any recommendations for rear led light ?

sibike
sibike Posts: 257
edited January 2010 in Road buying advice
im looking to buy a rear flashing led light .wont be using on a night time but for overcast or rainy days .It needs to be bright so it catches cars attention .
Any ideas ?
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  • Wooliferkins
    Wooliferkins Posts: 2,060
    Smart Lunar Silly bright for the money
    Neil
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  • derosa
    derosa Posts: 2,819
    http://www.parker-international.co.uk/1 ... Light.html

    Dog's doo-dah's.

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=29543

    Isn't bad either!
    Big H

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  • Shezzer
    Shezzer Posts: 229
    I've just bought a Blackburn Mars 4.0 and can't believe how bright it is for the money (£17). One of my cycling buddies now rides on my inside at night so my rear wheel obscures the light* ... it's that bright!!



    * I've mounted it on the right hand seat stay
  • Scrumple
    Scrumple Posts: 2,665
    +100000000 for the SMART

    Was called the 1/2 watt LED (no lunar, I think?). And it cost me £8. Seems it may have a new name to go with a new price.

    As discussed in many threads, the no brainer option for bang/buck. BUY one. Or two!
  • GyatsoLa
    GyatsoLa Posts: 667
    Blackburn Mars 4.0 is super bright. Its particularly good if you don't use mudguards as its very well sealed.
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    Again for the smart 1/2 watt superflash, silly bright and such good value ...
  • Takis61
    Takis61 Posts: 239
    Also got the Blackburn Mars on my old bike, but got a Knog Skink - expensive but excellent light, no clips, take it with you !
    My knees hurt !
  • Cranks
    Cranks Posts: 129
    If you want something also good looking the soma bullet.

    +1 on Knog Skink
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    Wooliferkins wrote:
    Smart Lunar Silly bright for the money

    another vote for this - I am sure you can get it cheaper than this though - like the other poster I a sure I got it for about £8

    it is so bright it is anti-social!
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,622
    buy 2 smart lights, will cost 10 to 15 quid for a pair. have one on your seat post and one on you seat stay. that way if one packs in you'll still be visible. not that either will ever pack in given the 5 years i've had one without changing the batteries
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  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    I thought I had seen it cheaper:

    http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/productde ... 5000000000
  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    Rsp astrum, twice the light the smart superflash is.

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Raleigh-RSP-Astru ... 5001r14774
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
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  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    but only an 8-hour runtime - is this true? - thats the spec.
  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    Burn time up to 80 hours
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X
  • Scrumple
    Scrumple Posts: 2,665
    gsk82 wrote:
    buy 2 smart lights, will cost 10 to 15 quid for a pair. have one on your seat post and one on you seat stay. that way if one packs in you'll still be visible. not that either will ever pack in given the 5 years i've had one without changing the batteries

    one on flash and one steady. Simples.
  • chuckcork
    chuckcork Posts: 1,471
    I use a Smart Lunar light on the back of the helmet, using a velcro strap and simply putting the smart light onto that, rationale being a light at high level will be seen from further away than one at low level.

    Also, I think its a Smart Bspoke light (with some London sponsorship thing), not cheap (LBS price £19.99) but has a basic flash with some extra bright flash mode every 3 or 4 pulses or so.

    Additionally a Smart dynamo driven 0.6Watt Led.
    'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze....
  • chuckcork
    chuckcork Posts: 1,471
    gsk82 wrote:
    buy 2 smart lights, will cost 10 to 15 quid for a pair. have one on your seat post and one on you seat stay. that way if one packs in you'll still be visible. not that either will ever pack in given the 5 years i've had one without changing the batteries

    Not pack in maybe but disentegrate or simply disappear off the mounting mid-ride....
    'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze....
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    Dazzza wrote:
    Rsp astrum, twice the light the smart superflash is.

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Raleigh-RSP-Astru ... 5001r14774

    More expensive than the Smart and not as good ......
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=M1003

    Ok, not a 1/2 Watt, but I can't tell the difference between them and the Smart 1/2 Watt I have.

    I managed to get 3 of these for a tenner.
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  • derosa
    derosa Posts: 2,819
    giant mancp wrote:
    Dazzza wrote:
    Rsp astrum, twice the light the smart superflash is.

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Raleigh-RSP-Astru ... 5001r14774

    More expensive than the Smart and not as good ......

    Hmm, have had three of the Smarts fail due to water getting in during heavy rain. Switch failures also. No such problems with the RSP Astrum and you have 2 x 1/2 watt leds.
    Big H

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    May the wind always be at your back.
  • giantsasquatch
    giantsasquatch Posts: 381
    edited October 2009
    This is really good. Super bright and 7 LED's for a fiver. RRP 10.00

    There's nothing better for the money. Buy 2 and mount both. 220 degree visibility contrary to the 180 in the ad.

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=14821
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    giantsasquatch wrote:
    This is really good. Super bright and 7 LED's for a fiver. RRP 10.00

    There's nothing better for the money. Buy 2 and mount both. Has LED at the sides as well.

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=14821

    Actually if you read the thread, I already posted that light, and it was cheaper too....
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  • giantsasquatch
    giantsasquatch Posts: 381
    reddragon, Ok apologies and well done. I did read the thread just not the links. My lights just arrived this morning and was chuffed with them. The reviews are all positive.

    The light is blindingly bright.

    Nevermind, the OP or whoever knows another place to get if desired.
  • giantsasquatch
    giantsasquatch Posts: 381
    It needs to be bright so it catches cars attention.

    If you want something much brighter. The Dinotte 140L for £99.99

    dinotte-tail-light.jpg
  • sicknote
    sicknote Posts: 901
    giantsasquatch wrote:
    This is really good. Super bright and 7 LED's for a fiver. RRP 10.00

    There's nothing better for the money. Buy 2 and mount both. 220 degree visibility contrary to the 180 in the ad.

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=14821

    I have one of these and a Smart 1/2 watt and for the extra I would get the 1/2 watt as they are much brighter for a small extra.

    Not that they are not good for the money.
  • giantsasquatch
    giantsasquatch Posts: 381
    I got the Smart 7 LED's lined up in parallel mounted on each seat stay as opposed to the seat post. A bigger light force together.
  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    giantsasquatch wrote:
    I got the Smart 7 LED's lined up in parallel mounted on each seat stay as opposed to the seat post. A bigger light force together.

    I use one of these:

    19115.jpg
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    redddraggon wrote:
    http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=M1003

    Ok, not a 1/2 Watt, but I can't tell the difference between them and the Smart 1/2 Watt I have.

    I managed to get 3 of these for a tenner.

    I had one of these on my backpack, but i've just upgraded to a second superflash. You must need to change the batteries in your superflash if you cant tell the difference between the two.
  • Mettan
    Mettan Posts: 2,103
    Smart Superflash 1/2 watt - great light, for the cost.
  • ian_s
    ian_s Posts: 183
    Wiggle have the Smart on special offer for 8 quid at the moment..

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