Ive got the same light in black, been looking for a decent undermounted light for years, paid £35 and its been faultless, the remote is brilliant and the fact you can customise the light setting is great. I live in the Scottish Highlands so no street lights and found the low beam set to 50% is more than enough most of the time and i just flick it to high beam when i need more
Had seen this a few times at AliX, and then decided to pull the trigger seeing that you had positive words. I'll just add the following: Great light output, but the GoPro-type mount system is made of some brittle plastic. My light kept bouncing up or down whenever I hit even a minor break in the pavement or bridge seam or other mildly jarring "bump". I tightened it a bit. Then a bit more. Then the next ride it went flying off the bike at ~35kph. The two grey GoPro "tongues" had broken. 😠 Still had all the pieces so put it back together with JBWeld for plastic as well as a little Goop (exoxy brand) to add support to the structure. Not sure if I didn't get it seated back in the mount properly or what, but the next ride, I had the light bounce right out of the "clip" (GoPro repair held, but the light was sliding out of the "slide-in" clip. I'll attribute that to user error - probably had some Goop preventing the clip from locking properly. On the (major) plus side, though: Four times the light has flown off the bike, at between 35 and 50kph, once on concrete bridge deck, three others on pavement. The light part continues to work flawlessly. 😃
Got my first set of Magicshine well over 10yrs ago. Glad they're still going strong. The lights set I got certainly are, though I rarely ride in the dark now unless on MTB.
Very good. But can you tell everyone who has bright lights without this feature to dip them when riding in urban areas please? So sick and tired of being blinded at night.
Well, smokers are worse. I hate to breathe their fucking cigarette smoke all the time. As long there are smokers, I will not stop blinding. This is how far we have come.
I'm a big fan of MagicShine lights. Their rear light (seemee200) is really cool as well. It shines down onto your back wheel/road behind you in the dark as well as the light that shines straight ahead. This makes me very visible.
This looks like a nice product at a good price. The high beam will be good for trail riding but a road or street rider shouldn't need it much, if at all. When setting up a low beam, look at the beam pattern against a wall. Make sure it does not go above the mounting point. This is to ensure it doesn't shine in people's faces whether they are walking, cycling, or in a car.
By the look of the wallshots the beam pattern seems to be vertically too long which makes it hard to aim the light without increasing nearfield/foreground intensity which reduces distance vision.
@@uvwuvw-ol3fg there is a sharp cutoff at the top of the low beam. The user must aim it well and make an effort to keep the beam out of people's faces. I think with proper use, this light could do a good job. I've been riding with lights with shaped beams for a few years now.
Great light. I have one and the scatter pattern with the cutoff line is great. The customisable flash settings are cool. Use the high beam in a daytime flash.
Awesome light highly recommend, I bought mine (a CBL1600 version) for £44 from a well known UK auction site. At time of writing Amazon also selling a 25% off
The Fenix BC26R is also 1600 lumens and won't break the third time you use it. Also it has a replaceable 5,000mAh battery so it'll last longer and when the battery hits it's charge cycle life in a few years you don't have to replace the entire light.
Lezyne are the best in terms of price/performance ratio. Their build quality is unrivaled (you can drop them 100'000 times and all they end up with is scratches in the super robust housing). If you need more, go for Lupine. Expensive, but you will own them forever. They are fixable and Lupine support is top notch.
Great idea. Cutoff lights for urban ridding makes perfect sense... However the optics are less than ideal. This light produces different colors and inconsistent levels of light. For my eyes this is a bit confusing, especially when traveling down steep hills at high speeds. Magicshine if you're reading this, please have your engineering department produce a cutoff beam that produces optimal optics. If you do, I'll be buying it.
Once a person had such a light and directly drove towards my direction. I was not able to see because the person did not adjust it properly and "blinded" the s... out of me on my bike.
Was really tempted with that light beam pattern looks amazing. Still using my towild dlight 1800 though it mounts under the same, high/low beam with good cutoff but wireless remote has boost button that maxes it out only while pressed, really useful for a quick flash.
I also run the DLite 1800 with the wireless remote and absolutely love that flashing function! Normally I do not need the high beam so much around town, but for a quick look ahead if needed or to signal somebody it is great.
Very interesting, Luke. Thanks for sharing this one. I do a lot of riding at night, as well but whether I’m on my road bike or mtb, I practically never see anybody. I guess I’m lucky. That runtime makes me a bit nervous. For my rides, it wouldn’t be enough. If you’re far away from home, please take a spare. :) Recently I was caught off guard on top of a mountain, in rain and fog, in the dark, 25mi up a mountain on a closed road. I didn’t have a spare with me and I was genuinely worried about my safety. Don’t be me.
The last couple of years I've been riding with XXOS 400lm. I provides more than adequate light, It's less bulky and can be bought for between €10 and €20. So I bought three of them. It's nice to have a light with a full battery at any time.
