Yea, we just had different purposes. I was looking for a carry light, and was replacing my mags with the Rayovacs. The Inova XO and XO3 are pretty bright, I'm surprised you didn't like them.I wanted a much much brighter replacement for my 4D maglight but I didn't want to keeping buying flashlights and hoping for the best. Also, for the tac light, I wanted something fist-sized, rather than pocket-sized. The X1 would have been too small anyway, but even the other Inovas I looked at didn't seem very bright. So far, the Coast is an excellent replacement for my MiniMag. I'll let you know how the batteries seem to last. According to the package, it says "50 hours", but I'll believe that when I see it.