Thanks for all the help, folks. There are a lot of interesting suggestions in there, particularly the idea of waiting for the BTU Shocker XM-L2. I’m not so keen on the suggestion of the Lustefire 3xu, because the thread at TK70 alike LusteFire 3 x XM-L U2 (3 x 26650) @ KD , MF , DX & FT suggests that it’s poorly made.
So what I have decided to do is to hold off any purchase until the nights are getting longer, when I will have more need for the torch. (In June & July, the sunset doesn’t finish here until after 11pm). Maybe the BTU will be available then as an XM-L2.
Any in the meantime I ordered a XinTD C8 v4 to play with 