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Full On Lighting Debuts Their 6000+ Lumen MB6 Mountain Bike Light

Full On Lighting, MB6 in Hangout Mode
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If you’ve never gone night riding, you’re missing out! There’s something about riding in the darkness that makes even familiar trails feel new and different. It’s also a great way to extend your season in the short days of spring and fall. Full On Lighting is a new company from Vancouver Island, B.C. that wants to make your night rides safer and more fun with their incoming MB6 light.

The MB6 Mountain Bike Light is Full On Lighting’s debut product, and it hasn’t hit the market quite yet. The light puts out over 6000 lumens, can be mounted to handlebars or helmets, and has an auto-adjusting mode that alters the light’s output based on your speed.

Full On Lighting, Sean Bourquin riding
Sean Bourquin shredding! Photo c. Full On Lighting

Full On Lighting’s President and Founder Sean Bourquin is a lifelong mountain biker from Vancouver Island, B.C. Before starting the company, Bourquin spent 14 years as the Founder and CEO of an outdoor solar-powered lighting company.

Finding current light options were either not bright enough or didn’t illuminate a large enough area, Full On Lighting set out to create their own products that could solve these problems. Speaking with Bourquin at their Crankworx Whistler booth, he said he wants to be able to ride at full tilt in total darkness – no holding back!

MB6 Mountain Bike Light – Key Specs:

Full On Lighting, MB6 on helmet

The MB6’s purpose-built optics include three bigger LED lights up top and one smaller light on the bottom. The light provides a maximum output of over 6000 lumens.

Full On Lighting’s Ultra Wide Beam design lights up a wide area around you, covering your entire field of view. Bourquin says the way our eyes perceive speed is through peripheral vision. Creating a light that illuminates the area surrounding the rider reduces tunnel vision, increases spatial awareness, and helps them gauge their speed on night rides.

Full On Lighting, night shot
Photo c. Full On Lighting

One interesting feature of the MB6 is its Active Light Control. This feature automatically changes the throw and intensity of the light’s output depending on how fast you’re riding. By shining brighter at high speeds and dimming at lower speeds, this mode helps preserve battery life.  

A clever feature is the MB6’s ‘Hangout Mode’. This mode puts out 100 lumens to the smaller lower light only, and won’t blind other people if you stop to chat during a night ride. This mode kicks in when you’re not moving.

If you don’t like the idea of the light controlling itself, the MB6 does have manual settings as well. It can be run at High (3750 lumens) or Low (1500 lumens).

Full On Lighting, MB6 in Hangout Mode

The MB6 light is made from an aluminum body wrapped with a polycarbonate shell. This design optimizes weight, thermal performance, and durability. The light itself weighs under 120g. The battery adds another 390g to the overall package.

The MB6 light is waterproof to an IP67 rating, and the battery meets the IPX5 standard so it will keep moisture from rain and bike washing out.

Full On Lighting, GoPro style mount

Full On Lighting decided to make the MB6 Mountain Bike Light compatible with GoPro-style mounts. There are lots of helmets already available with integrated clip-on mounts, and this system allows for centered handlebar mounting with a stem cap mount like the one pictured.

Battery:

Full On Lighting, battery, side

The MB6’s battery can be strapped to your frame (for handlebar use), and it has a rubber strip on the back so it will stay put and not scratch your bike. If you prefer the light on your helmet, the battery can also be tossed in a backpack. The MB6 light system uses USB-C cables to supply power. Two cables are included in the box for either handlebar or helmet mounting.

Listed runtimes are as follows: 2.5 hours in Active Light Control Mode, 2.4 hours in High, 7.2 hours in Low, and 120 hours in Hangout Mode. An LED display on the battery shows its remaining life by percentage.

Full On Lighting, battery, top

There is one button on the battery, which shows your charge status when pressed. This is the only indicator of battery life, as the MB6 system does not include any audible or visual low battery warnings. If you’re riding with the battery in your backpack, you’ll have to pull it out to check on your power supply.  

The 72Wh battery charges in under two hours. It can also double as a power bank for smartphones/GPS devices, etc.

