The torch feels ok, not as sturdy as the cree ones I've tested, I'm not sure it would survive much rough handling.
The laser gives a good strong beam, easily seen for a few hundred yards in the dark, not so easily seen outdoors in bright sunlight, at lest not over any great distance. It's plenty bright enough for a laser pointer indoors no problem.
The ultraviolet leds give a reasonable amount of light, they do appear to be proper uv and not just mauve coloured leds, pretty much useless outdoors if it's bright, but fine indoors as long as your fairly close to your subject.
The white leds are pretty good, I'd guess about 500 lumen's (certainly brighter than a 300 I compared them with) the beam is a soft-ish spread of light, great for seeing where your going but not so good for searching something distant, plenty of light for finding your way around at night anyway.
The torch I tested has the laser beam 'aiming off' the centre line a fair bit, but to be fair the test one I have has had some rough handling prior to my getting it, so it might be that or just cheap quality control.
The biggest issue for me is the switch, it's one click for the laser, click again for uv, and a third click for the torch (and a final click for off). This means you have to cycle through the laser and uv every time you want the torch (and all the way through to turn off.) It would have been miles better if you could choose which light source you want then on off somehow.
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