ThorFire Waterproof Bike Headlights Needs 10 reviewers!US only!

[cdjaney]

@wle

for me, they said ok fine, here is a code for amazon which will make it free, but the code did not work, so far.
(this process did work however, for their pf04 2xAAA penlight.)
wle

Yeah. I never got that reply even though I asked if they were going to do it via promo code on Amazon (because I did the PFO4 review they’d offered exactly as you said you’d done). Oh well, maybe they changed their mind. Kinda flaky

[cdjaney]

wle I sent you a PM.

[wle]

the first amazon code they sent did not work, i told them, they sent another one and that worked
$0.00 total cost, free shipping [may be due to me being amazon prime though]

i’m going to review it AND i am a night cyclist AND i have used cheap LED /Li-ion lights for at least 5 years
batteries tend to go bad
but they are great til then

wle

[cdjaney]

Good for you! I guess either my email just fell off their radar after their initial reply or they got their 10 reviewers before they got back to me. Noticing one or 2 that got the light, but didn’t reply on this thread necessarily. I guess they just emailed directly.

[Thorfire]

Oh…

Maybe the mail was banned,I sent you a PM,please kindly note that.

[robo819]

@teacher

@saypat

received a light today, review done and posted.

Post a link to review please………

Didn’t know if you wanted a link to other reviews or just saypat’s , but here is the review I did on the BL30 if you (or anyone) is interested.

Thorfire BL-30 Review

This is the Thorfire BL30 Bicycle light , sent for review from Thorfire. The light itself was free of charge with me paying only shipping fees of just under $6.00. That being said , I always try to give my honest opinion of the lights I review , purchased or free. This light came very well packaged as I have come to expect from Thorfire , with the Thorfire box packed inside an Amazon box and both boxes well padded inside. The BL30 is another nice light from Thorfire with a very bright and wide…

[semiman]

Well based on the pictures and beam shots, it looks pretty much like every other cheap 2x some likely Cree LED, claiming around 1500 lumens, with about 8000mA battery pack on the market.

Like nearly all the others, it has a basic reflector flashlight optic that produces a completely non-ideal beam pattern with too much foreground light, trees that are lit up with no useful purpose, and spill everywhere that blinds on-coming cyclists, pedestrians, and even motorists.

Like all similar lights, it gets good reviews on Amazon as it is more useful than the typical $30 bike shop lights, but then again, the reviewers likely have not had it shining in their eyes … or used a bike light with a properly designed beam pattern.

Unfortunately, 99% of the companies who make these have 0 optical design experience and hence this is what you end up with.

Looks like a pretty uninspiring design that is pretty much the same (including the optics, battery pack, connector, mounting method), of lights that can be had as low as $25-30, but then again you can pay a lot more too.