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There’s perhaps nothing more important in cycling than making yourself seen. Cars rule the road and they weigh a heck of a lot more than a bike. There are plenty of safety lights for sale and I have tried my fair share. One of my favorites by far is this baby:
You have to love companies with a sense of humor. This description comes from bike nashbar and the “baby cow type” comment is classic.
The light is waterproof, has three modes, and features an adjustable bungee strap that will allow you to strap it to almost anything. This is the nice “hack” part of the product. I commonly strap one to my helmet. Helmets are not conducive to many safety lights but you can thread this through a vent and you are good to go. And the coolest thing: the light is magnetically activated. You simply tap the piece of plastic on the strap against the light and it activates. So cool! No switches.
I am often skeptical of product advertisements, but in this particular case, there is truth in advertising. The product description said the light will fit around a beer can, so I decided to try it out. Of course you should not attempt to do so while riding.
Yes, the advertisement is true. So now you don’t have to worry about losing your beer at a party. Strap that bad boy to your shopping cart at the store so people see you coming. Put one on your remote control when cleaning the house so you don’t lose it. Strap one to your dog’s collar when you go out at night. Strap one on your waiter’s wrist at the restaurant so you always have a visual and can flag them down. Use your imagination, buy a bunch a get creative.
4 comments for this entry ↓
1 danielo // Feb 1, 2008 at 8:13 am
I have two of these in red. Both sit in my unused equipment box now, because the two batteries each of these suckers use are $8.00/pair. Instead of spending $16 to bring them up to speed, I just pop my rechargeable AAAs into my other lights.
2 Matt // Feb 1, 2008 at 11:28 am
I hear you Danielo. That’s the one major bummer about the light - battery replacement. I have actually made a commitment on all of my other lights to only buy ones with AA or AAA batteries so I can recharge them and not have to keep running to the store.
3 Ryan // Feb 1, 2008 at 1:50 pm
What size batteries does it use?
often you can get button batteries for a few cents @ places like the Dollar Tree. just buy a $1 LED clip light that uses the right size batteries. throw away the light and pop your new 33 cent batteries into the light of your choosing.
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