Pricing:

Full On Lighting, MB6 kit

The complete MB6 kit includes an MB6 Light, battery with mounting strap, battery charger, two USB-C cables (one 50cm cable for handlebar mounting, one 1.2m cable for helmet mounting), a curved helmet mount, a flat helmet mount, and a handlebar mount.

The MB6 kit will sell for $425 at full retail price. Currently on Full On Lighting’s website, you can sign up to be notified of special launch pricing. Through their Kickstarter campaign, the lights will be available for an introductory deal at $299.

Full On Lighting products are designed, tested, and assembled on Vancouver Island, B.C.

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MTB BIZ
MTB BIZ
3 months ago

This is one light I’ve been excited about in a long time since going DIY route.
They deserve some coverage.

Sean Boruquin
3 months ago
Reply to  MTB BIZ

Thanks, stoked to get our light out there!

chrisUK
chrisUK
3 months ago

Shouldnt mount anything on a Lid.

Uppo
Uppo
3 months ago
Reply to  chrisUK

Please tell us why you think this way. A light mounted to the bars limits the beam of light to the direction your wheel is pointing. A helmet mounted light can see around switchback etc

Collin S
Collin S
3 months ago
Reply to  Uppo

Well helmets aren’t designed to have a non-deformable rock permanently attached to it. A gopro on Michael Schumacher (One of the greatest F1 Drivers of all time) ski helmet contributed to his TBI which has left him one step above a vegetive state since December of 2013. Yes, helmet lights are an upgrade on visibility but its not without risk.

Dinger
Dinger
3 months ago
Reply to  Collin S

This is the first claim I have heard about a go-pro contributing to MS’ dire situation. Where can I learn more about this?

Collin S
Collin S
3 months ago
Reply to  Dinger

It was widely reported shortly after his ski accident. A quick google search came up with this: Michael Schumacher’s brain injury may have been due to GoPro camera on helmet: French journalist – ABC News I’m not sure if there was ever a definitive answer on the question but its believable.

@Zach, yes, break away is the ideal outcome and will most likely come off in a shear type of crash. I think the more scary type of crash would be you have the gopro/light/hard object at the very top of the helmet and you go over the bars and the direction of the force/hit is straight line with the gopro being point 1, your head point 2.

Other mounting would be right at the front (although though I’ve always found that heavy and tips the helmet) and you hit a tree. If the force is tangential to your head, it will shear off the object. Think of the old toy that shoots a ball from a train as it moves across the floor and it lands right back in the train. An object in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. The thing mounted to your helmet will remain with you and not magically stop or accelerate away from your helmet. Its going to stick with you. So instead of the ground being distributed over a large portion of force absorbing foam, now the force is being spread over a much smaller portion of your helmet.

At least for a moment, USAC banned anything mounted to helmets for this reason although I’m not sure if the rule is still around as I’ve seen people mount gopros during crits.

Sean Boruquin
3 months ago
Reply to  Collin S

Good point Collin S. There could be a an opportunity to develop a frangible mount as is common in light poles and aviation applications where it’s best to have things predictably break away.

MTB Biz
MTB Biz
2 months ago
Reply to  Sean Boruquin

Magnetic mount should make everything hunky dorey

Zach Overholt
Admin
3 months ago
Reply to  Collin S

There is logic to this, and I’ve heard this concern from a few different sources. But there are also helmets that I would trust with a helmet light more than others. Those like the recent Trek Wave Cell helmets with a magnetic/mechanical light/camera attachment that’s designed to break away have a much higher chance of doing so in an impact. There’s still risk involved, but it seems safer than a helmet where you have to affix the mount using VHB adhesive.

I’d love to see some real testing though to see what kind of forces are required to break away one of those mounts vs. the VHB style.

Robert
Robert
3 months ago
Reply to  Zach Overholt

Jolting creates questions though , Zach .

Robert
Robert
3 months ago
Reply to  Collin S

Sean needs to realise this .

