Knog experience

iPete

What's your experience with Knog lights? The new Road Blinder 2 and pre-listed Blinder 3 look rather nice...



USB - tick
Discreet - tick
Quick on/off - tick
Waterproof - tick
Tarty colours - tick

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/knog-blinder-ro ... led-light/
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/knog-blinder-ro ... led-light/

Are the stories of straps breaking worth worrying about?

notsoblue

I've hard water ingress and strap breaking problems on all three of the knog lights I've owned... :S

The new generation might be better though. Buy them and let us know!

shamrock134

I use two rear Knog Blinder 4 LEDs on my seat post.

USB rechargeable, bright and waterproof. Can't think of any negatives to them!

porlyworly

I've had two knog frog lights, both rubber straps snapped so won't be buying from them again

menthel

We have a scattering of frogs around the house, good and reliable for us. They can attach to helmets, saddle bags and bits of frame allowing you to light up whatever you want.

BigJimmyB

Got a few frogs - AOK as per menthel above

reformedfatty

Geckos on one of my bikes. Nice and discreet, served well for a few years as be seen lights. Not as good light or battery life as my smart lunar ones though.

pitchshifter

I have had knog lights before. Never again.

essex-commuter

So it's unanimous then!

veronese68

As always

cookeeemonster

knog frogs are terrible - 4 seperate ones went wrong (turn on/off when they felt like it) but the more expensive ones are meant to be fine

DrLex

Bike Rumor review - comments echo those already made in this thread.

iPete

What lezynes tick all of the above boxes? Being submergable not necessary..

hegyestomi

iPete wrote:

What lezynes tick all of the above boxes? Being submergable not necessary..

I had the medium sized front one for almost two years: worked great until somebody nicked it(with the bike it was mounted on) :x
It's bright , not too expensive and had a usb rechargeable and replaceable battery. I'm thinking of buying some of the small rear ones, they looked good(but not rechargeable).

hegyestomi

iPete wrote:

What lezynes tick all of the above boxes? Being submergable not necessary..

I had the medium sized front one for almost two years: worked great until somebody nicked it(with the bike it was mounted on) :x
It's bright , not too expensive and had a usb rechargeable and replaceable battery. I'm thinking of buying some of the small rear ones, they looked good(but not rechargeable).

Applespider

CookeeeMonster wrote:

knog frogs are terrible - 4 seperate ones went wrong (turn on/off when they felt like it) but the more expensive ones are meant to be fine

This.... on/off when they want to and run the batteries down in no time. Not to mention odd looks in the office when your helmet suddenly starts flashing disco lights at people. They do have a 2 year guarantee and Amazon have so far just sent me out a replacement every 6 months or so.

Initialised

notsoblue wrote:

I've hard water ingress and strap breaking problems on all three of the knog lights I've owned... :S

The new generation might be better though. Buy them and let us know!

Likewise on both of mine.

il_principe

Pretty much every Knog light I've ever owned has broken. In the past I'd complain and they'd normally send a new one, but last winter I switched to Exposure and will be sticking with them. The Flash/Flare design isn't perfect but they seem hardier than the Knogs and the new version looks a good bet.

cookeeemonster

Applespider wrote:

CookeeeMonster wrote:

knog frogs are terrible - 4 seperate ones went wrong (turn on/off when they felt like it) but the more expensive ones are meant to be fine

This.... on/off when they want to and run the batteries down in no time. Not to mention odd looks in the office when your helmet suddenly starts flashing disco lights at people. They do have a 2 year guarantee and Amazon have so far just sent me out a replacement every 6 months or so.

yeah I bought mine relatively cheaply in the sale but was getting through stupid amounts of batteries...but the knog blinder looks good, and its rechargeable

il_principe

The rubber straps on both my blinders failed after a few months...

jeepie

I too had problems with the rubber straps on knogs. I had one and in winter the rubber strap seems to loose its elasticity. I got this replaced. The same thing happened the next winter. Knog is bracketed with Altura in the never buy bracket.

iPete

All very interesting! So as a buy cheap buy twice kinda guy...

Is the Exposure Mk4 a no brainer?
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/exposure-spark- ... 3-charger/

Or Nano shot, as I'd much rather have USB charging than a new system to run alongside my Hope kit.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cateye-hl-el620 ... ont-light/

DrLex

For a similar amount as that Exposure, you can get Moon xp500 front, shield 60 rear, mains charger & helmet mount- see bargains thread.

il_principe

The http://www.wiggle.co.uk/exposure-trace-front-light/ looks a good bet.

iPete

Il Principe wrote:

The http://www.wiggle.co.uk/exposure-trace-front-light/ looks a good bet.

epic!! completely skimmed over that thinking it would be the same as the others, needing batteries/charger and the annoying twist on/off.

usb - tick
on/off button - tick
fuel gauge - tick

rubertoe

iPete wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

The http://www.wiggle.co.uk/exposure-trace-front-light/ looks a good bet.

epic!! completely skimmed over that thinking it would be the same as the others, needing batteries/charger and the annoying twist on/off.

usb - tick
on/off button - tick
fuel gauge - tick

Spasypaddy has the rear of this, he has been raving about it (I have the flash front, bought it cheap - but its batteries and is the the previous version). They are both silly bright (new rear/old front).

iPete

house mate has the old ones and they bug me, these look great, tempted to buy both, arg.

shamrock134

Rear Blinder is on offer for £22.99 at Tredz...

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Knog-Blinder-4- ... _53450.htm

iPete

Ordered the exposure trace in the end & will probably get the rear later in the year.

Someone else can guinea pig the new knog stuff...

veronese68

iPete wrote:

All very interesting! So as a buy cheap buy twice kinda guy...

Is the Exposure Mk4 a no brainer?
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/exposure-spark- ... 3-charger/

Or Nano shot, as I'd much rather have USB charging than a new system to run alongside my Hope kit.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cateye-hl-el620 ... ont-light/

Realise it's a bit late but I had a Spark and it went back to Exposure twice with a couple of issues. The second time they said I'd put the batteries in the wrong way round, which I hadn't. I sold it and bought a Joystick, that was heavily discounted, which is much better. The Trace should be good.
I think their lights that are a single unit without removable batteries seem a lot better.

leedsmjh

Had a lot of problems with the old design front knog boomer - kept switching itself on or off over bumps, the design is such that the battery connection relies on having the rubber sleeve on tightly enough. I threw it out.
I've migrated to Lezynes lights, brighter and no problems thus far