I think people opt for these because...some of the big brand name bike lights cost almost as much as a bike itself, which is absolutely scandalous given that, at the end of the day, it's a torch. Where is the price point where you are paying more purely for the name, and not so much the function?

I have the NiteRider OLED 1200-boost. I love that and it's very bright indeed, similar to the NR model you're using there. But I also have the NiteRider Dual 1800-boost. Perfect for off-road riding AND much brighter and efficient than even the Oled1200. The pattern is way better for off-road. It's set up w/two side by side leds. The battery life is excellent. We were doing a night ride few days ago, pitch black, in the woods off-road non aggressive trails. That ride lasted a few hours. I had both those NR lights on my bars, but really MOST of the trip was fine with just the Dual 1800 on medium! If you like off-road riding at night, and you liked that niterider light you were using, for under $200 that Dual 1800 will clearly outpower that, and it's more designed with a pattern for off-road, it's as bright as an average car headlights on boost mode. You will NOT be disappointed. Yeah some of those cheap lights are OK for riding, they're better on paved community paths and road riding, but the outlandish claims of these lumens, not even CLOSE. Most of the higher powered no-name import ones are MAYBE up to 500-600 lumens, which is ok for the price. Those NiteRider lights ARE giving off the lumens they rate, and one of those lights I had that "claimed" 10,000 lumens or something crazy, tested side-by-side it wasn't as bright as my NiteRider Dual 1800 on medium, no way! And that's about 700 on medium I think. I just looked it up, yes 700 on medium AND it's like $160 that's awesome Actually thought I paid more. And the pattern is wider than most bike lights. It has a very soft hot-spot with a more gradual fade from the center. I like A LOT of light and that thing sees the woods clearly on the night trails we ride. It's impressive. I was going to get another 1800 OR another Oled 1200, for back-up on rides, for my other bikes, but I may try the Fenix BC30 2200 next. I like the idea of being able to carry extra batteries too. Looks like a really bright one w/2200 on boost and only like $130. ~JSV

Thanks for the info Mi amigo!

i use a cheap 3xT6 LED for many years now and it's still great. the price is great also, just 20$.

I have the magic shine for over 10yrs. Never let me down. Im talking the first one with battery pack and cable. Think I bought it in 08 from ebay, damn. Im old now

Few months ago i bought the Serfas 1600 e-lume. i been very happy i ride with it on the 2nd mode or brightness i think is around 1,000 lume. cars will pass in front and it lights up everything can see the color of the interior of the car. it's to bright on high for riding in city. it blinds people. i have rode up in the foot hills and run it on high it's amazing. whole road or path is well lit up. it did cost me $150 same price as if i was gonna buy 2 night rider 850s. hard to find a review of this light on you tube for some reason. only a couple.

Best Bright Bike Light for Night Riding, 14000 Lumen for 34 bucks. This puppy lights the entire road up. On low it's brighter then all the ones in this video combined. Then their is bright, then full light. Full light is like the sun! I'm gonna get two for long rides on full it lasts about 4.5 hours.

I bought the weihao 10,000 lumen light. At first I thought it was a steal. I was very happy with the purchase for a week or so. What I found is that the battery doesn’t hold a charge. I charge it up and just leaving it sit on the bike after a few weeks the battery is dead. I don’t ride at night all that often so it wasn’t planned. When I got caught in the dark, the light didn’t work. I have a niterider lumina 950 that always is ready. That is on my electric scooter. That thing can sit for 2 months and still holds a charge. I’m never buying the cheap Amazon version of a quality light again

I have a surprisingly high quality $10 dollar sam's club flashlight (Bought in a 3 pack) mounted to an rubber block/ velcro flashlight holder for bikes. It holds great and provides great illumination. The light pattern is adjustable for different needs. Strobe when needed. Throw in some rechargeble AAA's with extras on hand and I'm powered for up to 5 hours. It really is a great solution and decent quality. Then Have a rechargeable Ozark trail headlamp on the helmet that cost $30. I ride at night on the road and on pitch black mostly paved trails that do wind around. I suppose if I was riding off road trails that I wasn't familiar with, I'd spend top dollar for a premium light. But for on road, I'm plenty Lit at night. Now to find the best tail light solution.

nice to have a little chart summary. 1,2,3,4,5 recap. best worst. etc

Just came across your channel, looking for the Victagen 5000 light but ending up at this demo/comparison. Ever have the chance to evaluate/demo Nitecore BR25/BR35?

the Fenix BC30R Does not disappoint Holds at high for 2 hrs I order the 1600 lumens model which was le$$ and they sent out the 1800 lumens for the same price Thanks for the share 🤙🏼

So I can personally recommend the solor x storm2 super bright on low and extremely long battery life.

Well I just got the touhuhot I'm not sure how many lumens it is supposed to be. It cost me $52 with shipping. And when they say it's hot they mean it is hot. I don't know if I would leave it on high beam for any extended time if you're not riding. We will see I haven't used it yet but it seems really freaking bright. And I got a backlight which is good. I couldn't figure out how to turn on the flash you have to double click it really fast and man it's bright enough for me for the money. People don't see bikers but they will with this. It seems really well made I tested it charging my phone it has the same batteries as the ebike batteries and it works in an emergency if you were stranded somewhere and you needed to charge your phone it would work but I use my bike most of the time to charge things like my phone. I'd say it is pretty bright maybe they have nowhere ones now if I hold my finger up to that light I can see the veins in my finger LOL

