In the end, when it came to 9 hours in and the light was still showing green on the battery indicator I jumped up to the big setting on the flood lights at 3200 lumens, which lasted several hours and into the daylight much longer than expected when reading the literature from Magicshine. I could have risked it for the biscuit with with both floods and spotters on low (1250 lumens), but that would have cut us short at 9:30hrs. This meant using the flood lights without the spotters on low, with a guaranteed burn-time of 13 hours and 900 lumen output enough for an all-nighter even in winter. My experience on an overnight ultra endurance event was a positive one: without a spare battery pack I selected the maximal output that would last the ten hours of darkness, according to the burn time in the manual. Helmet mounts are an optional extra, available on the Magicshine website, as are extra battery packs for those looking to maximise output for a long duration with charging intervals (ie: 24 hour racers and bikepackers). The length of the cable means that there is no problem running the battery either in a jersey pocket or hydration backpack. This is pertinent especially if looking at ultra endurance racing and running frame bags or bento boxes for supplies, with 60cm of cable you could potentially stash the battery within a frame bag. The unit was easy to mount as a handlebar light, however, the battery took up some real estate along the top tube. The light also has a memory function for those who frequently ride the same terrain and don’t have varying needs: when powered on the light will return to the last used setting.Ī battery-life indicator is green at 21-100%, red 6-20% and <5% flashing, this could be more accurate, but it was useful and reassuring. This ensures the unit is very versatile as an urban commuter light, yet has oodles of lumens spare for technical night riding. The Monteer 5000S features multiple settings and burn times, with fifteen different power settings between the flood light (top three lights) and spot lights (bottom two lights) and both together. The Monteer 5000S claims a 265m beam distance, something that was a bit difficult to measure in this review but is impressive nonetheless. On the scales, the weight of headlamp is 127g, battery pack 304g and mounting hardware 16g for a total unit weight of 447g not ultra lightweight, but very reasonable for the 5000 lumen output and endurance of the unit (the comparable Exposure 5000 lumen light the SixPack MK11 has an integrated battery, weighing 386g, but retailing at over $700).
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