Decent Bargain: Smart front & rear light set for €15

Ant

As darkness falls earlier these days, I thought I'd let people know that Wiggle are selling a Smart Front and Rear Light Set for the very fine price of €15. The front light is perfectly adequate for lit streets and the rear light is more than adequate for rear visibility - though I tend to use two of them (one flashing, the other constant). This is a good deal for any townies looking for lights for their commute. The Smart rear light by itself costs around the €15 on Chain Reaction.

GSF

Its amazing the number of people with death wishes cycling in total darkness with no lights and no reflective clothing. Do people really prefer to risk death over paying €15 ? These guys are basically roadkill waiting to happen.

Dr_Colossus

And even for those that can't afford 15 euro, the 2 Euro shop on Thomas St has a decent front LED lights, takes 4 AAA batteries but you can pick up 20 of these in the shop also for 2 euro. Think they might even have back lights so can't really go without lights for the sake of 6 euro all in

BostonB

Nice find.

I've had a set of these Smart lights for 2yrs and think they are great. Some reviews complain about the mounting being awkward, but its vastly better than my CAT lights mounts. all of which move no matter how tight.

As a general point theres a lot of people with lights who never change the batteries. You might as well not have a light they are so dim. Of course people with no lights etc, don't read these forums anyway.

I use the smarts as my flashers, not my main light.

Ant

I see that Chain reaction are selling an earlier model of the Smart rear light for only €5.42. Like BostonB says, this light makes a good supplement to the one I linked to above. However, I've been using this particular light for the past few years as my only rear light (before I started using more than one back light) and can't say anything bad about it.

One feature I really like is that the on button is recessed so the light doesn't come on by itself from being jostled around in the bag during the day. With other bike lights, it used to really annoy me when I'd take the lights out of my bag only to find that they had been accidentally switched on and the battery was half wasted.

kona

GSF wrote: »

Its amazing the number of people with death wishes cycling in total darkness with no lights and no reflective clothing. Do people really prefer to risk death over paying €15 ? These guys are basically roadkill waiting to happen.

They are a bunch of cheapskate ****, ****ing pricks, they drive me ****ing crazy. And the dumb****ers who reckon that a hi vis is okay... it not you bleeding half wit, you look like a donkey fred, with all your new cycle 2 work gear, and a hi vis and no light. Why not paint your car in glow in the dark paint and save on the light bulbs??? ****ing arseholes.

And cheap lights are ****, when your on the road there is no ****ing way that a 10W light, mounted at a dodgey angle, pointing up to ET is going to get you seen over the 2 55W light bulbs in the car beside you.

You are ****ing retards, get the **** off the road you bleeding pricks. Your so dumb that you actually think its safe to run a red light in pitch dark?? piss off, maybe youll get T-boned by another **** wit doing the exact same.

Cheapskate ****ing ****.

ednwireland

tell us what you really think kona


bad day ?

i agree totally (only 2 front and 2 rear at the moment) BTW esp. when i'm driving

DirkVoodoo

I can't read your post Kona, I'm just getting "*************** bunch of ************"

You seem more irate than usual.

kona

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I can't read your post Kona, I'm just getting "*************** bunch of ************"

You seem more irate than usual.

****ing ****, The nights are getting longer, leaves more time for these ****ing **** to piss me off.
Nearly coverted a ****ing retard into porridge last night. Cheapskate bastards. The worse thing is, I sell these ***** bikes, tell them they need lights...the amount that "convince" themselves they wont be out at night....You will be you ****ing prick, the light set is e30, its not expensive. Oh and reflectors are lights too to these brain donors.


****ing lemmings.

Captain Havoc

I'm going to be honest here, I may still be going around without a decent front light if it not for previous threads on this issue. I used to have an OK flashing light on the back and a pretty crap hi-viz jacket (I use the term hi-viz loosely). Also near the end of the dark evenings this year I had a near miss with a car, while wearing my "hi-viz" jacket. I now have a smart rear light and my front light is very strong, which came in handy the other day as I had to do an hour in the dark on a dangerous road, I also have a much better hi-viz jacket.

kona

ednwireland wrote: »

tell us what you really think kona


bad day ?

i agree totally (only 2 front and 2 rear at the moment) BTW esp. when i'm driving

Nope Im having a great day:D

just think people like this may read these posts and realise that they are ****ing ****. and in their desire to conform(as is the Irsh way) they will buy their ****ing lights.

kona

You need brighter lights in the city.

You can get away with **** ones on a dark road.

