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Description:Four super-bright LED's and all the light and run time you could ask for. Optically boosted center LED's light up what's ahead, and wide angle side LED's with side light pipes provide 180 degrees of visibility. You'll see the road, and drivers will see you. 110 hour runtime steady mode, 300 hour runtime flash mode. Batteries included. Water resistant.
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Jeromy Bishop
a Weekend Warrior
from Cincinnati, Ohio U.S.
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Caesars Creek | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Bass Pro Shops | | Strengths: | Good brightness, long runtime, waterproof | | Weaknesses: | Rather large, not very wide or long distance beam | | Similar Products Used: | first light | | Bike Setup: | Diamondback response sport '08 | | Bottom Line: | This is a great light for low light conditions. I would mostly recommend it for road bikers in the city who just want a night light so drivers can see them. Runtime is incredible when combined with some fresh energizer batteries. Brightness never decreases until the batteries die. Overall not a good pitch black trail light but it will let people know your coming with its extreme brightness. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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S M
a Weekend Warrior
from New York, New York
Date Reviewed: December 14, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | Amazon | | Strengths: | Bright, variety of settings | | Bottom Line: | Bright, waterproof, adjustable, with 3 different light settings and 4 LEDs. I got this in combination with the MARS light for the above price, a good deal. It does tend to glare up in your face as another reviewer noted but isn't bad. For the money and saved battery power these are a deal. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Scott K
a Cross Country Rider
from Portland, OR
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Surveyor's Ridge, Hood River, OR | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Gallery | | Strengths: | Large frontal area and plenty of light to the sides make for great "be seen" visibility; water proof; my favorite AA-powered front light. I run two for better visibility. | | Weaknesses: | Make sure it's clipped all the way into the mounting bracket. Bracket doesn't fit odd-size bars well. Blink mode can get in your eyes. Solution for that is pictured here:
http://www.vangelisti.com/prevention/Bicycle-Safety-Information.htm | | Bottom Line: | Best AA-powered front light for being seen on the market. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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fred e
a Weekend Warrior
from indianapolis, indiana, us
Date Reviewed: November 11, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | thunder valley | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$35.00 | | Purchased At: | Dick's Sportting Goods | | Strengths: | -Extremely bright and focused beam
-Burn times are very good | | Weaknesses: | -Side visibility is mediocre
-Design is from outer space | | Similar Products Used: | Cateye, Trek, and Cygolite | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher | | Bottom Line: | You will definitely not be let down by this light. The light has a bright, focused beam that's adequate for riding on dark streets and paved trails. I do wish, however, that the beam was a little less focused and more spread out for better side illumination. Overall, it's a great light that's hard to miss both literally and figuratively. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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hamid
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from tavares, fl, usa
Date Reviewed: October 6, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | * easy installation / mounting
* options for lighting modes
* price | | Weaknesses: | looks like something out of the jetsons or a batmobile light
looks like a structural defect as one of the joints on the mounting mechanism appears too narrow. | | Similar Products Used: | cateye and nashbar brilliant headlight 2 | | Bike Setup: | commuter | | Bottom Line: | purchased as part of a combo unit with the mars 3.0 for $20 from BeyondBikes. you can't beat that with a stick.
although the installation was easy, it doesn't appear to be too rugged. with the 4 aa batteries, it's a little heavy and i assume it will pop right off off road.
it is working fine for me on my road bike.
didn't want another cateye as have had too many problems with their products, esp. point of failure - the switch. too early to evaluate this product on reliability. but it is working well.
if you have a road bike, i recommend the nashbar brilliant headlight 2 over the quadrant. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
mo-unit
a Cross Country Rider
from NY
Date Reviewed: June 10, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | beyondbikes | | Strengths: | bright LEDs, solid construction, great battery life | | Weaknesses: | large, weird design, flashing mode blinds me while biking, which should not be the case, isnt extremely bright | | Bottom Line: | this unit is large and pretty ugly looking. however, it does its job quite well. on the trails, i feel safe with it in the dark. it does not allow me to ride too fast, because it just isnt bright enough, but bright enough to get me outta the trails.
for road biking, it does a good job.
great battery life, inexpensive, good quality!
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Keith Ashmore
a Racer
from Farmington, NM
Date Reviewed: December 28, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Colorado | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | LBD | | Strengths: | Very bright for a small light. LEDs are perfect to use for commuting and night training. I use this for night training on the road and commuting. You will have to be careful if going too fast, due to limited distance of illumination. Anything under 20 mph is pretty safe. Mount is easy to remove, and batteries last so long, that I don't care about how long it takes to install them. Lights are also easy to see from the side by motorists. flash modes are nice in the daytime or twilight situations.
| | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Cateye headlights, Niterider D Evolution | | Bike Setup: | 3D Racing Scandium, 3D Racing Cross Bike. Yeti ARC MTB | | Bottom Line: | Nice light for $25 MSRP! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Michael Jones
a Cross Country Rider
from Louisville, KY, USA
Date Reviewed: June 6, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$24.00 | | Purchased At: | Galyan's Sporting Goods | | Strengths: | Highly visible to others
Bright enough to ride at night (in the dark) - I have ridden at 5AM with this light
Inexpensive (I bought two, still paid under $50)
Reliable | | Weaknesses: | Difficult to open, close case. Hard to get cells in/out. Once they are in, it is okay, but still. | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Halogen headlight | | Bike Setup: | Road and Mountain | | Bottom Line: | There are two things you want to do, when riding in the dark - 1. see, and 2. be seen. This does both. I liked it so much I bought two of them. Long battery life. If you want HID or Hi-wattage Halogen, get them, but you will pay tons more, and this might be enough - it certainly is plenty for evening rides. Plus, it installs in seconds, easy to remove from your bar, or move to another bike. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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