0.60 lights per month for the past 81 months, real performance lights, not including sub-performance lights I purchased before I discovered real lights.
I have avoided the bottomest-drawer brands, and I have avoided jewelry-class lights. My price range is similar/same as yours; Astrolux to Fenix.
Brands that I have: Acebeam Astrolux Eagletac Emisar Fenix Four-Sevens Imalent Lumintop Manker Mateminco Nightwatch Nitecore Niwalker Noctigon Olight Thrunite
Not yet,: Armytek JetBeam Klarus MecArmy Nextorch Streamlight Sunwayman Surefire Zebralight Amutorch Convoy Fireflies Rovyvon Sofirn Welltool Wuben Wurkkos etc etc etc.
Not yet, USA Custom makes: Elzetta FrazLabs HDS LRI Malkoff McGizmo Muyshondt Okluma Oveready Peak Pelicans Prometheus TexasLumens TNC
I like very small practical lights, small practical lights, medium size practical lights, large practical lights, and very large practical lights.
There are no lights that I don't like; just simply some lights that I like more than others. The ones that I like more than others: I buy them.
I give kudos to Lumintop, Haikelite, Astrolux/Mateminco, Sofirn, etc for coming out with large, high performance configurations that Fenix, Nitecore, etc have passed over.
I have avoided lep because I don't want to accidentally target someone far away. But I do want one.
My lights: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/9150/287