Comments on: Review of the Best Bike Headlights in 2013

By: E.E. Mort

E.E. Mort — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 00:38:44 +0000

I love the Blaze series for a number or reasons (bright, affordable, slick looking, great bracket) however the gasket shredded the first time I changed the batteries and the front continued to fall off after that (during commute - all the time) until the wires pulled off their points and light was just dead. Fatal flaw making it a bad buy in my experience!

By: George

George — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:37:41 +0000

Hey Rick' George says stay away from Light And Motion Urban lights and instead buy the Expillion 800?6. More reliable, more light,and better priced. George

By: Blake

Blake — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 04:25:57 +0000

This is a great review, thanks! Not being a rider myself, it has made it really clear what I need to buy for my partner.

Just one suggestion. My partner always takes his lights off and carries them with him so as not to get stolen. I wonder if you could include weight in your table/review? You've included lightweight options which is great but it would be good to know how much lighter these are then the heavier options to know whether it's worth getting better/heavier or lighter and not as good...

By: Bhav

Bhav — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:53:40 +0000

BLAZE LASERLIGHT!

Just received their first production unit after backing the kickstarter project. Amazing unit, think Apple quality, fully waterproof and a laser that projects an image of a bike onto the ground ahead of you that warns others you are coming!

Genius for my commutes in London!

Check out my review here: http://youtu.be/EDLxZwR2GI8

(Not for weight weenies!)

By: nhinkle

nhinkle — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 09:10:19 +0000

Hi Susan,

Future reviews will specifically note the mounting mechanisms available for the light, including the option for helmet mounting. There aren't very many helmet-only lights, so it's unlikely that I'll do a review only for those, but it's possible that some helmet-only lights could be reviewed along with others. Are there any specific helmet lights you're interested in that you'd like to see reviewed?

As for cameras, I'll see if it would be possible to do some reviews on them in the future. What sorts of benchmarks/information would you be interested in seeing for cameras?

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 08:29:43 +0000

This is great. Here are two ideas for other reviews: 1. lights for helmets 2. cameras. any chance you'll review either or both of those?

thanks,susan.

By: SteveS

SteveS — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 00:03:29 +0000

RE: Waterproof the URBAN 550. Try a silicon bathtub sealer. Flexible and removable unlike nail polish.

By: RickW

RickW — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:31:50 +0000

wonder if painting the seam on the URBAN 550 with nail polish hardner would seal it better? i'd really like to select this light, but live in the Pac NW and rain's a constant factor from nov to may

By: GDD

GDD — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:53:18 +0000

I don't think you had all the pieces to the Cygolite mount. There is a small sticky rubber piece that should always be used (with or without inserts) it has 2 small holes in it. Then there are inserts that make the bracket fit a 25.4mm or 26.0mm handle bar or without the inserts it fits a 31.8mm handlebar. And if that was not enough to make the mount very universal there is a thumb screw that you to make it fit an even wider array of handlebar options. I have never had mine loosen up nor have I ever heard this complaint before, but if it is a little loose, it is a thumb screw so just reach down and tighten it. I have noticed if you move the bracket left and right a lot it will eventually loosen up but recently they have started using loc-tite on the left right adjustment screw.

By: nhinkle

nhinkle — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:36:16 +0000

If you click details, under mounts it says "bar and helmet".