Winter is a dark and cold time for bikers, and in order to stay excited about riding you need a good light to keep you on the trails and off the couch. There happens to be an array of lights on the market that all help you get on with your ride, but some can cost upwards of $600! If you don’t have the deepest pockets and want to stay on the saddle throughout the winter solstice, then Magicshine lights are your answer.
We had the chance to ride the full spectrum of lights from Magicshine USA over the past 10 weeks and found them to be reliable and powerful lights. With a typical burn time of 2.5 hours on 100% power, the sleek and small units were the perfect powerhouse of light for the average evening ride. Currently Magicshine USA is offering three different lights that are recomendeded for Mountain use on Helmet or Bar mounts, which range from 1000, 1600 and 2000 lumen lamps. The typical set up that we rode with on our light tests was with the small and compact 2000 lumen MJ-880 on our helmets and the 1600 lumen MJ-872 LED lamp on our bars. The two light combo is recomended for best lighting results in the flats and corners, which will still cost much less than most compeditors single lamp set up. Magicshine has a reputation for having battery problems with their older models, but a newly re-designed high capacity 6600mAh rechargable Li-ion Battery is suppose to outlast previous models and be a much safer battery when on the Magicshine charger. Magicshine USA offers a limited warranty on all their products and is excited to keep riders in the saddle 24/7/365! Check out the full line of Magicshine products at www.MagicshineUSA.com
Pricing:
MJ-880 Magicshine 2000 lumen Bike Light Price: $199.95
MJ-872 Magicshine 1600 lumen bike light Price: $139.95
MJ-808E Magicshine 1000 lumen bike light Price: $94.95
Photos by Colin Wiseman
