Tinuts
Wham Bam Helmet Cam
- Location
- London, UK.
I have one and can certainly recommend it but with a few reservations:
1. Not advisable to use it on pedestrians as they tend to freeze on the spot rather than get out of your way. IMHO it is too loud and just isn't a very friendly thingto use in this manner.
2. It's quicker to shout than use the Zound so mine only gets used in rare circumstances - but then I have, out of necessity, developed a particularly loud cyclist's bellow.
3. They aren't that robust. I must be on my fifth or sixth by now. The plastic invariable cracks and the tubing can also perish over time.
4. You do have to keep pumping them up - and remember to do so! I did spot a tricycle taxi-bike in London whose owner had swapped the standard air container for one of those large plastic 2L bottles. Didn't ask how much better it was but clearly this is an option if you want more air!
On a positive note, it is useful to be able to indicate your displeasure when some prat passes too close or cuts you up. Using a Zound can be a somewhat more neutral way of doing so than the stream of expletive laden invective which I'm afraid I have been occasionally known to direct at errant motorists.
I do believe that, used in a "Watch out I'm on the road too" kind of warning to a motorist who may not have noticed you, it is as effective as the car horn which its sound resembles.
1. Not advisable to use it on pedestrians as they tend to freeze on the spot rather than get out of your way. IMHO it is too loud and just isn't a very friendly thingto use in this manner.
2. It's quicker to shout than use the Zound so mine only gets used in rare circumstances - but then I have, out of necessity, developed a particularly loud cyclist's bellow.
3. They aren't that robust. I must be on my fifth or sixth by now. The plastic invariable cracks and the tubing can also perish over time.
4. You do have to keep pumping them up - and remember to do so! I did spot a tricycle taxi-bike in London whose owner had swapped the standard air container for one of those large plastic 2L bottles. Didn't ask how much better it was but clearly this is an option if you want more air!
On a positive note, it is useful to be able to indicate your displeasure when some prat passes too close or cuts you up. Using a Zound can be a somewhat more neutral way of doing so than the stream of expletive laden invective which I'm afraid I have been occasionally known to direct at errant motorists.
I do believe that, used in a "Watch out I'm on the road too" kind of warning to a motorist who may not have noticed you, it is as effective as the car horn which its sound resembles.
