New member, here, but long-time Convicted Flashaholic over at CPF.
I'm sick and tired of the cheap LED blinkies, and would like to find a good quality rear bike light that won't break the bank.
I've been looking around and have narrowed it down to these:
Planet Bike BRT7
The CatEye seems to have lots of potential. I like the 10x5mm LED's (two individual strings of 5, AFAIK), and how it illuminates almost omni-directionally.
The SuperFlash is the most intriguing of all. I'm drawn to it because of it being brighter than 5mm LED's. One reason I'm hesitant to jump on this one is that it only has 2 5mm LED's, and I don't know what their angle or brightness rating is. I e-mailed the company but they seemed clueless as to technical specs of their own product. (Bear in mind that years hanging out on CPF means I am not prone to ask "basic" questions when I'm inquiring about a product.)
With all that in mind, I'd like to pick your brains as to what are your choices in terms of rear lights. If you could share your experiences using any of the above that'd be great, and if I'm totally looking at the wrong choices I'm open to any suggestions. The only caviat is that I'm on a student budget, so no Dinotte rear light for me (yeah, I see that one coming).
I'm sick and tired of the cheap LED blinkies, and would like to find a good quality rear bike light that won't break the bank.
I've been looking around and have narrowed it down to these:
Planet Bike BRT7
Cateye TL LD-1000
Planet Bike SuperFlash (no info on the manufacturer website)
The CatEye seems to have lots of potential. I like the 10x5mm LED's (two individual strings of 5, AFAIK), and how it illuminates almost omni-directionally.
The SuperFlash is the most intriguing of all. I'm drawn to it because of it being brighter than 5mm LED's. One reason I'm hesitant to jump on this one is that it only has 2 5mm LED's, and I don't know what their angle or brightness rating is. I e-mailed the company but they seemed clueless as to technical specs of their own product. (Bear in mind that years hanging out on CPF means I am not prone to ask "basic" questions when I'm inquiring about a product.)
With all that in mind, I'd like to pick your brains as to what are your choices in terms of rear lights. If you could share your experiences using any of the above that'd be great, and if I'm totally looking at the wrong choices I'm open to any suggestions. The only caviat is that I'm on a student budget, so no Dinotte rear light for me (yeah, I see that one coming).