The beam is powerful and the size and weight are perfect. The rotary knob for adjusting brightness is really intuitive and revolutionary. It's amazing other flashlights have not done this before. It's so much better than clicking through a few brightness levels. The dimmest setting is a little brighter than I expected, but it's fine. My only wish on this is that there was a way to widen or focus the beam a bit. Other than that, this is a great flashlight and a great value for the money.