After 7 years of usage. I decided it time to order another pair for both of my road bicycles. When they started needing close to an hour to fully charge. As to the many years of 10 minute fully charged time. But the originals still last 6 hrs on low strobe. Just hedging my bet? But rain or shine they have been worth every penny knowing they have my backside. People have commented they'd seen me from miles away. On our back country gravel shouldered county roads. Comments like that make me smile. Even on shouldered highways. Vehicles tend to give me a half a lane or at least 3 feet. So the Blackburn DayBlazers are like a warning beacon for my safety.
the good... looks bright
the bad... i can't tell which level i am at since the light doesn't cycle clearly, there's blinking, steady and then blinking and steady. it all seems similar in intensity during the day. i just hope that i have it at the low setting so as not to run the battery down during a longer ride. i should try changing the setting at night and maybe the difference in light intensity becomes more apparent so i could leave it at that setting.
i bought this as part of the set with the dayblazer 1000
This rear light has two very bright red LEDs, top and bottom. These hi-intensity LEDs have a wide dispersion range so they can easily be seen well off-angle. The LEDs operate together, they can be on solid, or blink about once per second. They have two different intensities: bright and very bright. I run bright / blinking which is plenty bright for daytime or nighttime and can last 4 hours+. Very bright is objectionable, almost blinding to people behind me when I ride in a group, and Very Bright runs the battery down 2x faster than the lower setting. There is a small hassle when it comes to charging via USB cable. You have to remove the light entirely from the bike! Then you have to remove the rubber weather seal / rubber interface to the bike frame - from the back of the light. Once this weird rubber interface is removed (careful, don't lose it!) you then remove the small protective rubber cover from the USB port - then you can finally plug in the charger cord. With my other model Blackburn light, I can leave it mounted on the bike, and just plug in the USB cable. So subtract 1 star for slight charging hassle which gives a 4 star rating.
I needed a taillight bright enough to be seen during the day in this rural farm area I ride my bicycle. We've just started harvest season and the traffic is heavy with out of state truck drivers hauling crops.
The light functions well, seems pretty durable so far, and it's nice that it's rechargeable. It's a decent value but certainly not cheap.
The tail light keeps me visible in rain and darkness. The strongly blinking flash hopefully will alert inattentive motorists to my presence.
I've had several of these lights in the past. Very bright lights. Great battery life. All in all a great product.
Bright but not enough to be seen from far distance
