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today we're going to be reviewing the
Magicshine Allty 400
600 and 800 bicycle headlights.
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Magicshine has recently expanded the Allty
product line with some more commuter
bicycle lights and these are what we
have here the 400 600 800 variations.
Now these provide multiple price points
at different light outputs to match
anybody's budget
or riding style. Now packaging wise
really nice so you can see they all
share the same
a basic box design you have the nice
orange
accent color that is the Magicshine
characteristic color.
You have this nice glossy Magicshine
reflective
print on here basic information about
the light on the back
and then a nice big opening here where
you can actually interact with all the
lights. So
they're all open you can actually click
on the power button turn them on
a really nice feature. Lets go ahead and
take it out of the box
and while I do that we'll go over the
specs.
These three variations come at
different price points, the 400
has 400 lumens and comes in at $29.99.
The 600 comes with 600 lumens
and that is at $39.99
and then the brightest variation the
Allty 800
is an 800 lumen option and that is $59.99.
So you can see pretty good pretty
competitively priced
with good jumps between output and power.
Now battery the batteries on these all
change depending on which one you pick.
The 400 is a 900 milliamp,
the 600 has 1600 and then the Allty 800
has the largest 4000 milliamp
21700 lithium ion cell built directly
in.
They all have an anti-glare design you
can see these little
vertical deflectors on here they're all
USB Type-C
charging and discharging which are
really cool feature that you don't see
very often.
They have Garmin compatible mounts
which is one of the best features of
Magicshine light so it makes it
compatible
with a lot of mounts already on the
market you don't have to get a
proprietary mount.
They're also all ipx7 waterproof which
is really great for winter riding
or wet weather riding. Now in the box,
i'll only open one instead of going
through all of them
they all come with the lights themselves
and you can see the sizes
are get smaller with lower output and
then the 800 is the largest.
You get the handlebar mount, this is
the talon style
that we've seen a lot of Magicshine
lights so it's a little bit
more work to setup. So you can
see you
drop a pin through here and then tighten
down a little bolt.
It has a Garmin mount on top and then
various straps so you can see
you get an aero strap so if you have
aero bars that are really wide and long.
You get this long cable and then for
different handlebar diameters
you can swap out the cables for the
appropriate length.
You get a little allen key to install
the mount.
A USB Type-C charging cable which is
really great. So that means you can
use cables you already have instead of
having to have proprietary cables.
What's really cool is you actually
get a adapter for GoPro so if you
already have a GoPro mount
you just swap this in there and you're
done. You also get the
instruction manual for the light.
Now let's take a look at the weight
of the lights. Now that we have them all
free of the packaging
we'll start with the smallest one the
Allty 400.
That comes in at 84 grams,
the 600 comes in at 108
and then the largest 800
comes in at 158. If you choose to use
the handlebar mount, let's take a look at
the weight of that
that comes in at 16 grams so pretty
lightweight.
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Now let's look at the fit and finish of
the Allty 400, 600, and
800 lights. What's really cool about this
product line is you can pick the price
point and output that matches your
budget and riding style.
They're actually all the same so you can
see same style housing,
same mount, same led setup with same
lens.
Basically what they've done is shortened
the housing and put different batteries
in there so lower capacity and lower output.
So we'll go ahead and look at one of
these and go over some of the
design details.
It's a metal housing feels really
nice and premium, it's a little bit
heavier than a plastic light
but I think it pays off in that fact it
looks more premium.
You have no visible edges or plastic
edges so
it looks cleaner. You have basic graphics
on here with the Allty and then the
product name on here.
Where there's a little dot style
scalloping on here. You have the side
cutouts which improve the side
visibility of the light
so you can see when you turn it on it's
actually visible at an angle
so nice design feature. You get a single
led design with this simple deflector.
