Thanks for tuning in today we're going to be reviewing the Magicshine RN 3000 bike
front headlight. If there's one thing you can count on it's advancements in lithium-ion and
led technology bringing down the cost of batteries and increasing light output. Case in point is the
new Magicshine RN 3000 bike front light which is the topic of the review today. In terms of
packaging it's pretty simple you have the little abstract bike graphic on here RN 3000 printed
and this nice cardboard box. It's pretty sturdy and a good way to travel with, all the specs are
on the back as well as the ratings and then the waterproofing. Lets go ahead and take it out of
the box and go over the specs. Retail price on this is $159.99 and it offers an impressive 3000
lumens despite its all-in-one design. That means you don't need any clunky batteries or additional
battery or power sources to run the light. It has a dual led design with a little horizontal
deflector here designed to reduce glare. It has a ten thousand milliamp battery that's supplied by
two 21750 battery cells integrated into the lens housing. One of the brightest and most powerful
lights all-in-one lights Magicshine currently offers. It has usb type-c charging which will
actually lets you do a fast charge on this and also use it to charge other devices as a power
bank. it has the Magishine Garmin mount which means you can use this with a variety of out
and front mounts right out of the box. In terms of what you get in the box you get the light
and it's a little bit chunkier than other Magicshine lights due to the battery size.
If we open this up you get their little handlebar mount now this is something
we've seen with a lot of their newer lights it's a garmin base with a little bolt and
that's designed to adjust the tension and to handle different handlebar diameters.
You have a little USB-C charging cable the little allen key to loosen and tighten this mount. Also
instruction manual and then we also have different strap lengths.
So you can see you can handle aero handlebars smaller mount bike handlebars or even a different
variations by just swapping out the strap. Now let's take a look at the weight of the light
obviously a lot larger because of the high battery capacity so the light itself comes in at 278
and then the little mount with the standard strap length that's pretty light at only 14 grams.
Now let's go over the fit and finish of the Magicshine RN 3000. This is one of Magicshines
brightest all-in-one lights and offers that impressive 3000 lumens and 10 000m battery built
into this nice compact form factor. Now you'll see this is quite large actually it looks very similar
to other Magicshine products like the Allty and RN series but it's much larger due to the big battery
cells in here. You get the same aluminum housing so it looks really premium and feels premium.
Little heat fins built on the side and very minimal branding just have a Magicshine on top.
RN 3000 on the side on the top of the light. You have a one button interface and you can
see it has a back illumination so really easy to check your battery status and cycle through
modes. It has a dual led design here and you can see they're very subtly different. The right
deflector has a little more indentations on it that lets it diffuse the light a little bit more
and you'll see these lines running across the light that helps diffuse the light downward so
it's more like a soft beam cut off and reduces the glare when you're riding and helps put more light
in front of the bike instead of in the trees. You also notice a little cut out here and that's to
help side visibility when you're riding so you can see if i turn the light on it actually illuminates
a little bit so even though you're not in front of the light you can see some of the light.
On the bottom you have the Garmin mount the quarter turn style Garmin mount very common on the
market it's really great that Magicshine doesn't use proprietary mounts. Instead it is a very
general style mount so as the name implies it's a quarter turn so you rotate locks into place you
can use a ton of out and front mounts on the market or adapters that already exist so you
don't need any special mounts. On the back you have a USB Type-C charging port which is great
to see. They've finally moved on from the micro USB charging cables and this also lets you do
a fast charge so you can take advantage of the higher power rates of a USB Type-C and
you can also charge other devices so with 10,000 milliamps here this can be a power bank for other
devices so that's great when you're not riding. You can actually take advantage of the light
now in terms of the interface pretty simple it's a one button interface as with a lot of
Magicshine lights there are too many modes you can run this with the right led left led dual
or flash and with each of them you get four different intensities so quite a few options.
Now the light has a lockout mode which is new to Magicshine too so if you hold the light
or when you first receive it you'll see it has this flashing red
to disable this mode this is great for transportation so it won't accidentally turn on
to enable or disable just hold the button and you'll see the color will change.
So you hold it for about eight seconds you can see now it shows the battery status so as with a
lot of match on lights if you want to check the battery staff you just click and it will show
you green red or flashing red and that's a nice feature. You're not going to be surprised when you
run out of battery as there's no runtime display or other LEDs so before you ride go click the
light and then go charge it if you need to before you ride. Now the interface is pretty simple you
hold the button to turn on and then as i mentioned you can run in different modes. So double click
you'll see you have flash modes you have the right led left led and then dual with them both on
and then within each mode. You can do a single press and go through eco low medium and high
settings so four intensities and then it just cycles through. We would like to see
a two button interface like you have on the Ray 2600 or the ambient light sensor but instead the
RN is more focused on just raw power. So you get 3000 lumen and a very compact form factor.
now let's take a look at the light output of the rn 3000 There are three primary modes here
the left led only right led only and dual. As you can see the left and right are slightly different
but they're very hard to tell apart. If you look closely you'll see the left one is a little bit
more of a spot beam with a more focused light while the right one is more diffused and as
you can see from the reflector it ends up with a softer light instead of that more high temp center
beam. In dual mode you get a little bit of both now unlike the Ray 2600 or other more
commuter lights this is much more of a trail light and you can see that from the side angle
there's quite a bit of glare top and bottom despite those horizontal deflectors so this
is something you want to tilt down if you're doing a lot of road riding or use lower setting.
