Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
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.
I'm not wanting to make a whole thread about the weight of the old Magicshine MJ-872 you've been talking about, which, as I wrote three posts ago, installs at 370 grams (that's a 268 gram battery). Please just concede the basic math that the 268 gram weight of that battery is not heavier than the 334 gram weight of the SafeRide.
Now you're bringing in the new brighter but not lighter
Magicshine MJ-880 U2 which is a current model and in a different class from the MJ-872 and the SafeRide, as it is measured to deliver 1473 lumens. You can't compare the Phillips SafeRide because its 39 lux pales in comparison to the MJ-880 U2's 148 lux in brightness.