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Advantages are that you can place it on it's tail. The light is quite bright and will light up a small room enough to see when placed like this. You could also put a diffuser on it if so inclined. Because of the switch the length is also much lower.
Disadvantages: Obviously the electronic switch isn't quite as good as a clicky in terms of how good it feels to click. Possible disadvantage: not as much of an audible click, although this could be an advantage late at night
The main problem with it is that because it's electric, it starts to become less reliable as the battery dies. Even if the battery has a bit more run time left in it (never tested what point it starts to come into effect) the switch will sometimes not work on the first click. It's odd. It only happens when turning the light on for the first time. Changing the brightness after it's on is never a problem. Once again, this could be seen as an semi-advantage (although a low battery light would be better) as it lets you know the battery is running low without impacting too much on performance. usually you can get the light to turn on eventually.