Originally Posted by
Athens80
You don't get to have your own facts. I've twice referenced the actual weight of OLD MagicShines as measured at mtbr.com, and the fact is that their 268 gram batteries do not weigh more than your Phillips, assuming that your SafeRide is the same as the 334 gram Phillips SafeRide which they weighed. Newer lights, including the battery packs, are shedding weight.
Just for kicks, I weighed my own MagicShine battery from GeoMan in 2010, and my kitchen scale claims it weighs 252 grams. So you can test that fact -- does your Phillips SafeRide with batteries weigh less than 8.9 ounces / 252 grams?
Enjoy the SafeRide, recommend the SafeRide, but realize that your preference for it is subjective and others today who choose a different $80 light are not wrong.
The 2013 MJ880's battery pack weighs 403 grams, the head weighs 119 grams, this is their newest and lighter generation of batteries, the one my friend had was their brightest offering at the time in 2011 which had their largest battery at the time. Anyway here is the proof of the 2013 weight as I discribed above according to the manufacture model:
http://reviews.mtbr.com/magicshine-m...ights-shootout After calling him tonight he thinks he had the 872 model which the lumens I quoted was incorrect, he said it was suppose to been 1600 but was more like 500 even though not only did the Phillips Saferide out did it but my Cygolite Mitycross 480 was almost identical to the brightness of the 872, the Cygolite had a smaller beam shape vs the wider 872 but Cygolite seemed a wee bit brighter in longer distance. You can't compare the MagicShine you quoted because it pales in comparison to the Phillips in brightness.