You should try the raveman pr2400 comes with a dip remote for road riding I use it to ride to work in rural Somerset where there's no lights and it's 2400 lumens amazing
I’m a long time bike messenger in nyc and I’ve tested out every flash pattern there is and cars give you the most distance and slow the most down with fast irregular flash patterns like with the Super flash Turbo by Planet Bike. They have the perfect flash pattern and brightness. The worst flash patterns where cars go fast by you and extremely close to you are constant on and also slow pulse. Fast slash is good but not to fast where it just looks like it’s constant on basically, the best is irregular flash pattern though.
I bought a Lupine headlight last year. best light I ever had... has a low- and highbeam as well as a bloetooth-remote. but the price is well above the chinese brand... in germany however you´d have to have a streetlegal light :/
Yeah, I know, that sucks. Good thing is, that low beam high beam lights are way more common now, so it does not stand out so much anymore and you are not that sus for the "Rennleitung" ;)
I just mounted a flashlight using a special mount and that does more than enough, and its powered by a 21600 battery. My flashlight is an IMALENT MS03.
this is a really cool light. When i go on un-lit roads i use 12v high beam lights that u can buy from aliexpress for like 5 euros. Which gets powered from a powerbank. this is a great alternative if you are not an electronics student :).
This headlight really is amazing, Im using it all this winter season. It is the same as the Evo 1700, but here in Europe, I guess, that one is not street legal and magicshine dont want to sell it - so they sell the same, but named different… The remote is very cool: you slap it on any bike and youre good to go. I even sometimes put it on my trial motorbike! You can even latch it to more than one unit and then you handle them all with one remote control!
Thanks for the heads up on the mount. Also lets face it Amazon has many fake things sold as genuine. There are probably more fake and unsafe things sold on amazon than Aliexpress now days.
Seems really nice, for a build you want to use a lot at night, and has to look slick. I am using a generic dual LED worklight with 2x CREE ?W and 2x 18650s, it has 2 brightness settings, flash mode, phone charging - but its not meant for a bike! I think it was only 20 quid or so and is more than bright enough!
Very reasonable for the money. But as you said, warranty and returns… I have a Lupine SL A7, made in Germany, superb build quality. Five year warranty and even after that they will repair the light for a reasonable price. Costs 450€ though. But after having to buy a new light at least every two years I decided to go the super premium path and have not regretted it
If one is worried about battery run time then save up and install a hub dynamo and do not cheap out, get a good dynamo light and a dynamo rear light with stand function (when at a stop you have 3-5 minutes of rear light) sure its an expensive upfront cost but for the life of that bike no worries about batteries running out.
Amongst the masters of gadgets, you are truly above them all! Ive got a couple really bright lights, one is an Outbound Lighting helmet mount, it is blinding but has 3 settings. I just havent ridden at night much.
I have been using 2 Magicshine MJ-818 rear lights with external battery for about 10 years and they are the best rear lights I have ever used. Very bright even on a summers day. The modern Magicshine stuff is very innovative and thanks for showing that light, might get one.
Great video Luke, I have had a Magishine light since around 2010 and it's been excellent it's a twist collar rear light with a external battery pack still on my daily runner. I still look at it and can't believe how long I've owned it for.
Brilliant Luke! Still loving my TPU tubes from ur earlier vid! Ive just contacted Magic Shine to see if they sell replacement slide-in Go-Pro mounts for this light. This part does seem to be the failure point on this light and a replacement would give me peace of mind to make the purchase. Also would allow me to leave the multiple mounts on my other bikes and make it easier to share the light between them. This feels like it may have been engineered as a sacrificial part like a derailleur hanger, provided they do replacements. I hold onto good lights a long time so wouldn’t want to rely on warranty for this. This light purchase would allow me to continue to clear my bars, replacing my trusty Lezyne 1000 XL which tends to bleed light onto my Garmin and upset the backlight sensor. I also just bought a RAVEMEN FR160 to replace my trusty Moon Nebula be-seen light. With both I’ll have clear bars, clear view of the Garmin and brighter and better lights! Has anyone else had any luck getting info on replacement mounts?
That is so cool, that is a lot of brightness in a small package, and without an external battery too. thank you very much Luke! 🥖🥖🥖 for you my good sir
To preserve the life of the plastic mount, I'd place a spacer in between the two pieces of plastic so when you tighten it's not going to crack it at the base. You can see @ 2:29 how much the 2 pieces of plastic are bent. You combine it with some aging and vibration and sure it'll brake...
I've been using an AliExpress purchased light with 6000 lumens (button for low power and flashing modes), IPX5, ALU casing, and 10000mAH capacity. The unit is a long, with 5x LED linear array, each LED inside a reflective lens.' For only $26, delivered....an excellent light imo.
