Originally Posted by
scoatw
You go over to the Electronics, Lighting and Gadgets Forum and you'll see people griping about the problems they've had with their Magicshines. Not to mention the hassle of shipping from Hong Kong. Maybe a $140 flashlight might outperform a $25 flashlight. Who knows. But the OP was asking about inexpensive lights. And for $27 you get a lot of flashlight out of the Romisen.
The Romisen I got 3 years ago is rated at 110 lumens. The newer one is rated at 240 lumens. But I think it would hold its own against other higher end lights.
Yes, you get a lot of flashlight out of a Romisen. And I love my flashlight. But to be fair, you can get a MagicShine for $90 (
at Geomangear), far less than the purported $140 cost. After riding with both the flashlight and the MagicShine, I strongly favor the MagicShine
if you need to ride in areas where there is not much ambient street lighting. And, with buying from GeomanGear you avoid the entire shipping problem you reference and get excellent customer service if there are issues with your light. I decided to invest int he MagicShine from GeomanGear specifically because of the many, many, many lighting posts I read through in the Electronics, Lighting and Gadgets forum. I am not disappointed.