MagicShine MJ-908 8000 Lumens Front/Tail Light Set

Magicshine's MJ-908 is a seriously bright bit of kit, and fabulous value for money too. Winning the 'Best Value high powered light' in MBR's 2016 review it has certainly been a very popular addition to the Magicshine stable. Introduced in late 2015 this light combo includes not only a front light of an amazing 8000 Lumens but also a dinky rear light which are both controlled by the remote switch that is included. The 8000 lumens are produced by the 8 x cree XM-L2 LED's which are all contained in the light head giving a fairly narrow beam pattern at 20 degrees. The battery pack has changed slightly for this newly designed light and has a lower longer profile than the older bigger capacity batteries. The light head also includes a cute little LCD display giving you run times, percentage of use and also indicating the selected mode.

Dimensions

Newly designed with advanced cooling fins the Magicshine MJ-908 weighs in at

Mounting

Both the front and rear light heads are attached to the bike using the 'o' ring method, although the 'o' rings have been newly designed and now actually resemble a double D enabling one ring to fit a multitude of different size bars.

Battery

The newly designed battery pack holds 6 x 18650 Li-ion batteries (7.4V 7.8AH) giving a very decent 1.2 hours of run time on this astonishingly bright light and up to 6.5 hours on 20% output. The battery is now more ergonomic and straps neatly to your frame using two nylon straps.

In use

The Magicshine MJ-908 gives an amazing 8000 lumens of power, using that in anger will certainly turn night into day.  However you still have the opportunity to turn the power down using the 5 different power modes.  100%, 75%, 50%, 20% and flashing mode too.  The beauty of this model is that Magicshine have also used a smart little LED display on the top of the lighhead inidcating run times in hours and miutes and also in percentage terms.  A great little idea that they've used before on the Eagle range!  The package also contains a little rear light and the relevant splitter cables to enable you to use both from just the one battery and a remote switch giving you the option of turning the lights on and off without really taking your hands off the bars.  If you really want to turn night into day then you should give this light a try.  You won't find brighter and I don't think you'll find such good value any where else.

Run Rime

20% output (1600 luemns) 6.3 hours

50% output (4000 lumens) 2.5 hours

75% output (6000 lumens)  1.8hours

100% output the full 8000 lumens 1.1 hours)

Flashing mode 7+ hours

BEAM

The beam pattern for this lighthead the MJ-908 is 20 degrees