I bought this flashlight to go with my other Dewalt 18v nicad battery collection. I don't use my tools that much so Nicad is perfectly fine for me. The flashlight does as I expected. It provides pretty good light and the battery provides a good base for it to stand on. The battery life on it seems to be fine and I have had no problem with the bulbs burning out. That's pretty much all I can say about this flashlight.