Outdoors & Fitness · Head-to-head
Knog Blinder 1400 Front Bike Light vs Magicshine RAY 1600B Dual-LED Bike Light
Which should you buy? Our verdict on both, pulled from our full The Best Bike Lights: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) comparison.
The Blinder 1400 publishes a complete mode table, carries the only IP67 rating here, and weighs 180 grams. The RAY 1600B is brighter and runs 2 hours 12 minutes at full output, which is the longest in this group by a wide margin.
Knog Blinder 1400 Front Bike Light
Buy itA complete mode table, an IP67 rating and 180 grams, with 1.5 hours at maximum stated plainly.
- Publishes output and runtime together for all six modes: 1400 lumens for 1.5 hours, 650 for 3, 230 for 8, down to 150 lumens on Eco Flash for 120.
- IP67, the only rating here that covers dust ingress as well as temporary immersion.
- 180 grams with a 5000 mAh cell, and dual mount options included rather than sold separately.
- Precision beam optics stated for a defined 120 metre throw, so the beam has a described shape rather than a raw output number.
- 1.5 hours at maximum is short for a long winter commute, so you are riding in a lower mode most of the time.
- 5 hour charge time is the longest in this comparison.
- 1400 lumens is second to the Magicshine on paper.
Magicshine RAY 1600B Dual-LED Bike Light
Buy itBrightest here and the longest runtime at full output, at 2 hours 12 minutes.
- 1600 lumens, the highest output in the comparison, with a stated 140 metre throw from dual LEDs.
- 2 hours 12 minutes at full 1600 lumens, which is roughly 50 percent longer at max than the Knog and more than double the NiteRider.
- Publishes a full mode table from 200 lumens for 20 hours up to 1600 for 2:12, including hybrid and flash modes.
- 5200 mAh battery at 190 grams, and USB-C charging.
- IPX6 is the weakest water rating here and carries no dust rating at all.
- Dual-LED round beam throws light upward as well as forward, which is antisocial on shared paths.
- The headline 20-hour runtime is the 200 lumen low mode, which is a tenth of the advertised brightness.
Side by side
| Knog Blinder 1400 Front Bike Light | Magicshine RAY 1600B Dual-LED Bike Light | |
|---|---|---|
| Our verdict | Buy | Buy |
| Best for | All-road and gravel riders who want the runtime table published rather than reconstructed. | Riders who genuinely use maximum output and want it to last more than an hour. |
| Price tier | $$ · mid-range | $$ · mid-range |
The bottom line
Our overall pick is the Knog Blinder 1400 Front Bike Light - A complete mode table, an IP67 rating and 180 grams, with 1.5 hours at maximum stated plainly. Choose the Magicshine RAY 1600B Dual-LED Bike Light instead if riders who genuinely use maximum output and want it to last more than an hour.
Want the full picture, including the other options we compared and the popular one we'd skip? Read the complete The Best Bike Lights: 4 Compared (and One to Skip).