Well, I am a flashaholic, no doubt there!
Most days at work I carry a black Gerber Trio, three LEDs, 2AA, adequate light for my needs, compact (about the same size as a Mini-Mag, tough overall.
For days when I am spiffed up, and don't want a "bulge to show", I carry a Fenix L2P, single Luxeon, 2AA. Very slim, very Bond. I think of it as a 21st century Mini-Mag.
In the house, we have several lights. For diaper duty late at night, I use an Inova X1, so as to not freak out the baby. It is a single LED, 1AA, very mellow beam, but has a good spot light. For night time forays that go bump but don't seem too scary, there is a 3C Streamlight PolyPro, ten LED.
In the cars are two more Streamlights, a PolyPro 4AA, seven LED and a PolyPro 4AA, Luxeon. The Luxeon version is a single bulb, and is the direction LEDs lights seem to be going, as opposed to multi-bulb lights.
In the kitchen is a burgundy Mini-Mag that has a TerraLux Luxeon conversion. It is now brighter than a 4D Maglite! There is another Mini-Mag that has a green TerraLux Luxeon (green has more lumens/candle power than white in this particular bulb). It is used for night hiking along with a couple of BUL's (back up lights).
For evening walks, we both have SureFire G2's. Mine is an older incandescent OD version w/o a lock out cap, Natalia's is a newer tan (or coyote brown for you tactical types) with a G&G Luxeon bulb assembly. The G&G Luxeon bulb is almost as bright as a stock incandescent bulb, but battery life is about three or four times greater. Both of these use two CR123A batteries.
I wanted to see what a truly bright light was like in compact form, so I bought a Streamlight TL-3. It uses three CR123A batteries along with an incandescent bulb that easily delivers twice the brightnes of a SureFire G2. It is my bump in the might light if I am truly startled.
When we are hiking I take an Inova T3 to back up the green Mini-Mag. The T3 has a Luxeon bulb, and is powered by three CR123A batteries. It is brighter than either of our G2's, and has greater battery life. For a compact general use light that throws the lumens, it cannot be beat. MUCH brighter than the Streamlight PolyPros in any configuration I own.
A few years back I gave my dad a Pelican M6. It is the equivalent of an aluminum G2. Very bright, uses 2 CR123a's. The problem with it and most other 2 cell 123 lights with incandescent bulbs is short battery life. Eventually it will be converted to LED.
In my safe I have a Streamlight TwinTask 3C, has both LEDs and incandescent. I bought a few years ago it thinking it was "all that", but with the newer light technology that has come out recently, it is now relegated to safe duty. Plus it it has that damnable proprietary incandescent bulb.
Last is an ultraviolet flashlight. Just a Chinese cheapie, it is aluminum, 3AAA, but does a great job of finding the security strip in paper money or looking for "leaks" from diapers.
There are also still quite a few plastic Pelicans laying around that don't get any use. Slowly these will be converted to LED and used as needed.
I can't believe what this hobby has led me too. The terrible thing is, flashlight tech closely apes computer tech. What is bright (fast) and trick this year is easily superceded within a year, perhaps two. Some lights are good values no matter the tech, such as a Mini-Mag with Luxeon conversion. Some are great even if not so powerful, like the Inova X1 or the Gerber Trio. For the specific uses I need these for, why go any higher, tech wise?
Still and all, it is pretty fun to be "choosing" a light. I remember when three did it all. A cheap plastic Rayovac in the tool box, a Mini-Mag in the house or pocket, and a standard Mag for things that go bump or road trips. What a backwards maroon I was!
I looked around and didn't see anything, and the smell went away. I got home later that day, and went to use my flashlight. I noticed three things:
