Yeah I’m having trouble seeing the use case too. It seems to fulfill the jobs of none of the items in their “overlap” chart well. I’m all for the thoughtful design though, there’s far too much crappy design in the flashlight world.
And personally I no longer buy lights that don’t use 18650 batteries. So cheap even for top of the lines models like these, so you can just carry extras:
This headlamp gives me joy every time I use it: