Waterproof 5 LED Bike Head Light With 9 LED Rear Flashlight Set

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Milly over at Pandawill asked me if I would review this bike light set .

The parts out of the packet :

At under $5 I have to say , this is not a bad set up .

I dont think this light set is is for anything more than for a cyclist to be seen by motorists , and anyone else who may need to see a cyclist before any possible incident , and in that regard , this light set does its job very well .

As can be seen in the picture , the lights certainly put out more than enough light to be seen ..

The front light has 3 modes , Constant on , slow strobe , and a strobe sequence consisting of 3 fast flashes and a small gap before repaeating ..

The rear light has several flashy modes [ real funky ] as well as just being on without any fancy sequence of flashes .

The lights take AAA batteries , 4 for the front light and 2 for the rear light ..

A nice feature is you can not enter the battery holder the wrong way for the front light , it only goes in one way .

Now I know it says water proof in the heading , but I dont think so , the front light looks to be very water resistant , possibly water proof , and the rear light looks to be water resistant , how water proof ? If I put it into a container of water , Im not so sure the internals would stay dry .

Im rather confident both front and rear should handle rain [ but lets remember the entry price ] .

I think the lights would be suitable for road use as they apear to be well made for the price , but I would most likely tighten up the mounting system as this is the weakest link in most bike lights .

For the price , certainly a worthwhile consideration if you want to be seen while riding a bike ...

Last word :

I like it , the weakest link is the mounting system , where both lights attach to the mounts , and I would do something to tighten them up , like maybe a strip of tape , or just something to tighten up the tolorances to a inteferance fit so that vibration wont be an issue .. So keeping in mind this is a sub $5 package , I think it has something to offer , and if the buyer-user sets it up well , no reason it should not give decent service .

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well, what are you waiting for? sink it under water! :)

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None of my browsers like posting multiple pictures , so this is time consuming .... I will get there

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Yeah , looks like free shipping , but no batteries !

I was going to dunk them today - ran out of time yesterday - had to fix the lock on the back door fly screen .

The front light by design , locks up tight , and would be very resistant to water intrusion , from what I can see .

The rear light , simply by design = Large flat contact surface - even with a O ring to seal - looks like it may be not quite so effective ..

I think if a owner were to add some sealing agent , the lights could be made water proof . Even by simply running some tape around the edges of the lights where they join , [ More the rear light ] would bolster confidence in it to handle some seriously wet conditions , and keep out moisture .

Anyhow , I will dunk the lights some time today and see what happens .

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