Sean Boruquin
3 months ago
Reply to  Robert

Thanks, we already did. Under visor mounting works well

Dinger
Dinger
3 months ago
Reply to  Uppo

Ideally one uses both. Having a light only on the head reduces object shadowing to zero so depth perception suffers. A light in a lower position regains that shadowing so the ground, rocks, roots, etc. are easier to read in distance and size.

nooner
nooner
3 months ago

Real lighting for real riders who wish to reach their full potential. Well done! I run my ghetto version magic shine 8K lumen. Some people have a need for speed.

Robert
Robert
3 months ago
Reply to  nooner

Stay with Magicshine , they are widely praised .

Sean Boruquin
3 months ago
Reply to  Robert

Sounds like you work for MS Robert?

Mtb biz
Mtb biz
2 months ago
Reply to  Robert

I wouldn’t say praised…they’re in the same boat as night rider…commonly recommended due to being a main stream name.
Popular recommendation doesn’t equal best.

McDonald’s is most popular fast food joint, doesn’t mean it’s the best, more so when it’s compared to a burger from a restaurant

Sean Boruquin
3 months ago
Reply to  nooner

Thanks, I’m stoked to see how it goes with one of our lights!

Iknowyouwontcarebut
Iknowyouwontcarebut
3 months ago

Please clarify the manual settings information. It’s stated the high is 3750 lumens , but the light supposedly puts out 6,000?

Iris
Iris
3 months ago

Hi there! That’s a great question. While the light is in active light control mode it will automatically manage the amount and shape of the light based on how you are riding. In active light control mode, the light will output over 6000 lumens when you’re going at faster speeds. This allows for maximum airflow and maximum cooling. In manual mode, the highest setting is 3750 lumens to provide a combination of light output and battery runtime for a variety of activities.

Adam
3 months ago

Just a question. On the shared trails, do you realise that using very bright lights blind other people?

Robert
Robert
3 months ago
Reply to  Adam

Good point about dazzling people on shared trails . Secondly , a family member in the U.S. has had a CREE emitter in one of these lamps overheat and fail already as the lights had been dropped on concrete putting the thermal protection sensor out of calibration .

Robert
Robert
3 months ago
Reply to  Robert

The family member was given a light set for evaluation purposes pre – release .

Sean Boruquin
3 months ago
Reply to  Robert

Hi Robert, I’m not sure who you are, but to be clear we don’t have any lights in the US at the moment so not sure what you’re talking about as it wasn’t one of our lights.

Sean Boruquin
3 months ago
Reply to  Adam

Hi Adam, this light has been developed for mountain biking specifically. I agree that many bike lights cause problems (usually referred to as disability glare in lighting lingo). We are aware of this and will be addressing it when we take a look at non-mountain biking specific products.

Lobot
Lobot
3 months ago
Reply to  Sean Boruquin

I feel like that’s a perfect case for a readily available switch on the light, or via a handlebar mounted remote.

Robert
Robert
3 months ago

Sean’s ambitions will be adversely affected by the wide availability of the long established dominant Magicshine Monteer series . He was late to the table with this probuct . Magicshine will likely “buy him out” .

Sean Boruquin
3 months ago
Reply to  Robert

Hi Robert, I’ve ridden with a a lot of different bike lights over the years (including several for MS) and I wouldn’t have brought a product to market if I didn’t know there was a good opportunity to improve upon things.

MTB Biz
MTB Biz
2 months ago
Reply to  Robert

Magic shine isn’t even good, and the Monteer specific lineup just throws lumens at a round beam which introduces other issues.

Magic shine never bought out Outbound which is clearly better than MS in regards to off-road and urban/gravel light.

Sean at Full On Lighting will be one of the very few companies that’ll offer a light with a beam pattern that isn’t a repurposed round flash light..

Robert
Robert
3 months ago

Why didn’t Sean use arundio connectors for the lights ? They are more robust . My house made lights use these . Micro usb is too fragile for off road use .

Sean Boruquin
3 months ago
Reply to  Robert

Do you mean Arduino? Note it’s a type c connector, similar to several other light manufacturers.

Lobot
Lobot
3 months ago
Reply to  Robert

Who hurt you?

Lobot
Lobot
3 months ago

As a flashlight geek, the flood on this light is gorgeous.

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