Have a pair of these for our evening rides. Even on low, riding in the city it's bright enough. The one thing that worries me is the plastic mount, feels brittle and once it does break it would be nice to purchase a replacement mount, remote, light bracket, etc. don't think I've seen any for sale.
Been using a magicshine monteer 6500 lumen light, 30 percent power is more than enough for urban riding, plus i sometimes use it on my scooter. Its durable and easy to use. Though battery time is a bit short, i just bought another set just to have 2 battery packs 😂
It's important to find a light that's bright enough, has replaceable rechargeable batteries, does not blind drivers and other road users, and doesn't die in rain or at random. The whole 'not randomly dying unexpectedly' part is a big one, and why people riding at night regularly in audaxes don't tend to use random cheap lights, at least without backups. We badly need standards for bike headlights as they have in Germany, and a ban on random imports that might be too bright, or otherwise unsafe. I await the multi year review on these.
Basically coming from the Evo 1700 (which is black) from Magicshine , i got it and it's crazy, could have been wider about the light but seriously that a keeper. This one is the CBL 1600 which has the same feature.
With young kids I've started to ride more at night, and honestly I like it a lot in the rural areas. I think I like it more than the day time to be honest.
Please Put one on a DJI drone underneath and then put another one on your bike. having the drone light up the ground from above and your bike as well can actually be great for night riding in rural areas
You are the man Luke ! lol I've been looking for this exact light for some time and was waiting for someone to post more info and there you are haha thanks! Magicshine is a well known brand in China as i know. btw im waiting your review update on Riro carbon crankset, im about to get mine very soon! The reason I got Riro cranks was your review of Racework N1 cranks which I did not like same as you pointed in your vid. 🙃
Just bought this looking to replace my Decathlon front bike lights with something more reliable (Stormy weather) and is USB C rechargeable Absolutely love when it's still has the battery capacity to operate wirelessly, wasn't at all pleased when what I believe was at sub 25% or so, wireless functionality got cut 😅 Good thing about redundancies
Would be cool to see a superlight cheap fixie built. Flatbar perhaps. Flatpedals. A citybike. Frontbrake only. Rim, if there's one that actually bites.
How in the world did you put the remote on? The instructions are so confusing. I wish they just had a way to use bands. Could you make a short video explaining that?
So I'm not surprised actually, it is a bit confusing. So there is a little rubber foot that goes underneath the remote, get that in there, then just place the remote on top of the handlebars, no strap. Then loop the strap through ones of the holes in the remote, then underneath the handlebars, and up through the other hole in the remote. Then when you loop the rest of the strap back over itself underneath the bars, it will adhere to itself. Basically you don't want any of the little velco strap directly underneath the remote. If you look, the velocro strap has some rubber on one side. This is the area you want in contact with the bars as you loop it under, helps it grip. It works perfectly once you get it sorted. Took me a ride or two to figure it out tbh. Hope that helps 😁
Certainly looks bright but it's probably 1600 Chinese lumens. It'd be interesting to give it to someone who has got an integrating sphere and see what lumen output they measure.
I cant get enough of my towild CL1200 it has the same ally body and remote with three light levels a button to flash your high beam and a button to make it flash in what ever brightness your on
The gopro joint is easy to loose or crack after long-time use, many cases have been reported on Chinese market. Take this into consideration before purchase.
Not bad, but we bought rechargable led bike headlights that also came with tail lights that are 6000 lumens, for less than half the price. They are amazing!
Magicshine also has some killer taillights, such as the Seemee 200 or newer Seemee 300, both react to headlights - or the Seemee DV rear camera light or Seemee 508 radar thats compatible with Garmin head units.
Just thought id share, the light you mentioned with the big bulky batteries, theres a usb version out there ( not easy to find ) but yeah i run 2 of them (4 leds in total) on a twin usb 10,000 mah battery bank in a cross bar phone case plus a 2nd battery inside for the phone gps.
I've been running Magicshine RN 1500 lights for a while and they're truly impressive. Easily the best lights that I've seen anywhere. I'm really interested to see what they put out next, hopefully another high/low projector like the one in Luke's video, but in a different formfactor or mounting system.
I have been running an Olight RN 1800, which is the same exact light as the Magicshine RN1500 with different power presets for a few years now. It has been awesome and would recommend as well.
I think you not look after bikelight because low and high beam are not new! I have a busch und Müller iq-xs highbeam on my road bike (over 6000 mAh battery )that it has that to like many other. Biggest problem is not street legal like here in germany. Here its only for off street useable. And that aliexpress link doesnt work everywhere
Honestly not quite sold on this, I have two Lumintop B01 headlights (they run on a single 21700 or 18650 cell inside the casing) and while they only do 900 lm that is more than enough even on single-track. Plus 15+ hours on a single charge off a 5000 mAh cell on maximum brightness, or 210+ hours in eco mode.
