@50p each now NO excuse for riding your bike with no lights risking being knocked off.....

I bought some of these a few weeks ago for my little girls micro scooter. They fit perfectly.

​I agree. These aren't bright enough. Perhaps as a last resort if you only have 1 mile left until you're home but I wouldn't use this as an emergency, simply because it wouldn't be useful!
Not bright enough. I've seen them - or rather not seen them and nearly crashed into other cyclists

Omg gutted just paid £3 for same st halfords.

Halfords ones better quality tbf

Sports direct £5.99 last week, certainly not a weak beam in my opinion.

I got a couple of these tied under the saddle in case I ever run out of battery. Got another cheap aaa battery bright one permanently attached too.

I'm not using my many aaa rechargeable battery powered lights anymore. I'm not even using my several expensive USB rechargeable front/rear lights like Zecto etc either.

I'm using about 5 types of cheap USB rechargeable front/rear lights. They cost a fraction of the cost of my expensive USB lights and are basically the same or even newer designs.

Search eBay .com (not .co.UK) for: "usb bike light", sort by cheapest, the very cheapest one or two are too dim to get. Set the ones you do get on flash for visibility and extra hours.

Stay well behind lorries if a left turning or junction coming up. They can't see you and have to turn late. Seen a couple under their wheels. Be careful out there.

If youre caught out in a hevy rainstorm and these start getting wet they quickly fail.
As said by jeremy clarkson once. Work harder, get a car. Lol

do yourself a favour and spend a bit more and get some half decent lights. these are ok to chuck in your bag incase your main lights fail but shouldn't be used as your main lights.

These are perfectly bright enough to be seen with, especially in flashing mode. They are far brighter than the sort of abysmal lamps cyclists used to have before the advent of LEDs. If you can't see a cyclist with these blinking away ahead of you then you seriously need your eyes tested.

Fine for an emergency over the summer months but anyone commuting by bike over the winter should be running at least two bright rear lights and have a backup front light that's good enough to see where you're going with without street lights.

Front light on a bike needs to be 6000 Lumens minimum for safety

Agree with SFconvert....if u can't see them things flashing make an emergency appointment with specsavers.

Absolutely serious.....the front light on a bike should be able to illuminate the road where there are no street lights......a flashing front light is OK to let other road users see you....but that's not the point of a front light.....try driving a car in the dark with no headlights......I actually have 2 x CREE 4000 Lumen lights on the front of my bike ....but then I care about my safety on the road & night & cycle down roads with no street lights

Bike is also treated with Volvo life paint

​Lol. I for one won't use such a light because I've had experience with these lights and I know them to be completely useless as a rear main light. It only takes one person to not see it. Even if they are flashing, they can still be missed.

​How I love Chinese Lumens! the cateye Volt 300 is brighter than the 6000 "lumen" cree XML. And it doesn't lose its brightness anywhere near as much.

in the end there will always be something separating between people who ride bikes and cyclists.

(I realise it seems snobbish but if you've had a close shave or crashed then you will truly understand the importance of a good light)

The point of lights on a bike is to be visible by other road users in the dark, not to illuminate the path ahead, but that doesn't stop you doing both.

Needing headlights to be able to see the road ahead in a car compared to a bicycle are slightly different things. Not having a huge window obstructing you is one thing.

If you cycle on roads that have no street lights then sure, buy a powerful set of lights, but by no means is it required if you don't.

I commute on streetlit roads, it's not about seeing where you're going, it's about making sure other road users see you.

I'm also a motorcyclist & car driver....believe me when I say, having been nearly hit by car drivers followed by "sorry mate I didn't see you" even with headlight on in daylight......I know the importance of being seen & the brighter the light the more chance of being seen....even on street lighted roads

Indeed, being seen is important, but your original point was about seeing rather than being seen.

Actually it was both....if you can see you are more likely to be seen

OK then.

paid £3 for these in Lidl , good deal.

As lumens & candle power are not the same thing the nearest calculation seems to be that 1 candle emits 12.57 lumens.....but led light tends to be focussed while candlepower measurement is not.....you need to compare similar measurements which would be LUX to Footcandles

and you thought i was serious.... as your 6000 lumens comment ...

Not really but I thought I would give a reasoned reply to your humour :smile:

Got these to put on the dogs collar during these dark nights

Thanks

great back up lights but shouldnt be used as your main ones,hot :smiley:

I think the point is some lights are better than none. Unfortunately the morons dressed in dark clothes who cycle round here at night with no lights or reflectors are unlikely to even fit these as they are thick as planks.

a couple of each in different flash cycles are pretty good for lit streets. Of course its not full proof, some drivers will miss anything that's not a firework display.

These are fine, batteries its 2 cr2032 batteries, so not super long life, and they do ping off now and then. So if you want a free one, just slipstream me. I keep a front one for when my light is overkill or flat, and a couple of rear ones dotted about the back because it is nice to be noticed.

if you can wait on ebay u can be if lucky pick up both for under 10p!! took me a month but in june got a set for only 10p and they are good. and again if u can wait you can get the 2032 bats for 5-6p each if bid. I use 3 sets on bike plus cree torch and red light on bk

So if someone goes cycling in the dark, with no lights, in black clothes, then the onus is on drivers to ensure the idiot can be seen? Seriously?

I bought these to put on my dogs collars in the dark. THEY ARE PERFECT!!