You want something smaller than a king, yet has a brighter output than single XML lights. You also want something which provides a lot of flood along with a lot of throw. You also want it to use a single 18650. You see where I’m going with this right?
Just get a solarforce L2m with a NW emitter from IO. It’s the best $30 worklight you’ll ever have. A P60 has a really good balance between flood and throw too.
The 501b/502b/503b/504b etc. hosts are all P60 hosts and will be the same brightness with the same cell and drop-in. it's simply a tube that holds your cell and will take any compatible P60 drop-in.
I'm partial to these hosts:
Sky Ray S-R5 - $7.99 - rugged, good heatsinking, nice style, and tailstands:
Ultrafire 504b - $8.12 - tailstands, good heatsinking, no crenelations, anti-roll feature, but some of us have had issues with the switch not being able to handle the high amount of current from the XM-L drop-in:
...and here in silver:
If you like the 502b, it's available here:
http://www.manafont.com/product_info.php/ultrafire-wf502b-flashlight-tube-no-led-emitter-p-5848
...and the 501b is here:
...although I don't recommend the 501b for the XM-L drop-in; the 501b host has a lot of empty space in the head that restricts heat sinking...
+1.
I have a Solarforce L2T with the 3 mode Ultrafire dropin and SMO and the Roche is a lot more floody thanks to the small reflector. It’s also a lot smaller.
The F12 I have is the intl-outdoors job so it’s not driven as hard as the Ultrafire T6. It still lights up whatever half of my back yard I point it at. 
A Solarforce pocket clip fits nicely on the F12 also.
unique-fire 2100 / ultrafire 2100
i went ahead and ordered a roche f12. i was gonna order the solarforce, but since the roche is slot floodier and smaller, i went with that one instead.
as far as the p60 hosts, i like the skyray one the best. but i actually dont want a light that can tail stand. i dislike how the switch is inside the tail cap. are there any p60 hosts that dont tail stand? i tried to search for them on manafont, but only the 501b shows up.
solarforce L2M 2012 edition: $11
Plenty of Solarforce hosts won’t tailstand - for example the L2, L2M, L2T, P1.
Slewflash quite rightly pointed out the L2M as or $11 for the host it’s excellent bang for the buck.
They may not stock, but you can always get a new switch.
Definitely more flood than throw especially the one with the OP reflector. Just like the famous world renowned E2100 custom.
Correct, but he wanted a non-tailstander.
after reading more about the hd 2011. i will purchase that as my second light.
now for my last and third light purchase…i may just do a p60 drop in…unless theres more suggestions.
thanks everybody
Good luck with that one. :P
I would try something with a TIR optic. P60s are rather throwy imo.
If a P60 is to "throwy" then you can just stipple the reflector. It actually makes a huge difference.
what is a TIR optic? can you send me a link to one light that has them?
Here are two threads on TIR lenses:
They look like a reflector on first glance but produce a different beam. Reflectors usually make a hotspot and some spill while the desired effect of a TIR is a large uniform beam: a wall of light.
Sadly there arent that many lights with a TIR lens right away.
But if you want to build something yourself, there are a lot of options.
I recommend one of these hosts:
http://www.cnqualitygoods.com/goods.php?id=1497
http://www.cnqualitygoods.com/goods.php?id=1697
20mm optics will fit pretty good and they are small enough.
Now you have to choose LED and driver and select an optic. Carclo frosted lenses produce one of the best beams imo.
As was pointed out earlier, you can add a diffuser disk to most lights for flood then remove it for normal use. I’ve made a few from plastic soda bottles, they work well and are thin so you can store them inside the body tube.
See the post #2.
THIS ONE HERE.
Good spread of power levels, well-made, small-ish, bright (8*7135 driver), no blinkies, choice of driver, choice of tints, choice of modes.
Costs $35.95. I’m very happy with mine.