Its all got to do with the other lights around you. There is a reason why telescopes looking at stars are build in the back arse of nowhere, usually on a mountain.

Same principle applies here.

Stokolan

I was really cheap this set was on sale 4 weeks ago for €12.42 so got one

Now I have this set and the 3 led one on my bike.

tomasrojo

kona wrote: »

****ing ****

Surely you mean: ****ing w***ers?

Reminds me of a newspaper report where one person had used a strong epithet in reference to another person. Instead of censoriously writing "motherf***er", the editor had asterisked out the "mother" part and left the other part alone.

Rob_l

I left my lights at home one morning a few weeks ago, when i went to get back home in the evening I discovered this. I couldn't consciously risk my life like that I had to call someone to pick me and the bike up and as i got driven home the amount of idiot (insert stars for kona now) ****** cyclists with no lights at all, no hi-vis nothing, cycling through rathmines especially but everywhere in general was shocking. I could see them as a passanger focusing on the issue but the driver would not have been aware of many of them at all, what with concentrating on the road.

I didn't want to do it because I realised how invisible I was, to others it doesn't seem like that much of an issue at all.

Must be darwin award time soon!

Hungrycol

kona wrote: »

They are a bunch of cheapskate bankers, cruding bricks, they drive me narking crazy. And the dumbcadgers who reckon that a hi vis is okay... it not you bleeding half wit, you look like a donkey fred, with all your new cycle 2 work gear, and a hi vis and no light. Why not paint your car in glow in the dark paint and save on the light bulbs??? Mopping arseholes.

And cheap lights are no good, when your on the road there is no mucking way that a 10W light, mounted at a dodgey angle, pointing up to ET is going to get you seen over the 2 55W light bulbs in the car beside you.

You are crusing retards, get the blimy off the road you bleeding tricks. Your so dumb that you actually think its safe to run a red light in pitch dark?? kiss off, maybe youll get T-boned by another half wit doing the exact same.

Cheapskate fubbing tankers.

Fixed that for you (or does not now sound a sketch from the Two Ronnies:cool::cool:?)

BostonB

They don't read cycling forums.

Cops need to get a big truck and confiscate bikes of those cycling ninja's.

alfalad

Hungrycol wrote: »

Fixed that for you (or does not now sound a sketch from the Two Ronnies:cool::cool:?)

I love the Two Ronnies! Ronnie Baker was one of if not the best comedian of the last 50 years. Never need to swear or but rude yet was brilliant!

kona

tomasrojo wrote: »

Surely you mean: ****ing w***ers?

Reminds me of a newspaper report where one person had used a strong epithet in reference to another person. Instead of censoriously writing "motherf***er", the editor had asterisked out the "mother" part and left the other part alone.

Ha ha do you think I censor myself????:D:D

Type people without lights are ****ing pricks, see what comes up.

kona

BostonB wrote: »

They don't read cycling forums.

Cops need to get a big truck and confiscate bikes of those cycling ninja's.

They cant read because they are too ****ing stupid.

Obviously they are blind otherwise they would realise they look like a bunch of retards from a 80s disco.

c0rk3r

Give it a rest kona. If anything you push people in the opposite direction with this vitriolic rubbish

kona

c0rk3r wrote: »

Give it a rest kona. If anything you push people in the opposite direction with this vitriolic rubbish

who the **** are you?

uberwolf

kona wrote: »

They cant read because they are too ****ing stupid.

Obviously they are blind otherwise they would realise they look like a bunch of retards from a 80s disco.

deep breaths.

kona

uberwolf wrote: »

deep breaths.

These people deserve to be abused and crashed into until they cop on and buy lights.

They contribute some way to the hostility proper cyclists get on the road IMO.

daymobrew

kona wrote: »

These people deserve to be abused and crashed into until they cop on and buy lights.

I disagree. They do need to be informed of their stupidity but you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

kona wrote: »

They contribute some way to the hostility proper cyclists get on the road IMO.

I completely agree with this point though, it's as counter productive as cyclists breaking red lights.

D!armu!d

Back on topic, theres some good value lights from ribble at the moment too: Electron twinpack 4 LED 12.95

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/productdetail.asp?productcatalogue=ELECLIGH570000000000

BostonB

I think theres a pair of those on the 2nd hand bike I just bought. They look the same. I thought I'd be chucking them, for something better. But actually they are quite good too and am going to leave them on the bike. Good flash, and bright when on stready.

nitrogen

daymobrew wrote: »

I disagree. They do need to be informed of their stupidity but you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

And you catch ever more with sh!t.