Daytime Rear red strobe light ?

farrina

Hello all

Ever conscious of my safety and developments in technology I wonder if anyone has any experience or recommendations for a red rear LED/strobe type light suitable for daytime use to complement my front handlebar mounted machine guns (only joking as regards the latter before I get " a visit").

Ideally light would have a life of circa 3hours and battery would be internal. I fear machine guns will have to go so if anyone has any suggestions for a similar front white light I am all ears.

Many thanks

Alan

feemackenzie

frog knogs.

farrina

I must confess that at first given the time of night and the possibility of inebriation I was unsure as to whether that your response was some form of insult akin to "bollocks"

<added later> it appears I may have used a banned word above hence ******* suffice to say it starts with B end with S and the male of the species has two of them and sits on them - well not exactly unless one wishes to experience extreme discomfort but I think you get my drift)

Having educated myself via Google I see that it was indeed a constructive suggestion (for which many thanks), albeit I was looking for something brighter (say circa 70 lumens)

Cheers

Alan

feemackenzie

They're on my bike and a "visible". No more. I have had no near misses, they're cheap, waterproof and discrete.

I was lazy with my typing as holding a wine glass - sorry.

danlikesbikes

Exposure Flare for me. Tend to use it when its grey & damp as gets you seen on the back roads pretty well.

thegreatdivide

Lezyne Micro Drive. It's been on my bike day or night since I bought it late last year. The daytime mode is very bright indeed.

rodgers73

Smart lights are pretty good. Been using them for few years now

nawty

Danlikesbikes wrote:

Exposure Flare for me. Tend to use it when its grey & damp as gets you seen on the back roads pretty well.

I have one of these and it's great and I can always tell others that have them as you can see them a mile off!

stueys

thegreatdivide wrote:

Lezyne Micro Drive. It's been on my bike day or night since I bought it late last year. The daytime mode is very bright indeed.

+1, on my bike unless its 'proper' summer (about 6 days in June....)

Lycra-Byka

+1 for smart lights, easily the best value for money but not as bling!

Anything from knog is good too. Although the equivilant type from decathlon is much cheaper.

Lezyne are good.( at reducing your bank balance )

danlikesbikes

nawty wrote:

Danlikesbikes wrote:

Exposure Flare for me. Tend to use it when its grey & damp as gets you seen on the back roads pretty well.

I have one of these and it's great and I can always tell others that have them as you can see them a mile off!

Have the Flash for the front on the winter bike & a cheap emergency one for rear as I don't tend to ride at night. But of late with the weather being so grey & damp was on the look out for a good cheap rear. Very impressed with the output and distance it can be seen from.

iPete

Hope District 3, genuinely get more room, especially at night but it isn't cheap and has an external battery. Has an uber solid mode, really good for foggy mornings, wet days or low sun when drivers visibility is poor. Makes sense if you run a Hope front light, otherwise an Exposure Flare is probably better value for money.

hmm

phaart 0.5W led, bright enough and £2.50 from Planet X
http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/LIP ... rear_light
I bought two, one for each side. That way I'm reasonably confident one will always be on without having to check frequently, don't want the batteries to run flat followed by me being run flat.

slowandsteady

Moon comet from eBay is the thing you are after. I bought 1 a month or so ago and it's bright, small and really well made. 2 different styles of mounts and various settings.

If there's better for the money I haven't seen it yet.