You'll have to decide just how much brightness you need. Many of them now can be so bright that they aren't useful for close up work. I have flashlights from Surefire, Streamlight, Coast, and a few old Mag lights. The Surefires are nice but overpriced. The streamlights are ok but the two I have just feel a bit flimsy although I'm sure they'll do just fine. The mag lites are ancient technology so I won't even comment on them. My Coast HP17 is the best of the bunch. It's a larger flashlight which may or may not appeal to you. Uses 3 D cells which doesn't satisfy your rechargeable requirement but the thing gets very good life out of the batteries. Another option is to purchase rechargeable NiMH D cells and go that route. I do think it's a bit big for simply trying to look at things in an engine bay etc... but if you want to check in on your neighbor a quarter of a mile away, you can do it with this thing! I haven't seen many rechargeable flashlights with the latest C4 LED lamps although I'm guessing they're out there. Many use the CR123A batteries which are not cheap ($10/2 ea at Walmart!) and I have found they don't last long generally. In fact, one of my streamlights arrived with batteries and within 5 minutes of use, the batteries were dead.
Next time I'm in the market, I do plan to look at the Coast ones first. The one I have is very well made and they do offer an awful lot of different lights.
