Recommend me a rear light.

andy46

Hi everyone

My Cateye TL-LD610 has stopped working after the batteries corroded. I've cleaned it out and replaced the batteries but it only works for so long then switches off.

I've looked at all the Cateye lights as most places stock these, but are they any others I should consider? It would be on my seatpost on short rides and on longer rides clipped onto the saddle bag.

Looking to spend no more than £40 if possible, thanks

Supergoose

Exposure Flare.

MattC59

Nite Rider Cherry Bomb !!
It runs on 2x AAA batteries, lasts for ages and is painfully bright (apparently visible up to a mile). Extremely good light !

andy46

MattC59 wrote:

Nite Rider Cherry Bomb !!
It runs on 2x AAA batteries, lasts for ages and is painfully bright (apparently visible up to a mile). Extremely good light !

MattC59

Which one is the better out of these two, is one a newer model?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NiteRider-Che ... 331wt_1270

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nite-Rider-Ch ... 500wt_1054


Also do you use one? They do look good for the money.

Hoopdriver

I like the Cateye 1100. Had mine for a couple of years now, it's survived several unpleasant falls off the bike, works well, is extremely bright, shines to the sides as well as the rear, and gets a lot of life out of a single set of batteries. Best rear lights I've used yet

itboffin

Supergoose wrote:

Exposure Flare.

+1

Nothing comes close at the price and size

mingmong

I really rate this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/RSP-Astrum-Rear ... 06&sr=1-12

andy46

I've gone for a Smart Lunar R2 from Wiggle

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/smart-lunar-r2-rear-light/

It looks decent enough for the price with some good flashing modes. I do like the look of the Exposure Flare but it doesn't seem like you can fit it to a saddle bag, and I don't have enough seat post on show with the bag fitted.

I still may get a Flare at a later date though.

Thanks for the replies

northpole

The cherry bomb is a great light and as noted earlier, the batteries last for an age.

I have just bought a replacement hope district as an extra safe precaution, but really the cherry bomb is excellent.

Peter

Scrumple

smart half watt at a tenner is the cheapest and best there is.

fungus_the_muffin_man

Scrumple wrote:

smart half watt at a tenner is the cheapest and best there is.

Isn't that the one which turns.itself off in the wet though. I have to wrap mine in cling film! It wasn't nice to get to work one evening to realise i'd been riding with no rear light at night in the pouring down rain.

cougie

I dont trust any one light - Always go with two on the back if you're riding at night !

I have the Cateye Holy Hand grenade, and the Smart superflash. Although the handgrenade died recently after years of loyal service - so I'll be getting a new one soon.

daxplusplus

cougie wrote:

I dont trust any one light - Always go with two on the back if you're riding at night !

+1

It also helps if your rear light is so bright that you can see whether it's on just be looking at the back of your bike while your riding along - I can see my magic shine reflected off the rear brake. Very reassuring that it's still on.

I have two magic shine Mj818s (long story) that are mega bright (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfEheW4Dtms) and last ages on their rechargable battery pack but they were not without issues.

2 design flaws:
1 they don't come with a suitable mounting kit (I bodged mine to the seat post with some strategically scupltured cork) and
2 they can break depending on how you turn them on and off! It meant I needed to solder one of them up to fix it.

However I love mine and will replace them if they fail. I use 'em in the daylight too.

Also got an old Cateye holy hand grenade as backup - it's got led's pointing sideways - gotta be a good idea.

bendertherobot

http://youtu.be/dMcP295DeTw

daxplusplus

How long does the Flare's battery last?

bendertherobot

20 hours or so on flashing. 15 or so with the rechargeable set.

I picked up shedloads of normal batteries on Amazon for a tenner.

apreading

+1 on two lights, both front and read. If you only have one light and it fails or battery runs out, you could have a serious problem, and at the rear you wouldnt even know.

Eyorerox

Portland Design Works
http://www.ridepdw.com/goods/lights/dan ... e%E2%84%A2 For night and day
and for night time
http://www.ridepdw.com/goods/lights/rad ... 84%A2-1000

buy from http://www.westernbikeworks.com/

But only if you have an address in the USA,or are on holiday in US and can arrange delivery to your hotel as the postage outside is eyewatering

andy46

I use a Hope vision 1 upfront and my newly purchased Smart Lunar R2 (which I am impressed with) on the rear.

It's a good point though about having 2 sets of lights for night time riding, is there any people would recommend as a second set? Does anyone use Knogg frogs for this purpose?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/knog-frog-strobe-led-twinpack/

apreading

I found the Blackburn Mars click much better than all the other button cell lights - its really good. Got mine cheap on ebay. All the bikes in our household have one on the seat tube as backup to the main light. When its winter and I am out in the dark alot on roads, I and my son also put a Smart mini on our helmets, really cheap here: http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/LISMRTMINI/ ... _light_set

I have the Smart 1w or 1/2w lights on some bikes in the family fleet and they are really good. I have a cateye on mine but only because it fits the bracket on the pannier rack which I havent bothered to change yet. I have a Blackburn something or other waiting to try out though, which looks really good.

ilm_zero7

MingMong wrote:

I really rate this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/RSP-Astrum-Rear ... 06&sr=1-12

brilliant light - in every respect

MattC59

andy46 wrote:

MattC59 wrote:

Nite Rider Cherry Bomb !!
It runs on 2x AAA batteries, lasts for ages and is painfully bright (apparently visible up to a mile). Extremely good light !

MattC59

Which one is the better out of these two, is one a newer model?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NiteRider-Che ... 331wt_1270

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nite-Rider-Ch ... 500wt_1054


Also do you use one? They do look good for the money.

Hi Andy,
Sorry, haven't been on here for a few days, so missed this. I've got the 1Watt version, I believe that this is the newest, but they're both still available. Great light if you're still in teh market for one.
Matt

matt-h

i've been eyeing up the Flare, but the fact it keeps turning off from a hard bump puts me off

DrLex

FWIW, I've been very pleased with the Moon Shield 60 - USB rechargeable & can be found for £35 (£45 RRP).

mingmong

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002VK1P4W/r ... pe_vfe_dt1

£8 for this - absolute bargain!

iPete

Hope 2 up front and Hope district at the back running off 1 battery. Not cheap but it is the win. Reliable, well made British kit.
Use the District all year around, great for still being seen when the sun is low etc.

I've had so many Smart/blackburn/other cheap bright lights die I could pay for the above rig all over again.

For less money the exposure flare setup is hard to look past. Don't get fooled by cheap lights, they make good secondary lights but tend not to live long in my experience.*

*If you are a fair weather rider they should be fine!