Submitted by
Dave
a
from Pittsfield, MA Date Reviewed: November 20, 2003
Favorite Trail:
Broken Thumb
Duration Product Used:
Tested or demo'ed only
Price Paid:
$15.00
Purchased At:
Plaine's Bike Ski
Strengths:
None. It is complete junk.
Weaknesses:
I purchased this product. For some reason, I decided to install the battery and test it as soon as I hopped into my truck in the LBS parking lot. It didn't work...at all. I went inside, explained that I was going on a ride this evening and needed the light to work. They gave me a new one, no questions asked. At home, I began installing the light on my seatpost. It wouldn't work. I pushed the on/off button, held it down for a few seconds, whatever I could think of. This is the second one in two hours! Unreal. I can't beleive what garbage these are.
Similar Products Used:
Only Niterider front lights.
Bike Setup:
Giant AC Air Lite with Marzocchi Z1 FR SL.
Bottom Line:
Look for something else. I can't recommend other taillights, as this was the first one I picked up. 3M reflective tape, anything else!
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Submitted by
Wa
a Weekend Warrior
from Chicago, IL Date Reviewed: July 26, 2003
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$14.00
Purchased At:
LBS
Strengths:
Small.
Weaknesses:
Somehow either discharges battery when not in use or always seems to last only as long as one ride. Serious waste of money.
Similar Products Used:
Cateye
Bottom Line:
Don't buy this worthless light.
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Submitted by
Mark
a Cross Country Rider
from Lunenburg Date Reviewed: September 9, 2002
Favorite Trail:
Rattlesnake cutoff to baby's head
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$15.00
Purchased At:
LBS
Strengths:
good looking box
Weaknesses:
Without a doubt the worst LED product ever made. The light on my keychain is ten times brighter, and cost half as much. I brought it back after one ride. IMHO one bright LED should be enough, so I was attracted to the small size. Whoever decided to put the big fancy "S" on this product must have been high, or thought it was "bright" in comparison to the joint they were smoking at the time.
Similar Products Used:
vista & trek...I always seem to break the mounting bracket within a year
Bike Setup:
Specialized FRS S-Works
Bottom Line:
bottom of the barrel
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Submitted by
Car
a Cross Country Rider
from Seattle, WA Date Reviewed: December 3, 2001
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$15.00
Purchased At:
Free Range Bikes
Strengths:
It's very bright when you first use it. Cute design. Worked well for commuting in the city, at first...
Weaknesses:
If it touches water forget it...it dies. Not a good idea for Seattle weather. The housing unscrews too easily, too.
Bottom Line:
Don't waste your money on this product. It completely sucks and you end up having to buy another light when it dies anyway.
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Submitted by
Klaus
a Cross Country Rider
from Austria Date Reviewed: September 13, 2001
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$20.00
Purchased At:
local store
Strengths:
bright WHEN WORKING photon tunnel widens LED light source to usable degree
Weaknesses:
damn light just does for 3 HOURS, then dead. opens by itself while mounted (unscrews)
Similar Products Used:
proway PWL 600
Bike Setup:
2001 Stumpjumper
Bottom Line:
I wear my lights clipped to my left sock not the bike, so the crappy mounting stuff does not affect me,
BUT it was really ugly for me to see the light to be dark while uphilling in a 6 km long tunnel (40 minutes) and being the only one of my buddies to have a "light" with me in last weeks holiday at lago di garda / italy.
here at home I bought some new batts and tested: after 3 hours the light is dead. also i noticed that the mounting clip unscrews itself while riding and after 90 degrees bent You will loose the light, battery and sealing. should this happen while in traffic, the light is lost, luckily it happended on a bike route
now i got back to the proway, which is not even as bright, but same small size and weight, clippable to sock, reflector included and blinking (for unknown reason we have a EURO-version of the afterburner here, just have steady mode)
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Submitted by
Astro
a Cross Country Rider
from Geneva Date Reviewed: August 2, 2001
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$15.00
Strengths:
Small
Weaknesses:
It's so sucks!!!!!!!! I've rode this light maybe 2 or 3 times. If it enter in contact with water it's dead, it's really bad for a rear lampe who's fixed where all the splashes of the wheel comes. And the strap to fix it is so weak.
Bike Setup:
Scott pro racing WC
Bottom Line:
!NEVER BUY THIS PRODUCT!
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Submitted by
Michael Moore
a Weekend Warrior
from Auburn, AL. / USA Date Reviewed: June 30, 2001
Favorite Trail:
Donner's pass inwinmter
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Price Paid:
$14.00
Purchased At:
Kinnukians
Weaknesses:
none
Similar Products Used:
none
Bike Setup:
c-dale 700sx
Bottom Line:
I believe your other rater, along with a liquored up mob, has hung this tail light in the town square. It isn't advertised as an International Airport Runway Beacon. It is also not presented to the perspective buyer as a red glowing bullet proof anvil tough object with intensely glowing properties and an unexplainable source of luminescence. I also feel that if he ordered a magnifying glass, he'd wait in the front yard for the postman to deliver a Hubbell telescope. This is a red rear bike light that functions as such. It is the size and weight of a normal marshmallow and is powered by an inexpensive battery the size and weight of one of those little bitty marshmallows SMUSHED. It does what is says it will do an it does it well. I've had girl friends that weren't as cute and cool as this product but I realized that they, like anvils and beacons aren't bike lights. I like mine emensly and if they made one I could wear on my head like a coronet, I'd buy two. Credit wher due. Let's rate tis baby a 4.3926!
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Submitted by
KK
a Cross Country Rider
from Pittsburgh, PA Date Reviewed: April 20, 2001
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$15.00
Strengths:
None
Weaknesses:
The whole product is weak!
Bike Setup:
Sugar 2, and Stumpjumper single-speed
Bottom Line:
This light sucks!!! I have owned lots of specialized products over the years and have usually been happy with their products..until now!!! First of all the light is only bright when viewed directly at their "photon tunnel" lens. It is not even close to bright when viewed from any other angle. But more dissapointing than the light itself is the ridiculous contraption they give you to mount it to your seatpost. The whole thing is supposed to be held to your bike with a rubber strap and a "turret". Thats right, no buckle, no locking mechanism, just a little knob that fits in a hole on the strap. This thing would not stay on jumping off the curb let alone an actual ride. There are so many good ways to mount something to a round tube and why they decided on a cheesy design like this is beyond me. Hopefullly the designers over their at Specialized will look at this thing again, especially the mounting bracket. Bottom line is that for 15 bones you could get a much better tail light, maybe even one that will stay on your bike!
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