This is the second one I've owned. The first one was lost after I got hit by a car last December. But it wasn't from lack of information this unit provides. It was from a car turning in front of me at a 4 way stop that 'didn't see me', even though I had bright colored clothes on and was half way through the intersection.
As I'm about to be released to ride again I wanted to make sure I still had this piece of equipment to use.
I love the extra information showing up on my Edge head unit of vehicles approaching from the rear and the rate of speed in which they are traveling. I can even tell when another cyclist is approaching to overtake me by the rate in which it's moving along the distance dots.
I have no problem hearing the tone alert of new vehicles approaching nor the display on my edge unit, which can be positioned on either side.
I cannot personally attest to the distance that the light carries, nor the flash rate it presents as I haven't followed it or others that I am aware of.
Overall great additional bit of info to have available for rear approaching objects, vehicles, other bicyclists, or maybe even dogs!
This is the second one I've owned. The first one was lost after I got hit by a car last December. But it wasn't from lack of information this unit provides. It was from a car turning in front of me at a 4 way stop that 'didn't see me', even though I had bright colored clothes on and was half way through the intersection.
As I'm about to be released to ride again I wanted to make sure I still had this piece of equipment to use.
I love the extra information showing up on my Edge head unit of vehicles approaching from the rear and the rate of speed in which they are traveling. I can even tell when another cyclist is approaching to overtake me by the rate in which it's moving along the distance dots.
I have no problem hearing the tone alert of new vehicles approaching nor the display on my edge unit, which can be positioned on either side.
I cannot personally attest to the distance that the light carries, nor the flash rate it presents as I haven't followed it or others that I am aware of.
Overall great additional bit of info to have available for rear approaching objects, vehicles, other bicyclists, or maybe even dogs!
On the bike this light works well--bright and compact. However, I question the running time claimed by the manufacturer. I get about 10 hours. I also am quite frustrated by how much time it takes to recharge the thing. Without its battery being fully drained, in my experience it takes in excess of 48 hours of plug-in time to get the elusive green light. Seriously. I have contacted the manufacturer about that, only to be told that, yeah, it takes that long. So if you have the patience to wait, and not the need for the light for a couple days, I guess it's a pretty good product.
It's light, simple, bright, and easy to attach.
The charging is easy: Pop off the cap with the attached elastic bands on to the light's tip that has the small rubber flasher control button. Plug the light into your PC's USB port, or a USB charger that plugs into an outlet, or into a USB port on a charger/surge protector combo device. This information is not on the lean, snug package and the Knog bot on their website provided a cluster of redundant, frustrating messages that were not helpful. Knog is based in Australia. Their goofy bot is the only CS resource for several hours for Northern Hemisphere bikers. G'night, Mateys.
