I took my L2D out last night and had about 4-5 adults asking about it. One guy was bragging to his friend about his big O' flashlight. I pulled out my relatively small L2D and had conparable brightness and throw with better beam quality. He was very interested in my light. He called one of his buddies and his wife to have me show it to them.
I agree with the SOS beacon. I don't care for it. But, I do like the multiple levels a lot and find the options very handy.
If nothing else, I wish they would have tagged the SOS behind the Turbo mode since I don't use those much.
I use low, medium and high a bunch and it would be better just to click through those options without having to click throught SOS mode.