Need a new flashlight

i agree NiCads are worthless. I have many porter cable tools that are unusable now. they could have made the new lithium batteries fit the older NiCad stuff. but noooo
you can rebuild those battery packs for about $1 a cell (usually take 5 or more) just rebuild them with new cells of equal size. As for flashlights, I have a 12V R4 bulb in a 10" reflector that's rated at 1M candlepower (concentrated) , or >12M lumens! plugs into lighter. Used it once camping.