Now speaking of settings there's a lot of them there's 16 different modes here
you can run eco low medium high for each of the settings and that's the left only right only
dual and then flash modes the jumps and lumens are quite large. You can see in high mode for either
the left or right you get the 1500 lumen and then impressive four hour run time so
thanks to the large battery pack of the RN 3000. This is definitely a light that you
won't have to charge very often and the runtimes and lumens jump quite a bit eco mode is quite dim
while medium and high are something you're more likely to use in the darker trails dual mode
is also nice. Even though the gopro doesn't do a great job at nighttime shots has a nice wide even
beam and a lot of power here so even in the 1500 lumen mode it's more than enough for dark trails.
There are also four different flash modes which a little bit weird. You can run it all the way up to
3000 lumens and unlike some of other Magicshines lights the flash mode is a lot slower so it's a
little bit less obnoxious so it's good for daytime riding if you need that additional visibility.
Now let's take a look at the RN 3000 on the road as you can see here the beam is nice and wide
it's a nice combination with spot and flood with enough power to really cut through the night. As
I mentioned earlier the left and right modes are pretty hard to differentiate when you're
actually riding just slightly more diffused. So it's definitely easy to get lost in them and with
16 different modes it's very easy to get lost in the current mode you're in. We do like the
higher modes like the medium and the high and they really light up the road and with the RN 3000s
less focused beam it's also great for off-roading. As you can see here light up the trail and with up
to 3000 lumens you can really do some long rides with almost over two hour run time.
As you can see management offers everything from the more fun sized commuter lights
like the Allty 400 all the way up to 8000 lumen trail riding lights with the wired battery pack.
You can see the Allty 400 is actually very similar to the RN 3000 it's almost the same light just
double it with a lot more power same Garmin mount. Same port on the back same aluminum body
minimal graphics and the one button interface here with the battery status checker.
The RN 3000 does have the lockout mode which the Allty 400 does not. That's a new feature to the
headlights so we're probably seeing a lot more of their products. So if you want a lot of power you
go the RN 3000 if you just want something small compact obviously the Allty 400 is a good option.
The Allty also come in some bigger variations like the 1000. It has a third of the power but
the nice thing about this is actually the drl so you can actually run this during the day without
running down the main battery. It would have been nice to see with the RN 3000 instead you
can use a flash mode at a low setting to reduce the battery consumption but still be seen.
Again very similar design but with the DRL they've actually had to offset the lens and that makes
it less compatible with mounts as this is nice and flat and this one protrudes downward a bit.
Now at this price point the Allty 2000 also offers a LED screen that lets you
see the runtime and current mode that would have been really cool to see here as well
but obviously it does cost more. This actually has a removable battery cartridge
which is a feature that would have been nice to see with the RN 3000 instead you have to
replace the whole light once the batteries are fully depleted otherwise similar the Allty 2000
uses the same DRL with dual leds and that same protruding lens design. The other new product for
Magicshine is the Ray 2600 and you can see very similar price about $10 or $20 apart. The Ray
2600 has 400 less lumens and a smaller battery so less runtime and you can see
it's a bit smaller. The nice thing about the Ray is it's better for commuting or road cycling
as you actually have this really nice focused light so instead of the two leds being very
similar. This one is very different with a beam cut off and then this one being more similar
to a trail riding light with a cone beam and it also has a ambient light sensor which the rn
3000 doesn't. This is also the first time we've seen a smart sensor on their front headlights
so definitely a good option. You can see the RN 3000 just more focused on trail riding
and raw power the two button interface on the Ray 2600 is also really nice to
see as you don't have to cycle through all the modes and gives you a little more flexibility.
What's really impressive about the RN 3000 is that that 10 000 milliamp battery is actually
the same size capacity as the large battery pack. So you can see this has four cells in it while the
rn 3000 has a higher capacity to 21 750 cells so uh it's quite a bit smaller than the full
battery pack now the voltages are different so this can discharge at a slower rate versus
higher capacity smaller cells. The nice thing is with 3000 lumens it's equivalent to the MJ-902S
and you can see while the wired version this is quite a bit smaller as there's no battery here
you do have to add this big chunky battery pack to the wired setup which is a lot less convenient. So
if you're a commuter or want something just less bulky the RN 3000 is a great option and although
it is big it's not quite as big as the Monteer so if you're really into trail riding and want a
ton of light it's actually a great combination you could combine the two with the 8000 lumens on your
handlebar and then you can potentially helmet mount this and get that additional 3000 lumen.
Now let's go over the pros and cons for the RN 3000. What we like about it
is that it has a compact form factor you don't need a wired battery pack
instead you have a nice all-in-one design. You also have a three level battery status
checker which is great way to double check the battery status before you start riding.
It also has impressive output with 3000 lumen despite the commuter style design.
Some of the cons for the light is the fact there's no DRL so you have to use the eco mode
or a flash mode if you want daytime visibility it doesn't run down the battery.
It also lacks a runtime display screen which is something that would be nice at this price point.
Finally there's a minimal difference between the left and right led modes so it just adds
the number of output modes and they're really hard to differentiate when you're riding.
Taking everything into account would give the RN 3000 a 9.0 out of 10. It's a very powerful
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