The main thing is that the light spreads a lot to the sides. So, on trails, its much better than the regular ones. Also, it's really very bright (you can't see that on video) increasing safety.
@@hugosantana7253 ‘very bright’ light decreases safety by invoking tunnel effect. Your eyes get used to the brightly lit view ahead and everything else becomes pitch black. I am unsure what ‘regular ones’ are but the B01 provides plenty of side-facing light.
@@TearmoonBroadcasting Well, if you think that's a problem, you can use a low intensity setting. You can even customize this on their app! But yes, as much as I could see on some reviews, the beam on this Magicshine is way wider than that on B01. It can easily light a car lane and a half even on low setting. But a liked the one you suggested. The fact that you can change the battery easily is a great feature for long rides without support.
I use this light in a hard fog in the 4 am, and in the high mode dont have problems to see the road for 20min and 4 hrs in change between low/medium mode
i've used this on my recent bikepacking trip. amazing product for sure. downside for me is it is quite on the heavy side. but the lighting is amazing for me, as i can see way more than i used to at night. and also i quite like the form factor versus the usual cylindrical shapes which always hitting my barbag. the evo1700 fits just nice under the mount and in front of my barbag. cheers for a good review on your side.
By the looks the difference between the high and low beam is just the power. In a car light that is not the case; In a car light the optical path between the 2 is also different using different optics or different reflectors. I hope manufacturers will do some innovation on this.
at 2:42 you can clearly see the switching between low (only illuminates the lower part of the street) and high (also reaches more into the distance) and not just a difference in brightness.
You should try the new wide bike lights those things lasts for 2.5 hrs minimum with a lot more wider coverage and a lot more safer lights (light is pointed down that you cannot blind any people unless they look at a specific angle). You use two mounts to put it in the dropbars between the stem
One if them crapped out on me. And the increase in angle for high beams is a bit mich but its hard to find decent high low beam light. So i got another one
Magicshine retail in the UK from their own website, I guess it's the same company ?. I have one of their lights which is OK, but I find that the separate battery doesn't last long on the brightest beam setting.
I have reservations about these ultra-bright bike lights... When used in flashing mode, no matter if it's the lowest or highest power, they are blinding and disorienting. This isn't just a concern for fellow cyclists and pedestrians, but also for the smaller wildlife that are already struggling with the impacts of city and car lights. While it's essential to be visible for safety, moderation is key. Opting for a lower intensity setting and avoiding the flashing mode can help maintain safety without causing discomfort and harm to others. These should be ban
Hey Luke, i am a big fan of your work. Love your less serious approach. Some of the products like this Magicshine Light is not available in Germany😢. Maybe you can make a video about regional restictions of aliexpress.
"Local bikerider brings down commercial plane after doing wheelie with extreme bright and affordable bike lights"
😂😂😂
😅😅😅 this got me...
That or a cyclist flying with a cheap light has it catch fire in his box box in the plain😬
Hahaha
Like Clark Griswald
Ive got the same light in black, been looking for a decent undermounted light for years, paid £35 and its been faultless, the remote is brilliant and the fact you can customise the light setting is great. I live in the Scottish Highlands so no street lights and found the low beam set to 50% is more than enough most of the time and i just flick it to high beam when i need more
Have you got the link i cant find it at that price
@@peterdavies1872 sorry mate, it was back around the black Friday sales
Have you got a link to where you got it from please?
Exactly. I ride with 50% and low beam all the time and have no use for the 100% setting at all.
Had seen this a few times at AliX, and then decided to pull the trigger seeing that you had positive words.
I'll just add the following: Great light output, but the GoPro-type mount system is made of some brittle plastic.
My light kept bouncing up or down whenever I hit even a minor break in the pavement or bridge seam or other mildly jarring "bump". I tightened it a bit. Then a bit more.
Then the next ride it went flying off the bike at ~35kph. The two grey GoPro "tongues" had broken. 😠
Still had all the pieces so put it back together with JBWeld for plastic as well as a little Goop (exoxy brand) to add support to the structure. Not sure if I didn't get it seated back in the mount properly or what, but the next ride, I had the light bounce right out of the "clip" (GoPro repair held, but the light was sliding out of the "slide-in" clip. I'll attribute that to user error - probably had some Goop preventing the clip from locking properly.
On the (major) plus side, though: Four times the light has flown off the bike, at between 35 and 50kph, once on concrete bridge deck, three others on pavement. The light part continues to work flawlessly. 😃
To think that I was debating buying this very light for many months now, and to finally see video about it is pretty cool!
Got my first set of Magicshine well over 10yrs ago. Glad they're still going strong. The lights set I got certainly are, though I rarely ride in the dark now unless on MTB.
Very good. But can you tell everyone who has bright lights without this feature to dip them when riding in urban areas please? So sick and tired of being blinded at night.
Exactly! Bike light already has a higher vantage point, no need to blind other bikers.
