I have a 10 mile each way commute through town and ride all year/ all weather on a variety of bikes.
Rear lights: I have a
Knog Blinder 4 which is OK (although run time is getting shorter and it has a tendency to pack up with little warning and takes an age to charge over USB) - handy as it is self attaching (no brackets required)
with a Fibre flare on my bag and
a Blackburn Flea as a backup.
Other reserve lights are a 5 LED Catlike thing which is bright but tends to switch on in your bag, a Edinburgh Revolution copy of the Catlike which is better as it has a cheaper more positive button and a cheapo Smart Lunar R1 which rocks - all of these require a bracket so means I can't swap bikes without a faff - so I use the Knog/ Flea most of the time.
Front lights are the problem:
I use one of these Owl eye USB lights as a helmet light and it's brilliant:
But the HOPE Vision 1 which has been my main front light is just a bit too big and heavy for city commuting (I carry a spare battery pack too) and the** Lezyne Mini Drive **I use for my bike with a front rack is just a bit pony (dim and short run time with surprise cut outs - but it was free!). I've got an old **Edinburgh Revolution LED vision **thing like this which is OK I suppose:
and use a Flea as a backup.
Will I be any better off buying:
a) Smart Lunar 35 for £23 - small, bright, long runtime - can you get spare brackets?
b) Stump up the extra cash for an Exposure Sirius at £69
c) Stop moaning and buy some spare rechargeable batteries for the Lezyne
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I have a 10 mile each way commute through town and ride all year/ all weather on a variety of bikes.
Rear lights: I have a
Knog Blinder 4 which is OK (although run time is getting shorter and it has a tendency to pack up with little warning and takes an age to charge over USB) - handy as it is self attaching (no brackets required)
with a Fibre flare on my bag and
a Blackburn Flea as a backup.
Other reserve lights are a 5 LED Catlike thing which is bright but tends to switch on in your bag, a Edinburgh Revolution copy of the Catlike which is better as it has a cheaper more positive button and a cheapo Smart Lunar R1 which rocks - all of these require a bracket so means I can't swap bikes without a faff - so I use the Knog/ Flea most of the time.
Front lights are the problem:
I use one of these Owl eye USB lights as a helmet light and it's brilliant:
http://www.owleye.com.tw/product_detail.asp?product_id=9
But the HOPE Vision 1 which has been my main front light is just a bit too big and heavy for city commuting (I carry a spare battery pack too) and the** Lezyne Mini Drive **I use for my bike with a front rack is just a bit pony (dim and short run time with surprise cut outs - but it was free!). I've got an old **Edinburgh Revolution LED vision **thing like this which is OK I suppose:
and use a Flea as a backup.
Will I be any better off buying:
a) Smart Lunar 35 for £23 - small, bright, long runtime - can you get spare brackets?
b) Stump up the extra cash for an Exposure Sirius at £69
c) Stop moaning and buy some spare rechargeable batteries for the Lezyne