Going to add some stainless eye candy to my collection and have it narrowed down... I think. Your thoughts...

Don has (or had) all three of those. He compares the C3 and F25 here:

I don't like the GITD bands of the F25, otherwise I would definitely go with the XP-G LED. Plus there are a few versions of the C3 out there and I'm not sure what you will end up with. I guess in the end, for me, it would be the F25. You just missed a chance to (possibly) get a C3 for less than $6: