cyberknight
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I received the new Magicshine with the new sealed battery pack just in time for christmas which allowed me play around with it and mount it on the front light bracket i had bought for it see this thread
I charged it using the supplied charger which does indeed look cheap and does get very warm so it is something i will have to watch carefully and consider getting a new charger at some point.
Today was the 1st time i used it properly and i can see why people rave about it , before i had 2 of those high power 3AAA torches and a 230 lumen AA torch and this 1 light certainly gives more light than all 3 combined.On my unlit sections of my commute i had full confidence to go as fast as i wanted to , this was at 6 am when it was still dark .
On the homeward trip around 5 pm i decided to use it on flash on a lit route with more traffic and i had drivers complaining that it was to bright,even though it was pointed down and the beam center was maybe 20 feet away, for normal roads i think it will be too much and i will be using a standard bike light for those sections.
Overall its a great light for the price and i would recommend it to anyone who needs a powerful light for an unlit route but it is overkill for normal , well light routes.
I charged it using the supplied charger which does indeed look cheap and does get very warm so it is something i will have to watch carefully and consider getting a new charger at some point.
Today was the 1st time i used it properly and i can see why people rave about it , before i had 2 of those high power 3AAA torches and a 230 lumen AA torch and this 1 light certainly gives more light than all 3 combined.On my unlit sections of my commute i had full confidence to go as fast as i wanted to , this was at 6 am when it was still dark .
On the homeward trip around 5 pm i decided to use it on flash on a lit route with more traffic and i had drivers complaining that it was to bright,even though it was pointed down and the beam center was maybe 20 feet away, for normal roads i think it will be too much and i will be using a standard bike light for those sections.
Overall its a great light for the price and i would recommend it to anyone who needs a powerful light for an unlit route but it is overkill for normal , well light routes.
. It also picks potholes 20 or 30 yards away giving you sufficient time to react at speed.