Well, smokers are worse. I hate to breathe their fucking cigarette smoke all the time. As long there are smokers, I will not stop blinding. This is how far we have come.
I'm a big fan of MagicShine lights. Their rear light (seemee200) is really cool as well. It shines down onto your back wheel/road behind you in the dark as well as the light that shines straight ahead. This makes me very visible.
This looks like a nice product at a good price.
The high beam will be good for trail riding but a road or street rider shouldn't need it much, if at all.
When setting up a low beam, look at the beam pattern against a wall. Make sure it does not go above the mounting point. This is to ensure it doesn't shine in people's faces whether they are walking, cycling, or in a car.
By the look of the wallshots the beam pattern seems to be vertically too long which makes it hard to aim the light without increasing nearfield/foreground intensity which reduces distance vision.
@@uvwuvw-ol3fg there is a sharp cutoff at the top of the low beam. The user must aim it well and make an effort to keep the beam out of people's faces. I think with proper use, this light could do a good job. I've been riding with lights with shaped beams for a few years now.
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Great light. I have one and the scatter pattern with the cutoff line is great. The customisable flash settings are cool. Use the high beam in a daytime flash.
I’ve got the twowild 1200 and it’s comically bright, this seems great. Probably overkill for the road but off road it looks epic.
Awesome light highly recommend, I bought mine (a CBL1600 version) for £44 from a well known UK auction site. At time of writing Amazon also selling a 25% off
The Fenix BC26R is also 1600 lumens and won't break the third time you use it. Also it has a replaceable 5,000mAh battery so it'll last longer and when the battery hits it's charge cycle life in a few years you don't have to replace the entire light.
Lezyne are the best in terms of price/performance ratio. Their build quality is unrivaled (you can drop them 100'000 times and all they end up with is scratches in the super robust housing). If you need more, go for Lupine. Expensive, but you will own them forever. They are fixable and Lupine support is top notch.
I got one too... Got this a few months back and it's damn GOOD !!!
Great idea. Cutoff lights for urban ridding makes perfect sense...
However the optics are less than ideal. This light produces different colors and inconsistent levels of light. For my eyes this is a bit confusing, especially when traveling down steep hills at high speeds.
Magicshine if you're reading this, please have your engineering department produce a cutoff beam that produces optimal optics. If you do, I'll be buying it.
Once a person had such a light and directly drove towards my direction. I was not able to see because the person did not adjust it properly and "blinded" the s... out of me on my bike.
Was really tempted with that light beam pattern looks amazing. Still using my towild dlight 1800 though it mounts under the same, high/low beam with good cutoff but wireless remote has boost button that maxes it out only while pressed, really useful for a quick flash.
Ohhhh, that flash function sounds really intriguing actually 🤔🤔🤔
I also run the DLite 1800 with the wireless remote and absolutely love that flashing function! Normally I do not need the high beam so much around town, but for a quick look ahead if needed or to signal somebody it is great.
Very interesting, Luke. Thanks for sharing this one.
I do a lot of riding at night, as well but whether I’m on my road bike or mtb, I practically never see anybody. I guess I’m lucky.
That runtime makes me a bit nervous. For my rides, it wouldn’t be enough. If you’re far away from home, please take a spare. :)
Recently I was caught off guard on top of a mountain, in rain and fog, in the dark, 25mi up a mountain on a closed road. I didn’t have a spare with me and I was genuinely worried about my safety.
Don’t be me.
may be you could take with you a headlamp in your pocket or bag in case of urgency or if the battery of your bike lamp is empty ? Have a great time 🚲
The last couple of years I've been riding with XXOS 400lm. I provides more than adequate light, It's less bulky and can be bought for between €10 and €20. So I bought three of them. It's nice to have a light with a full battery at any time.
Hi, how long does the battery last?
been using this light for almost a year now, super reliable
You should try the raveman pr2400 comes with a dip remote for road riding I use it to ride to work in rural Somerset where there's no lights and it's 2400 lumens amazing
I’m a long time bike messenger in nyc and I’ve tested out every flash pattern there is and cars give you the most distance and slow the most down with fast irregular flash patterns like with the Super flash Turbo by Planet Bike. They have the perfect flash pattern and brightness. The worst flash patterns where cars go fast by you and extremely close to you are constant on and also slow pulse. Fast slash is good but not to fast where it just looks like it’s constant on basically, the best is irregular flash pattern though.
I bought a Lupine headlight last year. best light I ever had... has a low- and highbeam as well as a bloetooth-remote. but the price is well above the chinese brand... in germany however you´d have to have a streetlegal light :/
Yeah, I know, that sucks. Good thing is, that low beam high beam lights are way more common now, so it does not stand out so much anymore and you are not that sus for the "Rennleitung" ;)
Germany is a nanny stage 😂
Everything fun is ilegal. Do you want to customise your car? BANNED
I just mounted a flashlight using a special mount and that does more than enough, and its powered by a 21600 battery. My flashlight is an IMALENT MS03.
this is a really cool light. When i go on un-lit roads i use 12v high beam lights that u can buy from aliexpress for like 5 euros. Which gets powered from a powerbank. this is a great alternative if you are not an electronics student :).
