Zoomies, especially ones using an aspheric lens, also tend to be heavier and bulkier. I have an old Coast adjustable focus TIR light, and it is not too heavy or bulky. I agree with Chicken Drumstick above in that I think these TIR lights have the best qualities. The TIR provides a more reflector-like beam; some corona around the hotspot instead of abrupt transition between hotspot and darkness like with a lens.
For throwers, I do like aspheric lens lights since the lack of spill becomes an advantage. I have a UF 1504 with dedomed XPG2 that gets around 500kcd. The poor light collection efficiency of lens lights can be fixed by using an appropriate pre-collimator lens. I was able to more than double the beam area in this light by using the pre-collimator lens, while keeping beam intensity nearly the same.