The Ultimate Bike Light Showdown - Magicshine Monteer 8000 vs 12000 

Another interesting video! Keep them coming. I have multiple Magic Shine Monteer lights, ranging from the 3500 to the 8000, so I am super familiar with the incredible brightness of the Monteer line. That said, the 12000 has to be just over kill. I typically ride with my 3500 on my helmet and either my 5000 or 8000 on the front, depends on which bike I am riding as I am often just being lazy and don't want to take off the light head from the bike. The 3500/8000 combo is pretty much perfect for me. I can only imagine an 8000/12000 combo would be like. I will say this, I wish Magic Shine would build a higher capacity battery pack for the lower end Monteer(5000-8000 series) lights. Better yet, make one battery pack with dual power outlets so I could both on one pack. Having the helmet light bouncing around in my pack get's a little annoying since it isn't very light weight. Best case scenario would be to combine the two MJ-6118 10,000 mAh packs I strap to my frame into ONE housing that could power both lights simultaneously. Instead I take two packs on my frame, plus a spare 6118 as a backup AND two 6116C for my 3500 helmet light. That is a lot of extra crap to carry around for my longer 4-5 hr night rides where I ride to the trail and back. Hell I even carry a backup RN 1500 in my pack as just in case.

I was looking for this video, thanks for the comparison

Great review! Did you have to purchase a separate mount for the light to be mounted upside down? Also I though the mount was garmin style mount and wondering how you got the wahoo to work? Thanks again.

Great review. I wish I could say the same for my 12000. I have the 8000 also, but my 8000 is way better than my 12000. I believe my 12000 has a temp sensor issue. As it only stays at full brightness for less then 10 seconds and steps down to about 6000. I’m waiting on magicshine support, but the one person I spoke to is just telling me it’s normal light performance… And this is testing it out at 2 Celsius. The light itself is only a tad warm to the touch. My 8000 gets so hot I wouldn’t want to leave my fingers on it for more than a couple seconds. Hopefully I get sent a replacement. So far I just put my 8000 back on

Bought two solid flashlight mounts from amazon for $4.5 each. Then two flashlights with two 26650 batteries each and a legit XHP90 LED chip for $13 each. So for $35 bucks I turn day into night on my night rides. Can't do downhill on them and trails might kill them, so that's a thing. But if you street ride or ride the MO farm roads, it's super sick. But thanks Mike for focusing on night riding. I feel that gets overlooked by all the other videos out there.

Спасибо за ролик, моё мнение-думаю и 5000 Lm хватит вполне,главное правильно распределить световой поток за счёт грамотно подобранной вторичной оптики,поэтому склоняюсь к кастому с питанием например от повербанка из доступных на рынке,как пример Xiaomi Mi Power Bank 3 Pro PLM07ZM 20000mAh (74 Вт·ч) выходы: 3 x 5V/9V/12V/15V/20V (3000 мА).

Guys, I have had 5000, 8000 and the 12000... the 3500 and the 6500 are equal to lilttle sisters of 12K. The MAIN reason NOT TO GO WITH 12K is the KINGSIZE battery. It is just too big, even to my 25kg e-bike TANK. To me the best option is the one with REMOTE. It just is so multi-usable , for instance while camping, set the light to the tree outside at night. Grest secondary use. ALSO the 3500/5000 is all the light you will need. I'm saying that, me, who always want the have the top model. NOT ON MONTEERS, that is ;)

I got the Magicshine 3500 it's good enough

I own and use the 3500. I have in boxes with free returns the 6500 and 8000. Applications: Mtb in forests and commuting. Should i just stick to the 3500 and 8000 or try to find a good deal on a 12000 and use that in compinqtions qith the 3500? I just dont know. Ive other lights as well with like 960 lumens, quite spoty and not at all wide.

Hi I noticed that you installed the 8000 v2 upside down, any difference in the beam/throw? Thanks!

Would absolutely love to see you field test the lights on a run at night! Go Mike, my fav local hero.

I have had my 12000 for 2 days now and tried to use the phone app and now my light is not working at all. Any help would be greatly appreciated

mount the 8000 properly right way up and on top of the bars , it not reaching its potential