This format of testing makes it quite hard to compare without continuously having to find the exact spot on each test. A direct comparison of consecutive beam shots, and then tabular data for price/battery life etc would have been most useful here.
When i was riding 40yrs ago the lights would hardly reach the road..as for riding at night it was virtually impossible ha ha…lights now really are night & day different ..fantastic these days..
@@ShiningN0vA you can still get cheap lights that can only light up the area immediately ahead of you But now you also have the choice to pay $400 to strap the sun to your handlebars
You don't even need a flashlight designed for biking. Just get a sodacan style flashlight that holds 3 21700 batteries. Get a flashlight mount for your bike, and you're good. Those kinds of flashlights can be under $100 and outperform these. Those under $100 can reach 20k lumens and above if you are really interested in shining everything in front of you or blind people. Keep spare batteries in your bag, and you're good. Just know that flashlights with that kind of lumen do step down due to heat, but even mid settings are way enough for what you need to do.
Curious why you guys did not include Outbound Lights? I own the Evo Downhill package and i think they are magnificent. I ride the North Shore and surrounding areas of Vancouver, and kill it at night with their lights. 🔥
Hope logic, 300+ bucks for 1:20 runtime LLOOOOLLLLL, I would rather use solarstorm x6 with custom made battery with runtime of 3h(with average 6cell battery) or even 4 or 5+h with 8cell battery, 8cell costs around 40 45$ to make plus 20 25 for the lamp itself!
Looks like you guys have changed that policy? I have a friend with your DH package and he loves them but after checking out your site it's $110 for shipping to Canada, ouch. I just picked up a Monteer from a local outfit due to the shipping cost. @@OutboundLighting
No sure why Lupine are not included here, they are the benchmark in terms of performance, reliability, power to weight, available accessories, after sales service and reliability.
£189 is reasonable for you 😂 try Nebo Arc500 I guarantee it’ll beat all the lights you mention and it’s only £15 I’ve had many lights but nothing beats arc500
Good test, very interesting. But not even mentioning Lupine lights? Yes, they cost a fortune, but I bought my first light 7 years ago and never had any issues with it, still running on the original battery pack. For trail riding, I by now use the Wilma on my handlebar with the Piko on my helmet. When riding together with friends, that combination nearly always outperforms any other lights. And since I have picked up road and gravel recently, I just bought the SL AF, which gives me more than enough light with 1300 lumens for gravel riding and offers street legal lighting once I am back on the road. Bonus point - I just had to buy the lamp itself, the battery packs are interchangeable.
Hi Bjorn. Thanks for your comment. I have previously reviewed a Lupine light, and you can read the review here: www.bikeradar.com/reviews/accessories/lights/front-light/lupine-wilma-r7-review/
Me too I've got some 12 years old and still going strong, spares still available. Expensive High quality + extremly well made = owner satisfaction + good value
Personal opinion: it is the best to ride with a handlebar mounted and a helmet light. Around 2000lm (not Aliexpress ;) ) combined output is enough for relaxed trail riding.
Two separate lights is also big safety factor for this kind of riding, in which loss of light would guarantee accident with potential for very serious injury.
For Gravel night rides on my RX9 I have the Exposure Strada RS paired with to the new Exposure Zenith helmet light.... I find Exposure with their long term support hard to beat! The same can be said about Hope! British quality at its best 🙂
Ride to work hour and half before sunrise and back hour after sunset. Fortunately snow came early this year and it's not completely dark at morning. Also no wet weather and mud at -15C temperature... Or sun warming back annoyingly unlike at summer. Don't think any of these would be fit for road driving with their unlimited light patterns/no low beam for avoiding blinding others.
As a kid, I took the generator headlight off my parents schwinn 10 speed. It rolled on the tire to power the light bulb, so if you go slow, the light is dim.
Outdoor Lighting! It adapts automatically as your eyes adjust to the night, so you don't need it on full the entire time...but damn does the shell get hot just like that L&M and Secca, is there a light that doesn't heat up like a live ember!
Having done a fair bit of night riding I'd suggest If you only run one light, whether its spot or flood, put it on your helmet not your bars. Lights on the bars will throw shadows making it impossible to tell the difference between a ripple in the trail and a ditch. A head mounted light will shine light from above making it easier to see into trail features and around corners.
