No, they are not terrible lights, just terrible values. You understand you’re talking on the BUDGET light forum?
Additionally, the Surefire A2 Aviator does not meet your requirements, being nowhere near a “pencil beam, with little to no spill”
People here have tried to steer you toward far better lights for far less money but you seem fixated. “I fly, it’s called ”Aviator”, it has my name on it.”
Surefire lights stopped being state of the art a LONG time ago. Now they’re limited to the $600 toilet seat crowd and a few snobs at CPF. Owning a newer Surefire is like buying a toilet plunger for $500 and saying, “I’d trust my life with it!”
If you really have that much too much money, maybe you could find a family nearby that won’t have a great Christmas without help and be that help.