Now Magicshine's marketing photos
make this look like it's a sharp beam
cut off
but in reality it's more of a soft beam
cut off. If I show you the
beam of the highest version you can see
instead of just being circular you get
this little extra area
and that's because of those little
deflectors so that actually
adds that. You can see when I cover it
up instead of just having a circle
you have this little extra dual beam
this is similar to Fenix's dual beam
design.
It's not as good as a proper StVZO
German style beam cut off but it
works fairly well
and it's better than nothing.
So you have the nice Garmin mount on the
bottom one of the best features
that means you can use this with any
mount so if you have the Magicshine
mounts
you just pop it on here you're done and
you also have the GoPro
attachment so if you have a dual mount
with GoPro on the bottom
you can easily mount this upside down.
Although you don't want to mount this
upside down
because of the beam little deflectors
upside down would actually cause this to
have more glare as that little bottom
portion the beam would be
pointing toward oncoming traffic. This is a
downside of any beam cut off design
otherwise. It has a really simple rectangular
design with rounded corners.
You have a single power button and it's
actually illuminated one of the coolest
features here, so if you just click it
you can see illuminates green red or
flashing red depending on the battery
state.
So before you ride you just click it
check charge it if you need to.
When it's on you just do a whole long
press,
it's illuminated the whole time so a
single press to cycle through the
different output modes: low medium and high.
What's nice is they've separated the
flash mode so it's a double click
and then you have flash mode 1 and flash
mode 2. So it's really nice that you
don't have to go through flash mode
when you're riding, that's one feature a
lot of commuter lights forget
they force you to cycle through the
flash mode which can be really
disruptive when you're riding.
Now what's great about these lights is
also they have the
USB Type-C charging so if you remove the
gasket on the back
you have a USB Type-C port here that
lets you
just connect the charger to actively
charge or discharge it.
So you can even use this as a power bank
for other devices
that makes more sense on the higher
output versions than the smaller 400 but
really cool feature and it's nice to see
modern features on bike lights
instead of the older micro
USB ports.
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Now let's take a look at the output of
the Allty lights. Each light has five
different modes:
low medium high as well as flash one and
flash two.
Thankfully the menu separates them so
you don't accidentally cycle through
them.
Flash one is a standard on off while
flash two is a much more erratic
on off. We definitely don't recommend
that for nighttime riding but it makes a
great daytime light.
Now the Allty 400 is fairly bright while the
600 and 800 better suited for dark trails.
You can see the beam pattern is nice and
wide with good throw
the vertical deflectors help transmit
more
light closer to the bike as well
compared to the standard
lights without that deflector. We're also
impressed with the Allty 800, it's really
bright and full mode almost feels like a
thousand lumens or higher
so if you're looking for a lot of output
the 800 is a pretty good option.
Here you can see the Allty 400, 600, 800
side by side with the high modes.
Obviously the 600, 800 are brighter with the
higher lumen output
which is why i'd recommend them for more
dark trail riding while the 400 is nice
and compact
and works well for urban riding.
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Now let's do a little comparison between
the Allty lights and other lights on the
market.
If you're more familiar with Magicshine's
bike light
product lines you'll know that the Allty
800 600 and 400
are actually smaller versions of the
RN 1200 not the Allty line.
For whatever reason magisten chose to
continue the Allty
product name instead of the RN perhaps
it's more marketable but you can see
the Allty 800 and 1200 actually have the
same
lithium-ion 21700 cell in here.
Same lens same mount and
identical aside from the housing so
where the
RN 1200 has little fins built in and no
graphics
they chose to do this little graphic
scheme in a smooth housing. Both
have a aluminum finish
and you have the illuminated power buttons
on top. They can simply press
same double click to access flash so
it's just a little bit more expensive at
$75 dollars for the
RN 1200 but you get the 1200 lumens of
output.
