decent lights?

[Bealz998]

hello im after some cheap light weight bike lights for my bike preferbly not large ones and im not really bothered on brightness for vision for myself, just something so people can see the lights as i use steet lamp lighten roads anyway cheers

 

[Kies]

Most cheap lights in the £10-£30 range will do. Decide if you want ones that run on batteries or USB rechargeable .
Cateyes are pretty good. I use them as my front/rear backups

 

[Bealz998]

Thanks what about knog frogs ?

 

[Kies]

Yeah knogs are OK. No personal experience of them, wait for a few more posts.

 

[Linford]

Poundland - £3 for a pack of batteries and a couple of lights.

 

[fossyant]

Knogs, whilst they look good, suffer from water ingress or the straps snapping. You can't go far wrong with the smart brand.

 

[the_mikey]

I don't rate lights that use those coin cell batteries, they don't last long and aren't really economic to keep replacing.

 

[Arjimlad]

I like the Smart Polaris 5 AA battery front light which has done a pretty good job. Mine is now 8 years old and still going strong.

Set available for £15.00 http://www.bikes4families.co.uk/lig.../smart-led-bicycle-lighting-set/prod_431.html

 

[Lien Sdrawde]

The 'knog blinder' is the one for me.
A real attention grabber for motorists from more angles than most lights can manage. Weighs less than 60 grams. Charges via usb. Run time on flash about 50 hrs.
Evans had a look load of different lights on a bar and I switched them all on. This was the winner by a clear margin. Tis super dooper.

 

[Linford]

Get the CREE one off Ebay for £17....5 different modes of brightness, 4.5 hours on full blast...as good as it gets for the money and you get a free solar powered tail light.

 

[MontyVeda]

I use a couple of 9x led torches like this...

only a couple of quid each, held on with a couple of these...

which are £3-£5 on ebay.

plenty bright enough to be seen with... but almost useless on unlit roads.

I'd avoid little lights such as those frog things. Even though they're only to be seen with, a couple of LEDs fades into nothing on busy city streets

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I'd suggest this and this from On One/Planet X. Plenty of light for not much money.

I've not had mine long though so don't know how they do for longevity.

 

[Bealz998]

I've just recieved some Cree XML t6 lights fitted the rear and the front mount won't fit , so I've read the description and the bar size is smaller than mine ...doh haha does anyone know a simple solution ? Thanks

 

[Kies]

What size diameter are the bars?

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Knogs, whilst they look good, suffer from water ingress or the straps snapping.

Agreed - my Knog blinder rear light self destructed before it even got out the house. Nice design, poorly made.