If you were going to spend up to $40 on a good friend...

[raccoon]

@CheapThrills

I have a retiring WF-139 charger. I could give that to my friend.

He is rather technical guy so will do fine with Li-ions, 18650. He has now Romisen RC-C6 from me, likes it, but hates short runtime :(

What XM-L for christmas present? Possibly an all-rounder rather than thrower, he especially likes wide usable beam from Romisen.

I´ll leave budget open...

I am not aware of any exceptional zoomable XM-L lights.

Is the KaiDomain C8 with OP reflector considered an all-rounder? (http://www.kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=11097) If so, I'd go with that.

If you're looking for something small and floody, I like the 5-mode UF-2100: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/3888#comment-73032