The actual Allty product line
consists of the
Allty 1000 so
you can see here's the Allty 1000 versus the
RN 1200
versus the Allty 800 you can see with the
Allty lineup one of the big
differentiating features
is the dual lighting setup. You
actually have an led strip on top
this is great for daytime riding you can
see it's not particularly bright
but if you're riding towards someone it
actually helps illuminate you
and it doesn't require much battery so
you can leave it on
all day when you're riding. Similar mount
style
bigger lens you have the same little
side cut out though
which is nice so you get that side
visibility.
The more expensive Allty
variation is the Allty 2000 what's cool
about this it has the
OLED screen that shows you the Magicshine
logo when you launch it
the actual mode you're in as well as the
percent battery so really nice feature.
It has a dual led design versus the
single led designs
with the DRL daytime running light
lights integrated as well
so similar larger housing to accommodate
the
bigger dual elements. This one also has a
removable battery it's a cartridge
style so not individual cells but at
fifty dollars
you can replace the battery and keep the
basic housing so
a little more future proof than these
that have integrated batteries.
There are also other lights on the
market, one of our favorite
are the Fenix BC21R. It has a nice
battery status checker you simply click
on it
it has a very similar dual beam style so
you can see these vertical deflectors
and Fenix call this a dual beam and
you can see it's quite similar.
You can see that they both have this
little bottom portion so
if I cover that up you can see it goes
from round to this little
oblong style shape. Now what's different
about the Fenix
it's a little bit more expensive but it
actually has a removable battery
so probably one of the best features you
can just twist this off
it has a 18650 battery cell in here
so really nice you can just carry an
extra battery when you're riding
if you need more runtime. It is a feature we
don't typically see and this is also usb
type-c
charging as the RN 1200s have.
So great to see the more modern features
being integrated but it does have a
proprietary mount which is one big
downside.
The Garmin compatible mounts that
Magicshine uses makes this really
a lot more versatile. We've also reviewed
other commuter lights here
this is the Kryptonite Incite X3
you can see it has a much more advanced
beam optic so
where these just have a soft beam cut
off you can see this actually has a
proper beam cut off so
even though the Magicshine marketing
graphics make it look like you have a
beam cut off
you can see it's just simply a round
beam with an extra piece while
something like the Kryptonite has a
really sharp cut off. Now the Kryptonite
is more expensive
it's plastic and at least the X3 is not
particularly bright so you do have to
pay more for the features
and again proprietary mount.
The Topeak Headlux 450 USB
is a nice comparison with the Allty 400
as well.
It has a basic strap style mount dual
led design versus a single but a lot
more compact so you can see
the Topeak is smaller less battery
capacity
and kind of a standard beam versus the
little reflective anti-glare design.
So if you want something really compact
there are other options but this
actually costs more at fifty dollars so
the Magicshine lights are really quite cost
competitive.
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Now let's go over the pros and cons for
the Allty headlights.
What we like about the lights is that
they're very competitively priced
with the Allty 400 only being $30
and the Allty 800 being $60.
It's a lot of bang for your buck and you
can find the right light for your
riding style and budget we also
appreciate that Magicshine has
continued to use Garmin compatible
mounts. It's also really impressive to
see that even the
$30 Allty 400 has USB Type-C charging
and discharging.
That means you can use usb c to see
cables with these
as well as use the lights as a battery
pack if you need to.
Some of the negatives for the lights is
the fact that they lack DRLs
unlike the Allty 1000 or 2000 which have
DRLs. These all just have the
beam deflector and that beam deflector
is also a very basic beam cut off
even though the marketing photos show to
be really crisp
this really isn't the same as what you'd
find in Lupine or the Kryptonite lights.
Also the handlebar mounts required tool
they're one of our least favorite mount
designs and they're a little bit
cumbersome to install but thankfully
because you have the Garmin compatible
mount we definitely recommend using the
out front mounts like the Magicshine TTA.
Taking everything into account
we'd give the Allty lights a 9.1 out of
10.
Everything from the Allty 400 to the 800
provide a lot of
value with great modern features that
you don't typically find in commuter
lights.
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