Dinotte Rear light.....wow

mrchrispy
mrchrispy Posts: 310
edited February 2008 in Commuting chat
I used it for the first time in anger last night....jebus it’s bright.

I’ve not done enough miles to tell if cars are giving me a wider berth but I didn’t get any close passes last night. Its bright enough to use in the day light so I think I’ll be getting my moneys worth (On-one are selling them for 70 quid at the mo)

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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    mrchrispy wrote:
    I used it for the first time in anger last night....jebus it’s bright.

    I’ve not done enough miles to tell if cars are giving me a wider berth but I didn’t get any close passes last night. Its bright enough to use in the day light so I think I’ll be getting my moneys worth (On-one are selling them for 70 quid at the mo)

    Yep - I got one of these recently. I had a bus driver complain the other day that it was blinding him. I smiled politely.

    Have you seen the review this site gave it? They said it was not a very wide beam (which I disagree with) and that it was heavy. WHAT? ITS ABOUT 225g AND IT MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE - ARE THEY PLANNING ON RACING WITH IT? And elsewhere they rave about (admittedly perfectly adequate) little tiny blinkies from H@lfwits that can only be detected by long exposure photography.

    I dunno - I dispair at the illogic of attitudes sometimes. If they have a 1 litre water bottle, the water in it will weigh 4 times as much as the light.

    I don't notice people giving me more room (I cycle in Glasgow, so any room at all is a privelage, not a right), its that more people are even going to register that you are there in the first place, especially when you get out of the city.

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