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I was totally wrong about cheap bike lights until a dark rainy Tuesday
Always figured you had to spend at least $60 on a headlight to see anything at night. Then my fancy light died on the way home from work in Seattle last week. Grabbed a $12 set from a gas station just to get home, and honestly it was brighter and lasted longer than my expensive one. The beam pattern is actually decent for city streets. Battery life claims on the box were 8 hours and it lasted a full 10 days of commuting. Anyone else find a cheap alternative that surprised them?
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murray.cole10d agoMost Upvoted
My buddy Ron bought a cheap light for his night rides and thought it was fine until he hit a patch of black ice on a dark trail last December. That little beam just couldn't cut through the shadows and he ended up with a bruised hip and a bent wheel. Saved forty bucks but spent three days limping around the office, so I guess you get what you pay for sometimes.
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leobrown10d ago
Whoa hold on, I have to push back on this. Cheap lights are fine right up until you actually NEED to see a pothole or debris on a dark road, and that's when those weak beams totally fail you.
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