Interesting comparisons...
...but in all honesty, I rarely do any "hiking" or anything with handheld flashlights anymore and don't know too many "hikers" who use anything else other than headlamps - you just rarely need to see that far if you're just hiking.
Now, if you're talking about lights for hunting... then I guess it's a subject I'm not too familiar with and don't know the pros and cons.
But just to quote a guy in an EMS being shown headlamps (he was looking for flashlights):
"Headlamp? Nah, I don't need anything that hardcore"
all right...