This headlight really is amazing, Im using it all this winter season. It is the same as the Evo 1700, but here in Europe, I guess, that one is not street legal and magicshine dont want to sell it - so they sell the same, but named different…
The remote is very cool: you slap it on any bike and youre good to go.
I even sometimes put it on my trial motorbike!
You can even latch it to more than one unit and then you handle them all with one remote control!
We have 3 of these lights, great lights!!!! One of them broke the mount like he pointed out. SJ3D Design makes replacement mounts.
WOW, I could even consider replacing my car lights with this! I will keep this in mind for night skialp for sure
I have a raveman! It's got hi and low beam!!
I run this light for a couple of weeks now, and for me the only downside is the way it shows battery status, beside that, I am happy with it
Thanks for the heads up on the mount. Also lets face it Amazon has many fake things sold as genuine. There are probably more fake and unsafe things sold on amazon than Aliexpress now days.
Seems really nice, for a build you want to use a lot at night, and has to look slick. I am using a generic dual LED worklight with 2x CREE ?W and 2x 18650s, it has 2 brightness settings, flash mode, phone charging - but its not meant for a bike! I think it was only 20 quid or so and is more than bright enough!
Very reasonable for the money. But as you said, warranty and returns… I have a Lupine SL A7, made in Germany, superb build quality. Five year warranty and even after that they will repair the light for a reasonable price. Costs 450€ though. But after having to buy a new light at least every two years I decided to go the super premium path and have not regretted it
I was quite sceptical about the longevity of the light, until you said it was a magicshine. They make brilliant lights.
If one is worried about battery run time then save up and install a hub dynamo and do not cheap out, get a good dynamo light and a dynamo rear light with stand function (when at a stop you have 3-5 minutes of rear light) sure its an expensive upfront cost but for the life of that bike no worries about batteries running out.
Amongst the masters of gadgets, you are truly above them all!
Ive got a couple really bright lights, one is an Outbound Lighting helmet mount, it is blinding but has 3 settings.
I just havent ridden at night much.
Thanks Trace. A product we all can use, and reasonably priced
I have been using 2 Magicshine MJ-818 rear lights with external battery for about 10 years and they are the best rear lights I have ever used. Very bright even on a summers day. The modern Magicshine stuff is very innovative and thanks for showing that light, might get one.
Thanks for the end update, I may wait a few revisions 🎉
Great video Luke, I have had a Magishine light since around 2010 and it's been excellent it's a twist collar rear light with a external battery pack still on my daily runner. I still look at it and can't believe how long I've owned it for.
pulled the trigger on this - thanks for the review!
I’m confused are you being Frank or Luke?
Got the RN3000 myself. Good battery and bright enough to blind a car
Brilliant Luke! Still loving my TPU tubes from ur earlier vid!
Ive just contacted Magic Shine to see if they sell replacement slide-in Go-Pro mounts for this light. This part does seem to be the failure point on this light and a replacement would give me peace of mind to make the purchase. Also would allow me to leave the multiple mounts on my other bikes and make it easier to share the light between them. This feels like it may have been engineered as a sacrificial part like a derailleur hanger, provided they do replacements. I hold onto good lights a long time so wouldn’t want to rely on warranty for this. This light purchase would allow me to continue to clear my bars, replacing my trusty Lezyne 1000 XL which tends to bleed light onto my Garmin and upset the backlight sensor. I also just bought a RAVEMEN FR160 to replace my trusty Moon Nebula be-seen light. With both I’ll have clear bars, clear view of the Garmin and brighter and better lights! Has anyone else had any luck getting info on replacement mounts?
Magic shine told me they can supply replacements for those interested
@@jhvanderstighelen how much
That is so cool, that is a lot of brightness in a small package, and without an external battery too. thank you very much Luke! 🥖🥖🥖 for you my good sir
It looks like a tiny overhead projector. Great bit of kit
Ordered mine off eBay for £49 and really pleased with it. Cheaper in black. RTFM except its all in Chinese and I didn't do it at O Level. 👍
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!!
To preserve the life of the plastic mount, I'd place a spacer in between the two pieces of plastic so when you tighten it's not going to crack it at the base. You can see @ 2:29 how much the 2 pieces of plastic are bent. You combine it with some aging and vibration and sure it'll brake...
I've been using an AliExpress purchased light with 6000 lumens (button for low power and flashing modes), IPX5, ALU casing, and 10000mAH capacity. The unit is a long, with 5x LED linear array, each LED inside a reflective lens.' For only $26, delivered....an excellent light imo.
