Anybody use Maglite flashlights?

I had a Cree LED spotlight that would throw a beam a mile. I also had a 5 cell Maglight the size of a T-ball bat. I'm sure it was designed for the police to clobber someone with as it would be ideal for that. Darn thing seized up after a battery leaked (probably a Duracell!) and it took a pipe wrench and a vice on the back of a plumbers truck to unscrew the cap, Destroyed. I just get the 9 LED freebies at Harbor Freight as I cant seem to keep one for over a month. Every time I get a Stream-light from work it seems to find its way back to my house where my kid leaves it on.