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Does anyone make a red lens for the Magicshine? They make the wide angle lens, and having a red lens should give you more illumination than most of the blinkies out there. Adding more of these on the rear would be easier to do now with the cheap clones, and would give you the option of using one on the front for the way home if you needed more light there.
I tried it years ago, and it doesn't work so great.
First, the red lens reduces the ~600 lumens of a GOOD Magicshine clone to perhaps ~300, and it produces a less-than-spectacular brownish-orange light (IIRC) - definitely not the red you'd hope for if you ordered the lens from ActionLED. It's brighter than most 20-50$ taillights, but not as lightweight or compact with the separate battery pack, and the light is not red - actually closer to amber you might use for a front light.
It would be brighter than most "blinkies", perhaps too bright for night use, as you can't adjust the flash intensity on MS and clones
AFAIK. It would be better for daytime use, but not as effective as the far-more expensive DDR/DS500 taillights. I suppose you could use multiple red-lensed MSs mounted on a 2' wide horizontal (an old MTB hbar?) attached to end of rear rack. At this point you might want to consider utilizing automotive LED lights driven by a 12-15v SOURCE - much like the bike pictured in link in
#64 .