Originally Posted by
calimtb
The lights themselves are very nice.
It's just the battery packs which are unreliable.
I don't know what the actual magicshine battery packs look like, but there is likely an upgrade in construction?
Quite possibly but I don't know if the off-brand uses the same connector. A quick search of eBay should provide that info.
You ain't lived until your lights go out at 30 mph on a bumpy mountainous descent. Tons of stuff in the system are more susceptible to failure than the LEDs.
Sure, which is why you have multiple redundant separate light systems. Though, I personally would avoid going down bumpy mountainous descents at speed in the dark. Okay, maybe once or twice for kicks, but definitely not more than that.