The light is bright enough, however if DeWalt used a LED bulb instead of a regular incandescent bulb the light would of been much brighter and use much less battery power.  The battery I use in this light is the lithium ion model.  And as I unfortunetly discovered when I was in the far end of  the crawl space underneath my house, there is ZERO warning that the battery is about to go dead.  Your one and only warning is that the light goes dead immediately. Period.  Such are the perils of lithium battteries.  Note to self - take extra battery or another small flashlight next time I'm in a very dark place.