Thanks for tuning in this is The Sweet
Cyclists, today we're going to be looking
at the Magicshine Allty 2000 bicycle
headlight. Here we have the Magicshine
Allty 2000, this is light we're really
excited to see here at The Sweet Cyclists.
This is a big improvement to the
commuter lights Magicshine makes
and it's one of the brightest ones they
currently offer. Big thanks to
Magicshine for providing this. In terms
of the packaging there is a lot of plastic here.
It's a big contrast compared to the Light
& Motion ones we've been recently looking
at.
Also while the colors are really bright
and the design is nice with the amount
of plastic on here really obscures
what's actually in the package. It
kind of reminds me of Hot Wheels where
you can't really see the car itself.
Let's go ahead and start taking it out
of the box and review some of the specs.
This is a $150 light and
it has an impressive 2,000 lumen output.
It has two Cree XM-L2 v60 LEDs
integrated into it, and you have daytime
running lights which is a really cool
feature to see. Now in terms of battery
it has 2x 18650 lithium-ion cells in
here and each one of them has 3500 mAh
so pretty impressive in terms of power.
You can see most of the body is the
battery itself. One of the best
features it has a OLED screen here
which shows the runtime and current mode.
So overall really nice
packaging and the form factor is really
unique here. They've also moved to the
Garmin style quarter-turn mounting
option which s really awesome to see.
While every company has been usually
inventing their own mounting options,
it's nice to see a
standardization to the Garmin mount as
they become more popular. Let's go ahead
and open the packaging some more.
So we have the user manual inside the
box, more plastic, the
lighthead itself and this is really
nice the
batteries are removable with a little
quarter turn lock using a
coin. As we mentioned the daytime running
lights and two LEDs, the OLED display on top
and the Garmin style mount.
We have a handlebar
mount and this is very reminiscent of
the Eagle mounts from the Monteer 1400,
you have this little hook.
I've read some reviews of other people
saying that this falls
apart over time and I can see that if
you over tighten this. This
one feels pretty good you have rubber
lining on the inside. Simply hook it in
and then using the Allen wrench to
tighten it down, so it's not tool free
to move install the mount.
Included is the Allen key and you get a
standard microUSB charging cable with
the port being located right here near
the end. You also get two different
length straps so you have the shorter
one installed a longer one and an extra
long one to accommodate
different diameter handlebars. Now
let's look at the Allty 2000 weight with
the lighthead and the battery installed.
We're at a 178 grams,
adding the handlebar mount with the
supplied shorter strap we're at 194 grams so
pretty impressive overall. It's a light
weight all-in-one light. Now let's take a
closer look at the Magicshine Allty 2000,
as I said I was really excited to review
the light because it addresses a lot of
the issues I've had with these kind of
urban style lights. If we do a 360 we see
on the front there are daytime
running lights and if you zoom in you
can kind of see these horizontal lines
here that really diffuses the light from
the daytime running light. If I turn that
on here a long click hold and
cycle through to our daytime running
light you can see a very kind of more
diffuse beam with those diffusers that
kind of spreads it out. On the bottom we
have two Cree LEDs, these are using
the latest generation XM LED models.
What's interesting here is that there are two
of them, on the right you have a more
standard optics so more of a spotlight.
While on the left, I'm not sure the camera
picks it up, but there's a
honeycomb cover on the lens and that
diffuses the lights for a more
even light distribution.
In terms of the
side profile you get this raised
bottom lip and that's actually kind of
nice so when you mount it, here if I
bring out my mount it mounts easier. It
has a lower profile for mounting and
to accommodate the extra lights the
front end sticks out. That's a really
nice touch, on the side there's really
not much going on the body itself. It has
a polymer design that feels kind of
rubbery and it has a matte finish on the
back. We have this little quarter turn door,
I'll go ahead and open that up, this is
similar to the Monteer 1400. A simple
turn and then you can pull the cartridge
out which is a little bit hard to do
especially on camera, but you can see
this is the battery pack so it has two
18650 batteries in there.
This can be recharged independently
which is nice so the actual charging
port is on here you can leave the body
itself on your bike potentially you
could buy two of these for extra runtime
and then a simple quarter turn to lock
it. Around back we just have the
simple locking mechanism and on the bottom I
think is the best feature. The quarter
turn Garmin mount gives you a
lot more universal compatibility, here's
the TTA mount again from Magicshine a
lot of companies are coming out with
this,
K-mount and Barfly have similar
style Garmin dual mounts.
