I have a nice basic $50-60 Surefire light I got in the 2016 PF Secret Santa. It's nice, but honestly I like my Fenix light about as much, and I've never had any dissatisfaction with my Streamlight TLR-series lights in almost a decade.
I believe the SMEs when they say Surefire is worth the sometimes very high premium, but for my personal low to mid level use I can't justify them.