The MagicShine 1400 should light up most anything. I find the 900 good enough but I'm on the road. The 1400 is about $125. I think by the time you get done dinking around with stuff, if your time is worth anything at all to you, the $125 isn't a bad price.

My MagicShine 900 definitely puts out WAY more light than the 20 watt halogen that I used to use. Heck, my P7 flashlight at $60 with charger and battery puts out more light than the 20 watt halogen.

The only reason I'd go for a halogen these days would be if I ABSOLUTELY could not afford $60 (for a flashlight and charger), but I could afford $50 (about what I think it would cost to build a cheap halogen with battery and charger). Even then I think I'd see if I could find some bottles to return to make up the $10, because a flashlight is so much more convenient.

The flashlight doesn't have uninterrupted runtime though. For that I'd have to spend $85 and get the MagicShine.

MagicShine 900

MagicShine 1400