good solid light and very bright!

good solid light and very bright!  Read Less

To preface: I'm a fairly heavy flashlight user. On a more or less daily basis I use flashlights to look at structures and equip...  Read More

To preface: I'm a fairly heavy flashlight user. On a more or less daily basis I use flashlights to look at structures and equipment anywhere from 20 to 80 feet overhead in closed spaces -- and normally, the architectural lighting installers don't worry about visibility of the the overhead structural steel -- why would they?If I'm in the air I wear a headlamp, but sometimes you need a look at stuff from the ground. So, my most recent daily carry light was a Nitecore MT26. Totally solid light -- very bright, very tough, very cheap (comparatively)... What more could you want?Well, the EC20 comes in at the same price point, more or less, as the MT26 (and the included charger and rechargeable 18650 here seem to be reasonable quality, so there's a bonus for your few extra dollars). It's smaller, it's as bright or even a tad brighter in turbo mode, and the brightness selection heuristics are a heck of a lot better on the EC20. It seems every bit as tough.The downsizing of the bezel doesn't seem to have compromised the optics at all (throw is still awesome).I'm no expert on these things, but as far as my experience goes, there's no reason to pay for a [name-brand] flashlight, because the only quantitative difference is the binning of the CREE LED, and I can pretty much promise that, if you don't have an opinion about LED binning, you'll think this light is the bee's knees. Even if you do, it's still a great light.  Read Less

GREAT

GREAT  Read Less