On top you can mount your Garmin, on
the bottom you have multiple options. You
can put your GoPro or the light itself
so it's really nice to see. This now
means you don't need 15 different mounts,
you can actually just stick with the
Garmin style and use it for Magicshine
as well. On
the top is the best feature,
you can see single click we show the
battery and this is a really nice
feature. This is one thing I really liked
on the Fenix BC21R, so if we show the Fenix
on the left here with a single click I
get a color and with the Magicshine I get
a percentage. You can see how much
better this is even though the Fenix
has multiple colors you can't beat
actually having a real number. You do a
single click when it's on to adjust the
power setting, there are four power
settings per mode except for the daytime
running light which are just on or off.
You do a double press to cycle through
and this is with everything on and then
the blinking mode. I think the
coolest part about this is the daytime
running lights so this has pretty good
run time which means you can run the
daytime running lights during the day
without running down the battery. Now
let's take a look at some of the
competition, on the left we have the
Fenix BC21R v2.0 which
we recently reviewed, it has a
1000 lumens and a 18650 battery
in here that is removable and replaceable. More
of a flashlight style, it also has a beam
cut off which is really nice.
This is $75, and if we move up to the Magicshine
Allty 1000. This is an $85 light with
1000 lumens, a single Cree LED and
the daylight daytime running lights.
It doesn't have the OLED screen but it
does have an illuminated button.
Next we have the predecessor to these Allty lights,
is the Monteer 1400, this is 1400
lumens and has
two 18650 batteries and quite a bit
heavier with an all metal housing.
Finally we have the Magicshine
Allty 2000 which we are reviewing
today. You can see with the prices these
are $150, $100, $85 and $75 you get a
lot more features for the money. While
the Fenix is a good buy at $75
the Magicshine Alltu 2000 addresses many
of the faults that I found with the light.
It has a LED display,
daytime running lights and the Garmin
mount. They've addressed a lot of the
features that the Monteer 1400 was
lacking. If we look at the Monteer 1400 and
this side-by-side, the Allty 2000 is
significantly lighter because of the
plastic body. It has the OLED screen, again
so you actually know the runtime. One
drawback to the Allty 2000, aside from
the $50 increase in price is that the
batteries aren't individual cells you
have to buy the complete unit. So that is
one drawback while the Monteer 1400
you could run them separately and that
sort of makes sense, it's still
replaceable but at least now you do have
to go to Magicshine to buy it. Whereas with the
Monteer 1400 and the Fenix you can
easily replace them. With the Magicshine Allty
2000 there are 17 distinct output modes,
these are the most modes we've ever
tested on a light. Let's take a look at
Magicshine's mode illustration to review
them. Note everything but the DRL only
mode have four different power settings
associated with them. The first mode is
DRL only which is great for daytime
riding and have others see you. The
second mode is DRL plus the left LED
which has a more diffuse light beam
pattern. The third mode is the DRL plus
the right LED which has more of a spot
beam pattern. The fourth has a DRL plus
both LEDs for the most visibility.
Finally the fifth mode is DRL plus the
left and right LEDs flashing on full
power, the flashing mode puts out of
blinding 1800 lumens.
Let's look at the beam patterns on the
high settings I want to point out that
you can see that the left LED has a more
uniform beam pattern and a wider spread
than the right LED. Now let's take a look
at each of the 17
on the road along with the claimed
lumen output and runtime.
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Comparing the light outputs on the
highest setting you can see that the
left only and right only output modes
have subtle differences that are
difficult to tell apart when riding and
a full 2000 lumen the Allty 2000 lights
up the road, but also has a short run
time. Now let's go over the pros and cons
of the Allty 2000, one of the best features
of the light is the OLED display screen.
It shows you the output mode battery
status and real time runtime countdown
timer you don't have to guess how much
batteries left based on a backlight
color anymore. Another pro is the 3
element design, the DRL is perfect for
daytime riding and uses very little
battery while the two Cree LEDs
light up the road. Finally the built-in
Garmin style mount is a long-awaited
feature, and you don't have to pay for
additional accessories to mount the
light on your existing mounts. It is a
step toward standardization of bike
light mounting. For some of the cons the
cartridge style battery on the Allty 2000
is a step back from the Monteer 1400 which had
individual cells. With this one you
have to buy the full cartridge instead
of the individual cells. Another thing is
that with so many modes it's really
difficult to tell the output modes apart
and the four power settings are difficult
to discern. Finally the runtime is
limited on the higher settings, you're
limited to 2 hours maximum on the full
power settings in any of the modes. Now
let's give the Magicshine 2000 a final
rating, out of 10 I would give it a 9.2.
This is a featured packed all-in-one
light that has a lot of features I don't
typically see with commuter headlights,
such as the OLED display screen the DRL
light as well as the integrated Garmin
mount. I think it's a few tweaks away
from being a perfect light,
it would be nice to see better run time
and replaceable individual battery cells
to make this more future-proof.
Overall really great improvement in
terms of commuter lights for Magicshine.
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