Planet Bike Blinky 3 3 Led Rear Bicycle Light
Planet Bike Blinky 3 3 Led Rear Bicycle Light
The Planet Bike Blinky “3″ 3-Led Rear Bicycle Light provides 300 percent brighter eXtreme LEDs to ensure that you will be seen by cars coming up from behind for as far as one mile away. Users rave about the exceptional brightness of this powerful little light as well as its long battery life. The light features steady or blinking modes, and will run on two AAA batteries for up to 200 hours.
Super convenient and easy to use, the light has two mounting options–a clip for the seat post or a clip for a rear-side strut. The clip can also be attached to a bag or clothing so you can use it for night walking as well as riding. Easy to detach from the seat post mount, the light is small enough to fit into a pocket or small bag if you need to take it with you. Altogether, the Blinky is an economical choice that offers long-lasting visibility for night riding and lots of convenience.
What’s in the Box?
Planet Bike Blinky Bicycle light, seatpost mount, seatstay mount, two AAA batteries
About Planet Bike
In November 1996, Planet Bike was founded in Madison, WI. In many ways, Planet Bike began as a social experiment that dedicated itself to doing business in a different way. Instead of being just another company that develops and sells products with profit as its end goal, Planet Bike wanted to help bring about positive change for people, their communities, and the environment.
Despite being a simple machine, the people at Planet Bike have always believed that the bicycle has great potential to help improve the world and the lives of the people in it. From the start, they have embraced an alternative corporate purpose which seeks to help get more people on bicycles by making communities friendlier places for the self-propelled. By donating 25% of company profits to causes that promote and facilitate bicycle usage, Planet Bike hopes to make an impact.
Social experiments aside, Planet Bike was born from the heart of a cyclist with a goal of making innovative, high-quality, and practical bicycle accessories. Simply put, the company strives to design and develop the best bicycle products in the world. In the company’s short 10-year history, it has made important product innovations within the bicycle industry. Advancements include the four-line computer which is now a standard in the industry and the world’s first self-contained HID light. Not bad for a company that 10 years ago started as a one-man operation. Today, while still a small company, Planet Bike continues to evolve and improve its product line with the goal of always striving to build accessories that make it easier for people to ride their bikes. Since 1996, Planet Bike’s financial support of the grassroots bicycle movement has totaled $500,000. By 2010, they have made a goal to donate $1 million to organizations that are dedicated to making America a friendlier place for cyclists.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Bicycle Light
I think this light is well worth the money. I occasionally ride when
it’s dark and this “Blinky” add the measure of safety I wanted.
5 Stars Good stuff!!
This is a great product for the money. The mount was a cinch to install on the seat post of my bike and took only about 10 minutes. It comes without instructions, and I was a little puzzled at first as to how to install the batteries. That was a minor hurdle and certainly no reason to rate the light down at all. It was a simple matter of pulling the red lens cover away from the black part. It takes a little effort, and I was afraid of breaking it. However, it proved to be up to the task so don’t be too worried about that–you should be able to do it with just your hands easily enough. I can’t speak to the battery life at this point, but the light is BRIGHT! When I held it at arms length I was seeing spots afterwards. A driver would have to be asleep at the wheel not to notice me.
3 Stars Light good, attachment pieces terrible
Five stars for the actual light, one star for the attachment pieces. If you don’t have a seat bag, it should attach fine to your seat post. If you have a seat bag, then it has to clip to the back of your seat bag or on the seat stays. Neither of the two attachment pieces they sent fit on the seat stays on our Specialized bikes (which are not rounded). One of the piece is too large for the stays, the other is too small. So, we put the lights on our seat bag tags, but it just clips on and does not have a snap… and so one of ours fell off one of the bags when we were biking recently and hit a small bump. Thankfully we heard it fall and retrieved it; now I’m trying to cover the clip with duct tape. The manufacturer needs to have a clip bottom that actually snaps to the frame so there’s no possibility of the unit falling off. They also need to provide some type of adjustable attachment device that will ensure that the light can be attached to any seat stay.
5 Stars lifesaver
Does what it’s supposed to do, and does it well. 3 LEDs, plenty bright. Battery life is good. Comes with seat post and seat stay attachments, the stay one is pretty useful for attaching the light in odd places (such as my milk crate).
A typically well thought-out and quality Planet Bike product.
PS: This is the same light that comes with the combined Beamer 1 and Blinky 3 set, but the set doesn’t come with the seat stay mount.
4 Stars Good light for the price
Not much to say, this is a great light for the price. 3 functions work well and it is easy to install.
Plus, it’s from Madison, WI (great biking city) so you know it’s good!
