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MTB2223:
Does anyone have experience with bike lights from China ?

I ordered this one, but received it yet:


Just curious about your experiences.

carbonazza:
I ordered one, few weeks ago on ebay.
It is less bright than advertised.

I thought it could replace my Lupine pico 3 at 900lm, but it is less bright.
I will buy a bigger battery for the Lupine, and stay with it.

The chinese light had some success with my friends who forgot their light recently.
They were happy to have it.
As for the autonomy, we did not use it for more than 2 hours, and there was still juice.

It is bulkier than it looks on picture.
But overall for the price, it is more than ok.

Vipassana:
I have two of these:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005WPXNQ6?pc_redir=1412257462&robot_redir=1#

My coworkers have several as well.  They've been outstanding.  The bike mount is decent though it can move around a bit; I've found that a single wrap of canvas tape around the handle bar under the light mount cures all and prevents the light from rotating.  The helmet mount isn't great, but I'm not much of a helmet mount guy anyway.  I use one light on my bar and carry the second battery pack as a backup.  I've done as much as 4 hours on a single battery pack at low brightness and it still was showing life left (there's a color indicator on the back of the light).  The thing is obnoxiously bright and I once had a car flash me.

It's honestly one of the biggest surprises I've had in my riding adventures.  I have a friend who paid $250 for his light system and this one is 85% as good for $20.

I think Chinese LED systems are worth the try.

Carbon_Dude:
I have a Magicshine 900 lumen for my helmet, and an old dual halogen light for my bars.  The dual halogen came with a lead acid battery that I tossed aside and made a 12 cell 1865 pack to use with this light set.  The nice thing about the dual halogen is it has a very wide beam pattern that's good for the bars.

The Chinese Cree LED (or Chight) Magicshine cost $89 a few years ago and hasn't had any problems to speak of.  It is bright and runs for a couple hours.

My first real bike light was a halogen JetLite, good quality but not very bright compared to what is available on the cheap today.

Either way, I would recommend two bike lights if you are going to do trail riding at night, one for your bars, one for your helmet.  The one on the bars is good because it's a stable light that shows you the terrain with good shadows allowing you to see the hills, bumps, rocks, and roots.  The helmet light is good because it shines where you are looking.  Between the two lights, you get a well illuminated view of what's in front of you.  I also have a red LED tail light to help riders behind me see the back of my bike.

It's been a while since I've done night rides but the local trail manager is starting up a regular ride this winter.

Here is a link to the light I have:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MagicShine-MJ808U-4-Mode-XML-U2-LED-1100-Lumen-Bike-Light-828-batt-Helmet-kit-/260900374749?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cbedfc8dd

Vipassana:
If you shop around amazon or eBay you can find wide angle lenses for these Cree led lights too which are nice to disperse the beam.

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