Brightest rear battery LED - and the winner is?
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PaulSecteur
No longer a Specialized fanboy
- Location
- Walsall, West Mids.
I also like the flare.
Some others seem just as bright when viewed from the head on angle, but the flare is bright from anywhere behind, and the flash mode is good too. Its not just on-off-on-off but on-pulse-on-pulse.
Some others seem just as bright when viewed from the head on angle, but the flare is bright from anywhere behind, and the flash mode is good too. Its not just on-off-on-off but on-pulse-on-pulse.
endoman
Senior Member
- Location
- Chesterfield
Just got a Smart Lunar R2, very bright and survived a massive downpour today that killed the 0.5 W again!
jayonabike
Powered by caffeine & whisky
- Location
- Hertfordshire
Exposure Flare for me also.
Peter88
Veteran
- Location
- Failsworth
I have a Magicshine MJ-818 it has 2 flashing modes and a steady mode and is really bright.
I do like the light but i keep looking at adding an Exposure Flare aswell.
I do like the light but i keep looking at adding an Exposure Flare aswell.
I don't know about brightest, but I have recently bought this
revolution 180
and reckon it's cracking value for money (even though I lost the first one!)
Cycling plus recently did a light review and gave 4 stars to an RSP one at £24.99 which looks very like this. This could well be a rebadged one.
revolution 180
and reckon it's cracking value for money (even though I lost the first one!)
Cycling plus recently did a light review and gave 4 stars to an RSP one at £24.99 which looks very like this. This could well be a rebadged one.
Grizzly
Well-Known Member
- Location
- East Kilbride
I think this is great value, http://www.2wheelsonly.co.uk/niterider-cherry-bomb-rear-led-light-7414-p.asp. I use it on flash mode and noticed a change in the way traffic avoided me as soon as I put it on.
PpPete
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chandler's Ford
Smart Lunar R1 would have to be a contender for the brightest ?
The 1/2 watts are pretty unpleasant to ride behind - a 1 watt would be a real horror show.
PBK were knocking the Smart 1/2 Watts out at a £5/ea the other day. The switches may not be great, but a bit of vaseline usually cures the water ingress problem and at that price I decided it was just too good to miss. Offer didnt last long though. Maybe my bulk order made them think twice
The 1/2 watts are pretty unpleasant to ride behind - a 1 watt would be a real horror show.
PBK were knocking the Smart 1/2 Watts out at a £5/ea the other day. The switches may not be great, but a bit of vaseline usually cures the water ingress problem and at that price I decided it was just too good to miss. Offer didnt last long though. Maybe my bulk order made them think twice
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Magicshine MJ818's - awesome. My old clubmate wouldn't ride behind me this week. Pulled up next to me at a set of lights and said "WTF are they" 
coffeejo
Ælfrēd
- Location
- West Somerset
I've got a Cateye and a Smart and was made to cycle at the back on return leg on evening club rides lest I blind everyone.
Moodyman
Legendary Member
I've also got the Revolution light and it's pretty good value. It's modelled on Cateye's LD110 - which retails around £30.
It's not the brighest, but it's as bright as anyone truly needs. If drivers miss it, then they must be blind.
PaulSecteur
No longer a Specialized fanboy
- Location
- Walsall, West Mids.
One thing to bear in mind when looking for the brightest...
Some lights are very bright when looking at them head on, but the brightness drops away as the angle increase.
What I like about the Flare is that is remains very visable, even from the side and beyond.
I usually have it set to pulse during the day to attact attention, or steady at night in urban areas as I would think the pulse would be too annoying and distracting in close proximity in traffic. If I go for a night ride in the country I have it set to pulse so that it will get attention from faster moving traffic further away..
Some lights are very bright when looking at them head on, but the brightness drops away as the angle increase.
What I like about the Flare is that is remains very visable, even from the side and beyond.
I usually have it set to pulse during the day to attact attention, or steady at night in urban areas as I would think the pulse would be too annoying and distracting in close proximity in traffic. If I go for a night ride in the country I have it set to pulse so that it will get attention from faster moving traffic further away..
+1 for the Cherry Bomb.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Magicshine MJ818's - awesome. My old clubmate wouldn't ride behind me this week. Pulled up next to me at a set of lights and said "WTF are they"
+1 on the magicshine as it has a major LED and the battery pack ..
For a light powered by AAA batteries i add another vote for the smart R2, might be 2 1/2 watt rather than 1 x1 watt that the r1 has but the way the lenses are set up make it brighter when i have compared them.
