Cycle lights knog blinder

Mike1961

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

little bit disappointed (in fact very disappointed) with the rechargeable battery life on this. Even though its off, it seems to run out of battery after 3/4 days.

anyone else having this problem?

Yep - I bought the front and rear for €15 a piece. I used the rear one for a few days and ... low and behold ... it needed charging after 3 days (around 3 hours in total). I'm hoping it will improve with use.

Look out for the little warning light letting you know it needs a recharge.

beauf

Mine still seem ok. no red light.

thebackbar

Mike1961 wrote: »

Yep - I bought the front and rear for €15 a piece. I used the rear one for a few days and ... low and behold ... it needed charging after 3 days (around 3 hours in total). I'm hoping it will improve with use.

Look out for the little warning light letting you know it needs a recharge.

same thing happened to me !

shedweller

Im thinking they need to be treated like a phone and keep them on charge when not in use.

iamtony

There is an Eco mode which is supposed to last a lot longer(10 hours or something) but I don't think it's supposed to last much longer than a few hours on the normal modes.

beauf

The manual says hold 2secs to turn off but hold longer 5secs and it goes into long storage mode. Maybe thats what I've been doing by accident.

ectoraige

I bought these five weeks ago, did the double charge as recommended in the manual when I got them and have used them five days a week since in and out of work, a 10-15 minute cycle on the eco mode. This morning the rear one indicated it needed a recharge for the first time. Very happy, much brighter and more durable than my previous rechargeable Blackburn Flea 2.0. Great bargain OP!

uck51js9zml2yt

There is 1 blinder in blanchardstown in a basket at the bottom of a shelf behind the bike counted for 10€. I got 2 for 8 each:)

There's also a frog but don't know the price

codie

Just been to halfords in Tralee and needed a rear light .I purchased the blinder at €38 with 10% off so not too impressed having read this.But I just looked at the little red sticker, which by the way was covered over with a barcode but managed to get it off.June 14 recommended first charge so bringing it back tomorrow.Should of known better with halfords .

thegift06

codie wrote: »

Just been to halfords in Tralee and needed a rear light .I purchased the blinder at €38 with 10% off so not too impressed having read this.But I just looked at the little red sticker, which by the way was covered over with a barcode but managed to get it off.June 14 recommended first charge so bringing it back tomorrow.Should of known better with halfords .

just get it here £15.78 + €6.46 delivery to Ireland or £15.78 + €3.95 (using parcel motel)

beauf

Bit of thread revival. Are all yours still working. My rear has stopped charging. I didn't use them over the summer. Now the front on is still working ok. The rear one has though won't charge to a green, stays red. Only lasts about 10 mins before. I bought mine in Sept. Pity. Kinda puts me off USB lights now. I suspect the 2yr warranty won't cover the battery part.

Borderfox

Both sets of mine are running great. Getting two to three hours out of them

terencemc

yeah mine are working fine too.

MugMugs

Mine are running so well, I can't find them

ectoraige

You might have to repeat the charging cycle, I did when I first got mine.

ectoraige wrote: »

I picked a pair up in Sligo, there were another two sets still there. Noticed in the instructions it said to repeat the charge if they had been unused for six months so given the sticker on them I did that. The front set seemed to go through a second charge, the rear one turned green within a minute. Bands stretch pretty well, quite happy with mine so far. Thanks OP.

Lights are still running great, think I've only had to recharge each a handful of times, use them daily.

beauf

Tks. I've tried it. Left it on the charger for a hours. Left it on for the 10 mins its takes to turn off. Then repeat. Might have another go.

Maybe its faulty rather than simply the battery.

muggles

Same issue here beauf. No hope of a revival I'd imagine. The second one I had I found on floor the other day having fallen off the bike. When I looked at it the rubber had just worn away. I thought these were great when I got them first, now not so much. Of course I've no receipts kept either. Glad I got them at sales price. I'd be fairly peeved if I'd paid full whack and both redundant within a year.

beauf

You might be able to swap the housings and put the rubber from the non working one into the working one?

muggles

beauf wrote: »

You might be able to swap the housings and put the rubber from the non working one into the working one?

I might actually. I'll have a look this evening.

friso59

There's actually a fix online using o-rings for when the rubber band snaps. It's not the most elegant of solutions but I've used it and it does work.