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Blackburn System X6 Bicycle Lights

(5 customer reviews)

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Whether it's a solo 24-hour race or a week's worht of winter commuting, the twin-head System X6 has the power, versatility and reliability to get you where you want to go.

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Product Details

Package Length:	12.1 inches
Package Width:	10.7 inches
Package Height:	3.7 inches
Package Weight:	4.0 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 5 reviews

Features

Two heads with Luxeon III emitters, one wide beam and one spot beam
85 lumens of pure white light makes each head equivalent to a 12-15W halogen
Constant Current technology maintains near-full brightness throughout runtime
30, 70, and 100 percent dimmer switch allows 3.5 to 14 hours of run time
Lightweight five-cell NiMH battery with Supercharger achieves full charge in 4.5 hours

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review: 3.0

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14 of 14 found the following review helpful:

I like this light and I use it everyday & night Nov 02, 2006 By Michael R. Burke
I really like this set-up. I am giving it 5-stars based on price, performance & durablity. I ride to work everyday. It's about 8 miles each way plus a 10 minute ride on the light rail. Much of my commute is on a busy trail. During daylight I use the flashing mode and more than one person has told me it's just too bright. People really see the flashing lights during the day. They didn't always see me before. At night I have plenty of light to see by. One of the lamps is a spot and it lights the road/trail in front of me while the wide angle lamp lets me things off to the side. This system is much brighter than my 15 hallogen system, last longer (I have never run out of juice) and is lighter. Also being LED it is less likely to burn out a bulb and if I did burn out one, well I have a second one.

I am writting this review after owning the product for over 6-months. It was money well spent. I feel much safer these days. This product is also very well built. Mine has survived on BAD crash with just a few nicks and scratches. (That's better than the bike or I did.)

As for future improvments. Use 5 watt LEDs instead of 3 watt. Go to Li-ion battery that is smaller and lighter but gives the same burn time. Both of these would raise the cost but I would pay the extra to get it.

13 of 13 found the following review helpful:

Good but battery life way shorter than claimed Dec 16, 2006 By Lazarus
The system consists of luxeon LED based lamps (one wide-angle; one narrow beam) which perform a good job of seeing and being seen at night. The batteries last a reasonable time between charges but far short of the claimed specs.

During day time, I tend to use the wide-angle beam in flashing mode as an extra precaution of being "invisible" to the less-observant road user.

One nice feature at night where very dark is there is very little back-scatter (a problem with many other headlights - in the dark, this often dazzles the rider especially when leaning forward).

The instructions are OK although the drawings in places are too small & cluttered.

The lights fix to the handlebars well and the battery unit afixes well to the frame (I use a bottle cage to ensure it is secure - this works very well with the velcro strap holding it in). For the price paid, it would have been nice to have a few cable ties provided with the set but this is a minor quirk. The cables are a good length and an extension is provided also - thus providing a lot of flexibility in locating the lights and battery.

The dimmer switch works well although this is only provided with the X6 not X3. Since this is optional, it means one has to use the button on the lamps for on/of and flash which is a minor pain as this makes the use of the lights inverted very fiddly (I gave up on that one). A combined control that controls both lights separately and completely would be a great improvement.

The battery pack charges up quickly, has good connectors that look weather-proof, and does not need to be disconnected from the lights in order to charge up.

The minus side. The claimed battery life per charge is complete fabrication. The spec is 3.5hrs - 20hrs; inside is a chart showing 5hrs at full beam (both lights) to 12hrs on 25%. In reality, if I use full beam, the battery pack will indicate <30% capacity within 45 minutes and <15% capacity in about an extra 30 mins (whereby it drops the light intensity) Even running on dimmed, the battery lasts nowhere near 5 hours. (And yes, I have done the reccomended full charge/discarge cycle).

A big concern with the battery is that it is a sealed unit (warranty void if opened), using NiMh cells which have a finite life. Blackburn do not mention any replacement/repair options other than this being outside their warranty. It would be a pain to have a dead $200 product for lack of $20 in NiMh cells.

Cool lights but worthless battery! Aug 28, 2011 By Riderx
These lights are the coolest I've seen or used yet...for two rides at about 1.5 hours each. After that the battery would not charge at all. No status light at all and even after being charged for days I had no juice. I've been trying to call Blackburn customer service to see if I have any chance of making these lights workable again, but after five calls and being on hold for more than 10 minutes each call I still have not had anybody pick up the phone. Is anybody at Blackburn listening? Your product looks great but totally sucks for what its supposed to do. VERY DISAPPOINTING!

See the reviews at [...] before you buy Sep 09, 2009 By Eric Scheidler
The only good thing about the Blackburn X6 for sale here on Amazon is the hilarity of these horrible lights being sold for $[...] (as of the writing of this review). So if you like a good laugh a whole lot more than being able to see where you're going in the dark on your bike, then live it up.

The battery life -- if the batter works at all -- is horrible, and far, far less than claimed. Mine died this evening 4o minutes into a night ride in twisty singletrack. If one of the guys I was riding with hadn't had a spare light (a NiteRider that worked great) I'd still be out there trying to feel my way back to the parking lot.

I had to send my first battery back to Blackburn. They were very cool about replacing it, but even the functioning battery has such a short life. And sometimes on of the lamps won't come on unless I go through the power-on cycle twelve or fifteen times.

Read the reviews at [...] (that's Mountain Bike Review). They're rated 2.2 out of 5, and rider after rider reports on the short battery life, or batteries that just don't work. Sorry -- I can't explain the good reviews here at Amazon.

BTW, Blackburn doesn't make this anymore (looks like they got out of the high-end light business all together) and bike retailers started selling their stock at rock-bottom prices over a year ago. How anyone can still try to sell these for $[...] is beyond me. At $[...] they might be worth it for a commuter light, if you're only riding 30 minutes and can remember to charge them every night. But if you want to RIDE at night, forget it.

0 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Excellent lights Jan 20, 2007 By Paul F. Wyatt "Scooter"
The charge lsat a long time. Even when charge gets low the system goes into power save mood(dims). This allows you to get to where you are going with still enough light to still safely see your path.