In my experience with a Magicshine 808E... don't buy this if you have a wireless computer on your bike, it will just stop working or maybe throw random readings...
I would buy a pair, at this price is tempting, but there is no place where it can be fitted without affect the computer (I tried everything, the only safe place is the helmet but I don't think it would be a nice place, for the biker and for other drivers!), so I'll have to pass :(
Thanks. I don't expect it to be perfect by any means. But worst case, I'll do my own mods to it. One thing it will certainly need (from what I've read) is better heating sinking, i.e. good layer of thermal compound under the star, and possibly a new heat sink.
well, nowit's too lateforwarnings,alreadyordered...
WhileI usedthis light on my bikeI never hadproblemswith the heat,even while running on 100% for more than 20 minutes. However,SSC-P7 versionwhich Ialsoused had anoticeablewarming butI never experiencedthat the light lowers its output to prevent overheating...
Could you please clarify what you mean by "you never had problems"? Are you meaning the light never got warm, or it became warm, but not really hot? In my experience, any XML light driven reasonable well is going to get warm, which is a good sign of heatsinking. My concern is if the light does NOT get warm at all, which would indicate the heat is not being properly removed from the LED/Driver pill. This could potentially be harmful for both if exposed to that much heat for excessive periods.
Well, it gets a little bit warm to the touch butnothing significant, it feels like you could left it ON for days, but I tested it only while riding bike so there was an air flow to...
My onlyobjection to thislight is that it has no MID mode, just very HI and moderate LO and of course annoying STROBE!!! Before this offer by DX I wanted to order this one from MF just because of better mode arrangement...
That sounds reasonable if you were on a ride and the air was actively cooling the head down. I still plan to crack it open and ensure adequate thermal paste is present between star and heatsink. I also want to redo the optic system to make it more floody - no sense having a spotlight in front.
The price of the clone is more realistic and I wouldn't expect it to be cancelled because it was priced too low. Only question is...how long will it take?
I ordered some other things on 26/04 and on 27/04 I got email that "The available portion has been shipped first. The rest will be shipped later." and this offer ended on 24/4!!!