Have a pair of these for our evening rides. Even on low, riding in the city it's bright enough. The one thing that worries me is the plastic mount, feels brittle and once it does break it would be nice to purchase a replacement mount, remote, light bracket, etc. don't think I've seen any for sale.
Is it possible to use it when it’s charging?
Been using a magicshine monteer 6500 lumen light, 30 percent power is more than enough for urban riding, plus i sometimes use it on my scooter. Its durable and easy to use. Though battery time is a bit short, i just bought another set just to have 2 battery packs 😂
Battery is short?. Got the same light on my ebike I'm getting over 2 hours at the 6500 lumens setting.
It's important to find a light that's bright enough, has replaceable rechargeable batteries, does not blind drivers and other road users, and doesn't die in rain or at random.
The whole 'not randomly dying unexpectedly' part is a big one, and why people riding at night regularly in audaxes don't tend to use random cheap lights, at least without backups.
We badly need standards for bike headlights as they have in Germany, and a ban on random imports that might be too bright, or otherwise unsafe.
I await the multi year review on these.
6:12 FBI apparently expects you to open the door quite quickly
OMG, I haven't loled like that in a long time!
Aliexpress lights have gotten really nice in the past few years
Basically coming from the Evo 1700 (which is black) from Magicshine , i got it and it's crazy, could have been wider about the light but seriously that a keeper.
This one is the CBL 1600 which has the same feature.
Though not £53, my Exposure Strada has a wired remote where I can go H M and L beam. Super useful.
No longer available on Ali...
With young kids I've started to ride more at night, and honestly I like it a lot in the rural areas. I think I like it more than the day time to be honest.
Thanks for the advice and sharing Trace
Has Luke ever sounded so excited!?! 🎉🎉🎉
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I ended going with the convoy H2 and printing a holder for it, 18650 usb-C recharging and the ability to go from very bright to just lit quickly
Btw, The bracket could be 3D printed from the harder tpu filaments and become indestructible :)
Thank you Luke a great review top class light amazing 1600 Lumens.
Please Put one on a DJI drone underneath and then put another one on your bike. having the drone light up the ground from above and your bike as well can actually be great for night riding in rural areas
"What should I put in my flatlay?" - "Surely a rubber duck".
You are the man Luke ! lol I've been looking for this exact light for some time and was waiting for someone to post more info and there you are haha thanks! Magicshine is a well known brand in China as i know. btw im waiting your review update on Riro carbon crankset, im about to get mine very soon! The reason I got Riro cranks was your review of Racework N1 cranks which I did not like same as you pointed in your vid. 🙃
Just bought this looking to replace my Decathlon front bike lights with something more reliable (Stormy weather) and is USB C rechargeable
Absolutely love when it's still has the battery capacity to operate wirelessly, wasn't at all pleased when what I believe was at sub 25% or so, wireless functionality got cut 😅
Good thing about redundancies
Would be cool to see a superlight cheap fixie built. Flatbar perhaps. Flatpedals. A citybike. Frontbrake only. Rim, if there's one that actually bites.
How in the world did you put the remote on? The instructions are so confusing. I wish they just had a way to use bands. Could you make a short video explaining that?
So I'm not surprised actually, it is a bit confusing. So there is a little rubber foot that goes underneath the remote, get that in there, then just place the remote on top of the handlebars, no strap. Then loop the strap through ones of the holes in the remote, then underneath the handlebars, and up through the other hole in the remote. Then when you loop the rest of the strap back over itself underneath the bars, it will adhere to itself. Basically you don't want any of the little velco strap directly underneath the remote. If you look, the velocro strap has some rubber on one side. This is the area you want in contact with the bars as you loop it under, helps it grip. It works perfectly once you get it sorted. Took me a ride or two to figure it out tbh. Hope that helps 😁
Certainly looks bright but it's probably 1600 Chinese lumens.
It'd be interesting to give it to someone who has got an integrating sphere and see what lumen output they measure.
this looks sick for sticking on my helmet gopro mount for backroads motorbiking at night time
I cant get enough of my towild CL1200 it has the same ally body and remote with three light levels a button to flash your high beam and a button to make it flash in what ever brightness your on
The gopro joint is easy to loose or crack after long-time use, many cases have been reported on Chinese market. Take this into consideration before purchase.
Not bad, but we bought rechargable led bike headlights that also came with tail lights that are 6000 lumens, for less than half the price. They are amazing!
Have been using Magicshine lights for years now, awesome quality, but they are as expensive as most other lights though.
@ 5:15 Not available anymore on AliX. Now it is labled as Magicshine EVO 1700 and sold for twice the price.
Hey Luke, do you think Magicshine can improve the plastic mount by replacing it with an anodized aluminum CNC machined part? BTW, I enjoyed the video.
Magicshine also has some killer taillights, such as the Seemee 200 or newer Seemee 300, both react to headlights - or the Seemee DV rear camera light or Seemee 508 radar thats compatible with Garmin head units.
