Hey, the flashlights finally arrived today, and they are crazy bright! I can illuminate a reflective street sign from 150 feet, and my wife tells me they're blinding from across the street. The focus is a little tighter than I'd prefer, but they should do fine. Now the next step is to resolder the connections (they're terrible!) and wire up a connection to my battery. Hopefully I'll be able to do all this tomorrow, we'll see.

BTW, would anyone happen to know where I can get 1/2" OD semi or fully transparent rigid plastic tubing? I tried Home Depot but that was a bust.