What do you think of this bike light

[perfectful]

Just find this bike link on youtube , it said have 900lumens , was it really have 900lumens?
Anyone who every buy this bike light , and what do you think of this bike light ?

This is the video from youtube : http://www.youtube.c...h?v=mLjGUFSZKWg

 

[tincaman]

That light is the same as these variations, its called the Magicshine and is very popular due to its price and light output. Most people buy from Dealextreme on the links below. 900 lumens is the theroretical output from the led and is pure marketing, real output has been measured on various forums at between 400 and 500 lumens.

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I bought the one with the head mount, the cable was very short, not even long enough to reach my jersey pocket. Extension cables are available too for about $3.

 

[jimboalee]

Most of the 900 lm lamp jobbies use a special 4 - 4.8 V battery. With plug-in charger. That means the battery cannot be replaced by a commercial battery out of a blister pack from a newsagent.
Run out of power at your peril.

I weighed up the options and went for a P7 lenser that uses 4 x AAA cells. 200 lm and its fine.

Talking of 'weighing up', I didn't want to carry 1 1/2 lb of lamp.

 

[tincaman]

I bought 2 lights and a Y-splitter so I have one battery pack on the bike running both and one pack spare at home. I keep a spare cree led flashlight as a backup. The batteries are 18650, 3.7v, wired in series/parallel, so the led is taking 7.4v.
If you need a lot of light for unlit roads these are fine, the high setting is overkill for lit towns though.

Do a google search for Magicshine, there is loads of info on the forums.

 

[MrGrumpy]

tempting as these are, just wonder if they are overkill for a commuter on unlit roads? Just cars stop for me at junctions at night when they see my modified cateye tripleshots. However a cyclist had to stop one morning when I was going towards him due to me blinding him Apologised of course, would be good if you could choose lens options?

 

[amaferanga]

tempting as these are, just wonder if they are overkill for a commuter on unlit roads? Just cars stop for me at junctions at night when they see my modified cateye tripleshots. However a cyclist had to stop one morning when I was going towards him due to me blinding him Apologised of course, would be good if you could choose lens options?

I have one (Magicshine) and the high setting is a bit more than is needed. TBH with most decent bike lights you need to have them pointing down if you are to avoid dazzling people. I tilt mine down a bit when there's traffic around and/or if I'm not going very fast and tilt it up a bit when there's no traffic around and/or I'm going faster.

You do see some right muppets around with their crappy lights pointing up thereby dazzling everyone

 

[MrGrumpy]

the middle part of my commute is unlit, in fact its out in the country, would be good to have some control over output. My current setup although fine in terms of light output, the batteries are not as good, plus was thinking of switching it to my other bike.

 

[earth]

The thing I like about all these lights is the ability to change the beam focus. Why have the like of exposure not done this?

 

[Cubist]

Just find this bike link on youtube , it said have 900lumens , was it really have 900lumens?
Anyone who every buy this bike light , and what do you think of this bike light ?

This is the video from youtube : http://www.youtube.c...h?v=mLjGUFSZKWg

Look at the 1400 lumen magicshine.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.36018

Don't panic, in real life it's nowhere near as big as it looks in the photos, and the neoprene covered battery is a thing of great beauty and wonder!

It has three emitters, and can be dimmed, so doesn't cause retina frazzle for car drivers. It's well made, awesomely bright, and cost £78. A bit more than the 900s, but worth every penny more.

I use mine chiefly off road, (which means my lad can now use two 900's on his bars, as he's benefitted from my old Macgicshine)