150,000 lumen or candle power, I know your right and at that much cost it a mute point. But I have a 3 watt led that puts out 80 lumens and its just as bright as a regualr flash light even more so. These are very cool to and any one who has bought one far a Mag replacement has been BLOWN AWAY.

http://www.flash-lights.com/index.ph...Luxeon-K2.html

I hear you it looks like LED still need to evolve.

This website gives great reading on how much output the better 3+ watt leds are produceing

http://www.flashlightreviews.com/index1.html

they have a review of tons of lights check out INOVA Brand, the LED Mag lights are not as good as the one I posted above but still show how for 24 hours+ they burn brighter than the regular bulbs and don't drop in brightness like the standard mag does. 3 D cells here last forever compared to standard 3d maglight.