Leaky rear lights
sian_c
Posts: 101
Hi all,
Hope you're enjoying cycling in the lovely 'summer' weather we're having at the moment....
I was hoping someone might be able to suggest a solution to a problem I seem to get with rear lights - they keep letting water in (despite being on my saddle bag & so only subjected to weather-related wetness). This causes them to malfunction - they switch themselves on & stay on permanently unless you take a battery out (not very practical). Oh, & of course you can't switch between the different flashing modes either.
This has happened to me with 2 different lights now, both of which I thought were pretty decent - the Blackburn Mars 3.0 and, more recently, the Smart Lunar R1. Surely a rear light for a bicycle should be able to withstand rain otherwise what's the point?!
Hope someone can help.
Hope you're enjoying cycling in the lovely 'summer' weather we're having at the moment....
I was hoping someone might be able to suggest a solution to a problem I seem to get with rear lights - they keep letting water in (despite being on my saddle bag & so only subjected to weather-related wetness). This causes them to malfunction - they switch themselves on & stay on permanently unless you take a battery out (not very practical). Oh, & of course you can't switch between the different flashing modes either.
This has happened to me with 2 different lights now, both of which I thought were pretty decent - the Blackburn Mars 3.0 and, more recently, the Smart Lunar R1. Surely a rear light for a bicycle should be able to withstand rain otherwise what's the point?!
Hope someone can help.
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Smart lights are notorious for this. Grease them up, wrap them or make sure you have mud guards.
Afraid that cheap and powerful lights are just that.0 -
Fair enough, but what about Blackburn? I thought they were pretty decent?
What kind of price should you be looking to pay for a light that doesn't leak? I've seen a few reviews of Cateye lights where some users have experienced the same problem.0 -
Do you use mudguards?FCN 2 to 80
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red electrical tape around the seals?2 Broken fingers broken again... F@$%^£g hell that hurt!!!
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METAL!!!!!0 -
Bathroom clear silicon seal works a treat and just peels off after use. I use it on lights, cleats etc. Perfect.
Job done?
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Mr Plum wrote:Do you use mudguards?
On my previous commuter bike I had some 'strap on' mudguards which were a bit rubbish, but better than nowt. It was with that bike that I had the problem with my Blackburn light, but this was mounted at the back of my pannier rack so not sure how much protection the guards offered :?:
I'm "between" commuter bikes at the mo & so cycling on my carbon bike (sorry for the abuse, lovely shiny bike :shock: ) which has no mudguards. But that's only been over the "summer". My new commuter bike (coming next month) will have full, proper mudguards (& nice disc brakes so no more scary "I'm not stopping......!!!" moments!
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