DayofReckoning,
Take a look at username "Ven", I think you may see some Turbo heads you like. I have a collection of almost 400 lights, and yet I do regret selling and trading away some precious lights when I was a novice. The most painful transaction was the sale of 6 Surefire's that the USPS lost, but that's another story. My only suggestion is that you look at everything available today, do a mental comparison to those lights that you favored the most and ask yourself what best suits your needs. It took me around 30-40 lights capable of over 1,000 Lumens before I realized that due to health reasons the real world "need" I had for high Lumens (Search and Rescue, camping, hiking, amateur climbing) are no longer feasible for me. I still have a strong love of the E2E, and since my very first "good" Flashlight was an E2E in stainless, I have a few of them...some incandescent (the tip above about T Customs is great-I have a few brass drop ins and multiple bulbs I can change based on need), as well as LED drop ins from Steve Ku, Lumens Factory and custom builds.The main point I was trying to communicate before I got lost in run on sentences is that many of the lights from a few years ago, meet my needs easily and other than a few select Surefire's can be acquired at a very reasonable price with a modest amount of patience. Don't underestimate the WTB, WTT, WTS sections of CPF(want to BUY, TRADE, SELL). Take a look at the Paul Kim threads too-the "Main Man" from Surefire has some excellent offerings that merge old world style with new world technology and the results are amazing! There are also some Paul Kim-Four Seven's collaborations that are still around(Four Sevens was recently sold to Jason at DarkSucks/Prometheus Lights, another great company to check out). When you know what you want, let the CPF Community know and I believe you will be impressed by the response. I would also reccomend getting a Surefire 6P(around $50 new) or one that is bored out for 18650 size cells and try out a few of the new LEDS-drop ins are usually less expensive than complete lights, see what you like, sell the ones you don't and now you have a good idea of what is available and what you like for far less than a dozen new lights. Not to mention the 6P's have a slighter better survival ability than even cockroaches after a nuclear war.... Good Luck, have fun and enjoy...