Just thought id share, the light you mentioned with the big bulky batteries, theres a usb version out there ( not easy to find ) but yeah i run 2 of them (4 leds in total) on a twin usb 10,000 mah battery bank in a cross bar phone case plus a 2nd battery inside for the phone gps.
I've been running Magicshine RN 1500 lights for a while and they're truly impressive. Easily the best lights that I've seen anywhere. I'm really interested to see what they put out next, hopefully another high/low projector like the one in Luke's video, but in a different formfactor or mounting system.
I have been running an Olight RN 1800, which is the same exact light as the Magicshine RN1500 with different power presets for a few years now.
It has been awesome and would recommend as well.
I think you not look after bikelight because low and high beam are not new! I have a busch und Müller iq-xs highbeam on my road bike (over 6000 mAh battery )that it has that to like many other.
Biggest problem is not street legal like here in germany.
Here its only for off street useable.
And that aliexpress link doesnt work everywhere
Ravemen lights had a high/low beam with remote for years
Honestly not quite sold on this, I have two Lumintop B01 headlights (they run on a single 21700 or 18650 cell inside the casing) and while they only do 900 lm that is more than enough even on single-track. Plus 15+ hours on a single charge off a 5000 mAh cell on maximum brightness, or 210+ hours in eco mode.
The main thing is that the light spreads a lot to the sides. So, on trails, its much better than the regular ones. Also, it's really very bright (you can't see that on video) increasing safety.
@@hugosantana7253 ‘very bright’ light decreases safety by invoking tunnel effect. Your eyes get used to the brightly lit view ahead and everything else becomes pitch black.
I am unsure what ‘regular ones’ are but the B01 provides plenty of side-facing light.
@@TearmoonBroadcasting Well, if you think that's a problem, you can use a low intensity setting. You can even customize this on their app! But yes, as much as I could see on some reviews, the beam on this Magicshine is way wider than that on B01. It can easily light a car lane and a half even on low setting. But a liked the one you suggested. The fact that you can change the battery easily is a great feature for long rides without support.
900lm running for 15+ hours on one 18650/21700, your having a laugh 😂, make a video I'd like to see that.
How the f are you running 15 hours at maximum brightness lol thats way beyond the manufacturer specified data lol
I use this light in a hard fog in the 4 am, and in the high mode dont have problems to see the road for 20min and 4 hrs in change between low/medium mode
I believe (although could be wrong) that Olight owns or is a partner of MagicShine.
i've used this on my recent bikepacking trip. amazing product for sure. downside for me is it is quite on the heavy side. but the lighting is amazing for me, as i can see way more than i used to at night. and also i quite like the form factor versus the usual cylindrical shapes which always hitting my barbag. the evo1700 fits just nice under the mount and in front of my barbag. cheers for a good review on your side.
to have this on a helmet would be amazing for night mountain biking
By the looks the difference between the high and low beam is just the power. In a car light that is not the case; In a car light the optical path between the 2 is also different using different optics or different reflectors. I hope manufacturers will do some innovation on this.
at 2:42 you can clearly see the switching between low (only illuminates the lower part of the street) and high (also reaches more into the distance) and not just a difference in brightness.
You should try the new wide bike lights those things lasts for 2.5 hrs minimum with a lot more wider coverage and a lot more safer lights (light is pointed down that you cannot blind any people unless they look at a specific angle). You use two mounts to put it in the dropbars between the stem
One if them crapped out on me. And the increase in angle for high beams is a bit mich but its hard to find decent high low beam light. So i got another one
they've pulled them off ali :)
Magicshine retail in the UK from their own website, I guess it's the same company ?. I have one of their lights which is OK, but I find that the separate battery doesn't last long on the brightest beam setting.
Magic shine probably doesn’t need any more advertising, we know they’re good
I have reservations about these ultra-bright bike lights... When used in flashing mode, no matter if it's the lowest or highest power, they are blinding and disorienting.
This isn't just a concern for fellow cyclists and pedestrians, but also for the smaller wildlife that are already struggling with the impacts of city and car lights.
While it's essential to be visible for safety, moderation is key. Opting for a lower intensity setting and avoiding the flashing mode can help maintain safety without causing discomfort and harm to others.
These should be ban
imo always best to run a non flash mode in the day for this reason
I kept seeing those but I dismissed them because they looked weird. Might have to give them another look .
Hey Luke, i am a big fan of your work. Love your less serious approach. Some of the products like this Magicshine Light is not available in Germany😢. Maybe you can make a video about regional restictions of aliexpress.
5:08 the clamp mount needs a plastic washer to fill the space to properly tighten it. You can see it collapsing.
The gopro mounts have a centre tab that sits between the tabs on the light, so no problem there
Cool light
Great review. I love this light. I have the EVO1700.