I have the Touhuhot 6000lm one myself and it's DEFINITELY NOT 6000LM! more like 600 IF THAT. Most of these sellers are GREATLY exaggerating lumen output and it's disgusting! Bottom line is that even a single XML-2 LED emitter will Max out at 1200 lumens. The Touhuhot has 3 SMALLER LEDs, probably R5s which put out about 250lm each. So it's not going to put out anymore then 750 lumens IN THEORY. Then you always have LOSS from the reflector and lens such often cuts it down by ten to fifteen percent. So you end up with around 600lumens. Only good thing about the Touhuhot is that it can be used to recharge a cell phone as I believe it has a 4800 milliamp battery and the beam is wider which I like but it needs to be combined with another more focused light which I have on my bike to be useful. I like to do more pavement trail riding and I prefer to see much further down the trail and what's coming and this let alone does not do that but it is better for lighting up closer within 30 or 40 ft of your bike. Any light that claims to be more than 3,000 lumens is going to be full of it as all light makes a Marauder that is $3,500 actual lumens as it has five LEDs and it cost $200. I have two very bright LED lights in my car and each one of them pumps out about 3,000 lumens each and I have lit up mountain roads in pitch blackness and literally see everything even without putting the high beams on. And none of these lights are even coming close to what my car is putting out. The one light I did test from ebay that was about $30 was the rock Brothers 1,000 lumens light as it had a fantastic beam with a little bit of a spot in the middle and a rectangular beam that spread out wide and even lit up close to the bike but you could still see a good hundred to 150 ft down the road as it was actually putting out 1,000 lumens. It's seriously buyer beware with these lights especially on eBay where these people are selling a single LED flashlight and claiming it's something like half a million lumens for $15. I mean it's just absolutely ludicrous and I wish there was a way to flag these videos and report them for falsified content but there is no exact flagging option for that on eBay. Many of those same sellers are selling stuff on Amazon with the same ludicrous claims but the good thing with Amazon is at least you can buy it and test it and if it doesn't live up to the expectations you can easily send it back.

I got Rio rand 1000/1200 lumens and been using for 3 years and going fine(UN plug the battery if not in use overnight) for only C$15.00. I had a another 12 volts light 2x3 inches powered by 7amps battery(diy) beat those expensive bike light easily for only c$20.00 plus c$25.00 battery

I know you say to not buy them but when they were all lit up they looked great, lol. I think I'd rather buy 2-4 of the victagens over 1 niterider, seems like itd give better coverage for the same cost.

What’s better Amazon or bike shops

After spending 47$ and 52$ only to return both lights. I ended up biting the bullet and got myself an Outbound Lighting Trail Evo MTB light and holy Xmas. You 100% get what you pay for! It's Amazing

ive had a nite rider 650 lumens with the back light for 2 years and they are still going strong. all i can say is dont buy cheap bike lights as you will end up paying multiple times :) also i only use these to cycle to work on a dark morning with street lights so they are bring enough for me.

I purchased a Seianders USB Rechargeable Bike Light from Amazon which turned out to be a waste of money the first time I used it

Noticed that when you were doing your testing the night rider light was not fully charged, I could tell by the red light on the control button, I believe it is blue when it is charged. Just saying, not sure if that makes a difference.

Thank God I didn't buy the light I thought would be good, thanks for the video.

I put a flash light on mine modified the brace.with a vape enok 4800mha battery its a C8 flash light its so bright that last 5 to 6 hours.your not gonna even spend that much.

I have found 2 lights is better then one.. Adjust one for close up.. one for distance.. Think about it.. Of course 2 lights is better!

Things not to skimp on: Lights, tires and helmet. For pretty much everything else I've found a cheap(er) solution to the big box stuff, but some things just need to be the real deal.

Just keep all on the bike as a back up. I got 2 head and 3 rear

My 1000 rockbros rocks. I dunno about these 4000 lumens claims. Lol. Ill take a real measure rockbros 1000 for $32. Good quality aluminum casing. Good product & good customer serrvice

Gotta ride with the magic shine ✨ if ya wanna test it out

I just got my 9000 lume bike light from Amazon. Imma test them tonight🤠

What’s the height limit

These cheap Amazon lights that claim high lumens are complete BS. Most of them put out less than 10% of their rated output. Some are closer to 1%.

Id rather buy two victagens to use together, which can cost less money

You want bright - get the MagicShine Monteer!

None of these to me are not bright enough.

I just bought a bike light today hahahaha

All those lights together are less than 3000 lms!

Hello every one. Just buy a bike light with a battery pack or a what his friend is using. Sir those cost alot

Looks like they are never past 1000 lumens. I have 900 lumens really meh flashlight and it is much brighter

Does not look like 10,000 Lumens.! Claimed lumens vs real are 2 different things. Check out the Nitecore BR35 true 1800 lumens and it blows these lights away and has multiple beam patterns. The Nitecore BR35 is the best light at a reasonable price. You can spend $800 for the real 6000-8000 lumens. Chinese claimed lumens should never be believed

All these Amazon brands lie about lumen output. I spend the money and stick with Niterider. Been using this brand since 2000.

It looks like the advertised lumens is a lie

buy fenix 26r

They dont look great. Ive a xeecon 1600r and 5000r with 4000mah battery. There 2016 and stillget close to 2 hrs on full power. Paid 120euro for the 1600r and 180euro for the 5000r……….not too expensive for 7 hrs and there still perfect

When 10.000 lumen have the same lighting as 300 lumen you know it is a scam. And as it looks the most amazon offers are scam.

I'm not sure, is the poster of this video so uninformed that he thinks Niterider are "cheap Amazon lights"? Really? The company there from the beginning making dedicated MTB lights is supposedly a cheap Amazon light? Even though they went to all-in-one, these are still some of the very best lights available.

Who rides on rough track rodes at night??? LOL

Please don't say, "Supposibly" in front of people. Go ahead and just say, "Supposedly"

Jesus, was one light not enough for you pal? Waaaay over the top. This the type of guy to have a 1,000 lumen headlight On strobe setting, while in city traffic