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Planet Bike Blinky “3″ 3-Led Rear Bicycle Light
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #76 in Sports & Outdoors
- Brand: Planet Bike
- Model: 3009
- Released on: 2007-06-13
- Dimensions: 1.90″ h x 2.70″ w x 4.60″ l, .20 pounds
Features
- Planet Bike Blinky Bicycle Light with included batteries, seatpost, and seatstay mounts
- Three super-bright red eXtreme LEDs and a built-in parabolic reflector provide visibility for up to one mile
- Flashing and steady modes with up to 200 hours of run time on two AAA batteries
- Ultra-compact case is weatherproof, lightweight, and durable
- Easy to mount: clips to seat post, rear side strut, or your clothing
Cheap, effective visibility from the rear when you bike.
The purpose of any LED tail light is to make sure cars coming up behind you know you’re there. The Planet Bike Blinky 3 does a fine job at that, stays put, has great battery life and doesn’t cost much. You get two mounting options – a big cheap plastic clip for the seat post and a smaller clip for a rear side strut. I put mine on the seat post. In past years when I had a baby seat I would have used the side strut. You also get two settings – steady and blinking. That’s the only negative in my book. I can’t imagine using anything but blinking.
This is pretty much a no brainer. My wife’s has been through almost 8 years of abuse and has had only one battery change. I didn’t think twice when it was time for my bike and my son’s to get this safety enhancement. I now bike a lot during the late night. I haven’t had a close call with a car coming up from my rear yet. Enough said.
Update – 8 months later (6/5/09): I added a bike rack over my rear wheel and had to re-mount this because the rack’s cargo obscured the seat post. Neither included mount fit the small gauge bars of the rack. I was able to use the small mounting clip by adding a small strip of black rubber (cut from an old inner tube scrap I had lying around). Because of the orientation of the rack’s bars my light is now sideways. This arrangement works fine for me. I’m still on my original set of batteries and I use the light at least once a week.
Its ok but check your seat post first
Nice and bright, different flash settings, great visibility, mounting needs a little improvement. If there’s one piece of advice I can give is check your seat-post before using this light. The seat-post is the ideal spot for placing this since you want the flashing to be as high as possible. Unfortunately my Raleigh SC40 has a seat shock post which is far too wide to use the mounting 
The rear forks also do not accomodate the mounting so there are precious few places this can be done. Unfurtunately, this means my flashing light is relegated to operate from a plastic bag dangling from my seat
safe, really safe
This rear light can be seen for BLOCKS!! A great feature is the clip–it can be either clipped onto its seat post attachment or to a piece of clothing, if you walk at night. Battery life on blink (which is IMO much safer than constantly on) is weeks, if not months. Small enough to easily fit into a pocket, if you need to take it with.