That's not true for all lights, beam pattern matters Lights on bars tend to show more trail details vs helmet. Imo a "Shaped" light works better than a typical spot or flood light
I have Fenix Bc30r and it's good but it has battery issue, at least my unite. Ravemen looks the most complete light here, it might be my replacement for Fenix
Buy a jumper pack, pair it with any automotive, motorcycle or atv light that runs on 12v. I mounted 2 fog lights consisting of 6 high power led each on 2 of our recumbent trikes. Beat any bike light out there on performance and price. Plus I can charge all my electronics, phones, drones, go-pros and jump start a dead battery on a big block V8 automobile. One of my battery jumper pack is 83200 mah/299wh and the other is 24000 mah/88.8wh. I can ride 6+ hours with my small pack. The small pack with 1 fog light cost me $130.
Buyer beware! My Monteer 6500S failed just outside of the short 1-year warranty period after only about 20 hours of use. It turns off randomly and will not come back on until plugged into a charger. After some research I see this is a common issue and in my case, the cable did not fix it. I have to ship to them at my expense and they are only offering a small discount toward the repair without disclosing any cost. This is unacceptable for a $300+ light and these reviews are not covering reliability. There are other lights at the same price point with far better warranties and good customer service. I have cheap ebay/amazon lights over 8 years old that still work 100% aside from having to get a newer battery along the way.
I use a Ravemen 1600 dual beam headlight as my main and a Lumina 650 as my secondary. The Ravemen points dead ahead and it's second beam adds distance when needed. The Lumina aims just in front of my front wheel on the ground.
Everything functions properly ru-vid.comUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L Nothing was damaged in the box aside from a decal on the fork. The decal was missing a piece of a corner but I ended up peeling them off anyways. Assembly is easy BUT make sure you tune up the derailleurs. Both the front and rear need adjusting. I'd advise going to a bike shop but I opted out and put in 10+ hours with the help of RU-vid. Ended up fraying a shifter cable but all in all I learned from the experience. The Brakes work well but the front caliper needs adjusting or at least mine did because the rotor was rubbing against the pads. Make sure you swap out the seat, grips, and pedals. For the short run you'll be fine though. I've read that this bike isn't built yet for hard trails but I just need it for the city. PA has some of the worst roads and being in a mountain this was a great choice. Worth the investment!
I run 1500 lumens and this is good as it does not spook too many birds or animals when I am riding out in the wilds on edge of Peak District. As a result I see lots of wildlife. Bats, (nearly hit me in face) 😂 rabbits and owls. I followed a Tawny Owl through a tree tunnel in the woods this year. More light is not always better. 🙃🌈
So everything you listed for more then £100-£500 I challenge you to beat Arc500 by Nebo which is only below £30 eBay I got it brand new for £15 and trust me it’s more light and power then everything you showed. Ur just showing ppl wrong stuff to buy
Personal preference. I wish you'd delay displaying the name of the next light till about ten seconds after the current display. When it's in my pocket learning and I realize you've moved onto the next line and pull my phone out of my pocket to take a screenshot of the light it's long gone
magic shine 6500 for me. more power than you need and supports power charging so you can top the battery up from a power bank once you get to the pub. only gripe is i wish it had a remote power button
You fell for the " higher number means more better" trick you can probably half the lumen claims and then still be too high compared to what they actually deliver.
I ride with the sigma buster 2000 on my helmet and an Olight 1500 lumen bar mounted light. I can ride anything with this set up on rides up to 4 hours long
I use Sigma buster 2000 lumen..wireless remote... 150€ and i have been using it for 3 or 4 years with zero problems... And Sigma buster 700 lumens on helmet. My next light will be Magicshine monteer 6500 lumens..No need for 8000 lumen light..and they both share the same battery 10 Ah with new 21700 cells...Perfect
My NightRider battery finally gave up after 6 years - I decided to treat myself to a Magicshine 800O and was blown away with there power, there incredible, you can’t out run them no matter how fast ur riding or how technical the trail gets. You can forget a helmet light, it disappears in the 8000 lumen even in the corners. I also got the handlebar controller for a little extra (on sale) making it a one touch from the 2nd highest setting to the highest
No mention of SolarStorm? They are awesome. 15 quid. SolarStorm x2 or x3. Whatever. They are both great. Had my x2 for 7 years now and still going strong on the original batteries.
They are not expensive enough for this test but they are great! Especially when you eventually get a better battery pack with say Korean or Japanese batteries. The orig batteries are the limitation.
