Need a decent flashlight:

I have this one & I dig it pretty well. Rechargeable, bright LEDs, three settings - normal, flood & combined.

 

Nice little flash light, you could buy rechargeable batters $9.99 at home depot

 

Small or full sized?

I have a two D-cell LED mag lite that I keep in my pickup for pretrips in the dark. I've replaced the batteries twice in four years.

I have a smallish tactical light, also LED, that I carry in the truck. I think it takes two AAs. I've never replaced them in the three years I've had it. I use it a few times every workday to find my way through dark Applebee's dining rooms, where the closers always leave some booby trap in the walkway.

LED technology has really reduced the need for rechargability, IMO.

 

$20 at Loves.

 

Old reliable....6D cell Maglite....w/led lamp....mines at least 20 years old

 

i bought one of these in 2011. durable as hell and fairly bright. it is hard on batteries, though. i am fairly certain i paid <$10 for it.

 

I have a streamlight stylus light. Slightly larger than a pen, billet aluminum and it charges off a USB. It may be small but it throws off an insane amount of light.

 

I got this from the Snap On guy. USB rechargeable and can use AAA batteries as well. 40 bucks, but it's the best light I've ever had in 16 years of trucking.

 

Yep, and in the right situation the trusty Mag can make a less than helpful person-of-interest "see the light" again!