too expensive, too dark, too uneven

Maglite builds still the most beautiful aluminum case for flashlights. Unfortunately use is the replacement of incandescent lamps in LED bit if you do not adapt the housing to this technology. What was the strength of Maglite earlier, today is their Achilles' heel: An LED with reflector unfortunately makes a very dirty light cone. Even cheap LED lamps from China can produce already clean uniform simmetric because the LEDs are designed visually bereichts this. Instead of a reflector needs a high-quality LED lamp, a lens, focusing the light beam if you want.

Even unpleasant is the fact that the typical Maglite design is not suitable for modern high-power LEDs, as these need a cooling surface. The Maglite has inside too much plastic, which does not conduct the heat away. Therefore Maglite installed only weak LEDs so that the lamps are only mediocre light compared to the competition.

Batteries you can not use in Maglite LED lamps generally the way. Their lower voltage coped not Maglite with their cheap driving technique.

What remains therefore is the beautiful aluminum case. But that's not 25-70 Euro (depending on size) worth it when the Maglite is photometrically hung loosely from the simplest China lamps.