for people who are hiding, whether victims or bad guys.
4. Search for injured
5. Signal for help (trapped in fire).
So, I think the requirements would be:
Powerful narrow beam. A flood would be worse than useless in a smoke condition.
Strobe for signaling.
Rechargeable, because an emergency light should be mounted on a rack where it can be charged and easily grabbed
Side switch, because a tail switch would be confusing to a person in the dark who is not a flashaholic.
Now I know I am going to get beat up here, but I suggest this light:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KK48HG5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Reasons:
Cheap
Narrow powerful beam that quite frankly is right up there with a Convoy L6 (maybe I will do a beam shot).
Recharges.
Comes with batteries (two alleged 4000 in a pack - they do work well but I personally would replace with quality batteries).
Does NOT require high drain batteries. Protected cells work fine.
It defaults to HIGH when you press the side switch.
Ramping!
Double click for strobe.
Works a very long time on the included batteries.
Glass lens
Did I mention cheap?
I may sell my L6 and S70S. This cheap light outperforms them in real world, at least as a thrower.
I greatly dislike the dual switch system on the Convoy and Thorfire.
And for sure THAT DOES NOT BELONG ON AN EMERGENCY LIGHT.
Any cop or firefighter will tell you that needing to do two things in an emergency, and needing to use two hands, is just a no-go,
Great for fanboys like me and you, NOT an emergency light.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Fire away.