Which lamp are you running in your 9V light? If you're using the standard lamp, you can go to a 6V light with the upgraded lamp and get pretty damn close to the same output. The trade off will be that your battery life will be lessened.
What are you doing with it? If your light use is mostly outside, across long distances (which appears to be unlikely, due to your statement that the (v system is overkill), then the incandescent lights are preferable to LED's. LED's just don't have the long distance "throw" that an incandescent does. LED's diffuse light in all directions, so the beam "spreads" more than a tungsten filament lamp does. The advantages of the LED are substantial, though: no need to shock isolate because there's no filament to break, and the light can be much smaller and lighter.
If it were for my rifle, I'd be looking primarily at the Scout and the X200 with one of the tape switch options. I recently saw an X200 tailcap assembly that was basically an XM switch for the X200. Both of those lights are a fraction of the weight of the Millennium series lights, with enough light output to get jobs done.
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