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dinankid05
a Weekend Warrior
from Edina, MN, USADate Reviewed: February 12, 2012
Strengths: This is for the MJ-816E -->1800 lumens
extremely bright, side lights are excellent for wide visibility, easy installation and operation. Great price.Weaknesses: battery seems kind of cheep but it is easy to mount in a water bottle frame against the down tube. The mounting system uses thick urethane bands. The light can become misaligned over a series of nasty bumps but are easily straightened out. Its not a major issue. and you don't have to have a mount on your bike when you remove it.Bottom Line: On of the best choices I have made this year. I just hope customer service is ok if I have an issue.
Favorite Trail: Riverbottoms
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$50.00
Purchased At: erics
Similar Products Used: cygolite 400- narrow beam more expensive good helmet mount.
Bike Setup: mainlander stock, stump-jumper comp with lots of extras
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chris
a Cross Country Rider
from austinDate Reviewed: January 25, 2012
Strengths: Excellent beam.
Brightness.Weaknesses: Unnecessary large battery case that does not appear totally waterproof. Ridiculously cheap mounting system.Bottom Line: What can not be said enough about this light is the perfect beam pattern that the two outside leds cast. Beam pattern is easily more important than total lumen output. For riding in traffic, the 800 lumen output of the two side leds with their wide angle lenses is all you need. For the trail, add the center and you are good to go.
As far as build quality, a few months ago I purchased the mj-856 for my wife and mounted to it a separate wide angle lens that magicshine sells, and she has used it without incident through wind and rain. I am hoping for the same.
In the end, some people may find it cumbersome to mount three separate things (light, switch, battery), which is way I imagine that magicshine is now placing all power switches on the light.
Favorite Trail: my commute
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$120.00
Purchased At: ebay
Similar Products Used: mj-856
Bike Setup: mountain commuter bike
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Porch
a Cross Country Rider
from Lost AlmostDate Reviewed: November 23, 2011
Strengths: Great light output, great battery life, and great price.Weaknesses: None that i've found.Bottom Line: Have not had any problems with mine. Everyone i rides with uses these lights and they haven't had problems either. There is of course the battery problems of a year ago, and they seem to have recently switched to internally circuited power for the smaller lights, so i imagine they had some problems at some point. However, for the price, they won't be beat.
Favorite Trail: All of them!
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$125.00
Purchased At: ebay
Similar Products Used: The usual bike store Cateye's.
Bike Setup: Blur LT
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pablobaq
a Cross Country Rider
from FLDate Reviewed: October 5, 2011
Strengths: Great quality. Fast and easy to install on your bike. I remove them once a week to save weight on the weekends when I ride during the day. the power switch is also an indicator that lets you know when your battery is running out of juice by changing color. (red means getWeaknesses: Haven't found one yet...Bottom Line: These lights are great. I truly recommend them. They flood good light towards the sides of the trail with the secondary bulbs. Use them with the MJ-808E and you will really get a good coverage on a pitch black night.
I work in product development and let me tell you that NO light in the market should be more than 300 USD. Up from here companies are making HUGE markups.
Favorite Trail: Markham
Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$130.00
Purchased At: Amazon
Similar Products Used: This is my first set of lights. I cant compare them with anything other than lights from other riders in the trails.
Trust me, these Outshine the competition.
Bike Setup: 2011 Fuel EX8
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TDK
a Cross Country Rider
from Portland, Oregon/Okinawa, JapanDate Reviewed: September 29, 2011
Strengths: Cheap light. Bright. Really bright. To the point where cars drive in the other lane to avoid being blinded.Weaknesses: Cheap company. Quality. Self destructed almost immediately (about 8 uses and issues started after only 4). Water proofing of the light unit was only done of obvious areas like lenses. Non-existant customer service.Bottom Line: Bought the light because of a few decent reviews though mostly because of the price. I was impressed at first the light was bright, had a pretty good beam pattern and ran quite a while on a charge. After about 4-5 uses it started acting odd. When turned on there was a shrill pitched and oscillating squeel coming from the light. I soon noticed that it was also dimming slightly in time with the oscillation at roughly 1/2 second intervals. Additionally the light also seemed to be throwing off all sorts of radiation when turned on as my wireless bike computer and GPS, as well as my TV would all go nuts when turned on. Having now read up on the battery problems of previous models I decided to test the battery and charger with my multimeter both of which measured within their listed voltages. After charging the battery again and trying the light the squeal turned into a shriek, then the button would only give the flashing red (battery almost dead) light. Shortly thereafter it died altogether. At this time I hunted the web for a solution for which there was none. Finally I ended up at MagicShine's page and after determining there is no service shop in my area as I am currently deployed to Okinawa with the Marines, I sent emails to the warranty department just describing the issue and asking what I should do. I did not demand anything I just asked for a course of action. As you must already suspect I was ignored.
Lets be honest bike lights do not really need to cost $600+ and run on refined unicorn tears, however a company with prices this low ($85) will get a lot of initial business from those who dont want to spend a months pay and their left kidney on a light. The issue is that they have two choices as to what kind of business they want to be: 1. Build a decent quality product. Perhaps not quite as nice as those $600 guys but decent and usable. Also offer good to great customer service. Which leads to a loyal/autopromoting customer base. Or 2. Build a cheap product fast and then ignore your customers when they ask you to fix the garbage product you sold. This leads to quick profits and an equally quick and inevitable business collapse Ala General Motors. I hope you are not expecting a Government bail-out Magicshine. Bottom line folks: Aviod this company they are out for a quick buck and will spend it on hyping their newest product rather than taking care of their customers. Thanks for nothing MagicShine...
Favorite Trail: Anywhere you can leave a little sweat and blood
Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid:
$85.00
Purchased At: Deal Extreme
Similar Products Used: Exposure, Niterider
Bike Setup: Motobecane hardtail w/XT/XTR, Revelation, Elixr=continual evolution.
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