Planet Bike Blaze 1/2-Watt LED Bicycle Light with Helmet and QuickCam Mounts
The Blaze 1/2 Watt LED Bike Light from Planet Bike lights up the night at an affordable price with a Nichia 1/2-watt LED bulb that’s several times brighter than a standard white LED bulb. Ideal for commuters and regular night riders, the Blaze helps you see clearly at night while alerting drivers and other cyclists to your presence. This lightweight and efficient light uses just two AA batteries, reducing bulk and expense, and has up to 100 hours of battery life. Noted for its sturdy construction, compact design, strong light beam, and long life battery operation, the Blaze is a favorite of commuters and frequent riders. Equipped with a Quick Cam bracket mount as well as a helmet mount, the light installs, adjusts, or comes off in seconds without tools, making it a breeze to hop on your bike at a moment’s notice. While the Blaze LED Light offers plenty of light to illuminate the road and alert cars and other riders of your presence as a stand alone, its compact desi … >>> Special Offers and Product Promotions
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Over the last couple years I’ve accumulated several bike lights. Unfortunately, most lights under $100 are usually pretty dim and are usually more useful for being seen by car drivers than actually lighting up the road. Fortunately, with newer LED technology, inexpensive bike lights are becoming more capable. The Blaze is a big improvement over the Cateye EL-500 (LED) and the Planet Bike 5000x (halogen) that I have been using. The LED in the Blaze is brighter than both of those lights, its only drawback being that it is more of a spot beam than a flood. Depending on your needs, this can be a good or bad thing. I’ve found the Blaze very useful as a helmet mounted light to be used in addition to a handlebar mounted light with a brighter, wider beam. The Blaze is enough light to manage with on its own, provided you keep your speed below about 15 mph. It comes with both handlebar and helmet mounts and runs on 2 AA batteries. It appears just as bright with rechargeables as with alkalines.
All in all, the Blaze is an impressive little light, given its low price. For light that rivals a car’s headlights, you’ll still need to spend well over $100, but the Blaze proves that advanced LED technology is starting to trickle down into the really cheap lights, and that’s a good thing. Even a year ago, it would have been impossible to find an LED light this bright for less than $50. Highly recommended for those on a budget or as an addition to a brighter light with a wider flood beam.
This is a great light as long as you don’t have unrealistic expectations; it won’t illuminate the whole road or give you the brightness of the more expensive lighting options available. I feel plenty safe riding my bike at night with this light as it allows me to see reasonably well and adequately alerts those pesky car drivers that there is another vehicle on the road. The single 1/2W LED is much more powerful than any of the other 2-3 LED headlamps or flashlights that I own and the magnification produces a strong focused beam. Hardcore night-bikers might argue for much more expensive systems and the gadget gurus might insist on strapping on several more lights, but overall this is a well-constructed, practical light that will more than suit a good majority of commuters and more casual night-riders. For me, it’s perfect.
I bought an “affordable” LED light at a discount store and I must say I grew tired of it, the light was decent but it was heavy (4 AA batteries) and bulky. The answer is the Planet Bike Blaze, it’s EASY to install, lighter (2 AA batteries), compact, and the light is brighter than my previous light. It can even be placed on your helmet. If you’re looking for an fair priced product and great quality, I recommend this product.