Given that imbalance, and the £40 price, it's a lot harder to recommend this ETC set than it is to recommend its competitors. I like the Sarin 30 a lot as a rear light, but find it a lot less compelling as a front. > Buyer’s Guide: 19 of the best rear lights for cycling With 1500 lumen output the Magicshine MJ-900S offers impressive output with competitive features such as a Garmin style mount and built in DRLs. Okay, there could be some (very well) hidden differences, but damningly, the rubber straps of this ETC set still say Magicshine on them. New for the MJ-900S is the compact MJ-6112 battery pack which utilizes two non-replaceable 18650 Li-on cells for a combined 2.6Ah capacity. An extra £15 for a different word on the side is an unimpressive offer. The rear is less powerful at 20 lumens, but the front is brighter at 40 lumens.īut the biggest issue is the existence of the Magicshine Seemee 30 Combo at £24.99, because if those lights are not the exact same units with different branding, I certainly can't spot the difference. The Lezyne Femto Drive USB set is £29, and usefully bright (if not nearly as bright as these), while the excellent Knog Plus Twinpack is £31.99 and, like the Lezyne, a far better fit at the front. ValueĬompared with other light sets we've tested, these are on the expensive side. It's worth noting the instructions are completely wrong about how to switch these on: it takes a double press, not a long press (which simply turns the light back off). You can also switch to either the Intelligent Day or Intelligent Night modes, which use a light sensor to add (if necessary) a constant light between pulses, but this obviously lowers run-times. The unlit gaps in Breathe and Comet are just a little too long, for my liking – I found the fairly frantic Flash the most useful for visibility versus burn time (55hrs!). Breathe mode fades slowly up to full brightness and down again, Comet starts at full power and fades to nothing, and Flash (are you sitting down?) flashes. ModesĮach has three solid modes (low, medium and high) and three flash settings. In normal use it's easy to find effectively bright settings that give multiple rides between charges. Claimed times on the lowest (Flash) setting are 55 and 40 hours respectively, which seem accurate. The 300mAh lipo batteries give decent run-times – just over three hours on the highest setting for the front, and around two hours for the rear. The instruction sheet actually implies they should be fixed so just the end peels up like a door, and you could glue the main section on without causing an issue. Lose one while these are knocking about in a bag or pocket and you not only lose the waterproofing, but the mount as well. While the pads do a good job of waterproofing these units (I had no issues with prolonged rain and heavy spray), and certainly aren't going anywhere when the light is strapped on, they're separate and only loosely attached.
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