@@ronclarke8546 Yeah I actually got myself a 6x 18650 battery holder that is waterproof for £12 and has a USB connector in addition to the jack cable, so you can use as a phone / tablet charger. Bought some LG cells (£4 each or thereabouts) and it is actually overkill for what I need on the bike, so I use the original pack mostly. The added pack is 9,000mah. So for around £50 you get one hell of a setup if you want to hit the trails at night. Charger you get with the light is slow but it does the job.
@@royevans4581 Way to go. Way more economical. I did the same - and bought more advanced lights and gave the x3 to my brother. I would like a magicshine eventually.
It wasn't used in the video but there is a beam shot in the review www.bikeradar.com/reviews/accessories/lights/front-light/magicshine-monteer-8000s-front-light-review/
@@redhunter1535 i ended up buying a lezyne 1300xxl at 80€, so still way cheaper than in the video, needless to lay i directed the beam in my eyes because I'm a primitive male xD i got blind for 10 minutes, it's really effective, really bright, i can easily see at 150+m and it's not only on one point, it's a flood light
I've got a 6000 Loom spot and a 9000 Loom flood on my helmet but too much brightness washes out the 3D on the trail and you lose a sense of topography. Handlebar lights are too jittery and you can't see around corners
This video is absurd, you don't need bicycle lights to shine as bright as a lighthouse and spend a fortune as well. 400 lumen is more than adequate for bicycle lights.
How the Blackburn Dayblazer 1500 managed to make it on a 10 Best list I have no idea!!! Sure it makes 1500 lumens at startup but degrades below 1000 in the first 15 min and below 500 in less than an hour. The med. mode is more consistent but less useful IMO. Starts high but is below 500 lumens in less than 5 min. and slowly degrades for the rest of its total runtime making it totally useless for anything off-road. Mode runtimes look good but output levels degrade so rapidly that usable runtimes are poor at best. Add a hard to use mode button, single program UI that includes steady and flashing modes, and the same unreliable strap mount that came with the 1100 version (I tore one of my 1100 mounts and have already seen other tests that have had similar failures on the recently released 1500). Only good thing I can say about this light is that it comes with Gopro adapter.
You should review Fenix BC30 V2.0 Bike light with Wireless Remote Switch. Price to Lumen is worth it! The machining on FENIX lights are well done too. 👍
Gloworm shipping is incredible in Europe. Received within 48hours from their supplier and here I was worried that they are from NZ 😂 top notch service and products.
Been night riding for years, started with those halogen cateye lights with the huge led acid battery's you put in a water bottle cage probably 15 + years ago ... fucking horrendous.. we want on to strapping led torches to our bars and helmets which was a vast improvement... Currently run Chinese cree lights but lucky enough to have a pal whose a electronics wizard who builds battery packs that make them run on full for 3 + hrs , modify the mounts also to cam lock and gopro helmet mounts .
@@spddmn24 Hi both, thanks for your comments. The lights were bench tested using two fans on full power, and were periodically misted with water and had ice packs applied to them to reduce temperatures. They were also babysat to ensure that if thermal throttling did happen, it could be remedied. I hope that helps. Alex.
@@alexevans1424 Hi Alex, thanks for the clarification and the thorough testing. I wonder how a Magicshine MOH 55 would have stacked up against the 906S.
And here I thought flashlights were just trivial light sources. Until I found out about the higher quality LED lights. Changed my whole view on how I see light now. The ones I have has a maximum brightest and you could literally feel the heat coming from the led itself it’s insane. Could sear eyes with that brightness. Could almost be a weapon.
i ride with dual lights with a total of 4 leds . often ride 35 miles in the dark i like the silence of the night and seeing all the critters . just do not under stand why folk run 1 light on a bike . lights are cheap safety device i spent a total of $ 30 us dollars each on my two lights VICTAGEN Bike Headlight get 4 plus hours there water and snow proof re chargeable i have beaten them up a lot of use
You're showing the best light can you buy like a generator to keep that battery charged up please let me know because I do some off-roading riding probably a longer of that and stuff I like to get that best light you're talking about but I like to know if you can get a another little generator put on your bicycle to keep it charged up please let me know I appreciate it thank you
I hope to buy a bicycle light that is just right, if the light is too bright, it will illuminate other people's eyes, and if it is too dark, the road conditions will be bad.
No heavy light with a single sided mount is adequate in my book. Why I ditched NightRider lights.. were the best "inexpensive" option but were engineered to fall off..(/* The minewts were sick though.. had a pair wired on to the bars, just like my grips had been for many bikes.. Glad to see some new options though..)/* Gloworms are tits X)/*
