I've had a ton of flashlites in my time, Maglites seem to be the only ones that hold up. I have four of them, including one that I've had for almost 40 years. Its been back to the factory to replace the rubber dohickie on the switch once. Two of them were LED equipped as purchased, the other two I installed aftermarket LED bulbs into. About the only thing that annoys me about a Maglite is that they're completely round - its hard to set one down on its side to illuminate something and not have it roll. But like I said in another thread, I'll take durability over all other considerations.