Great for blink lights, Okay for seeing in the dark. I bought this set to comply with bicycle light laws in San Francisco, and these lights got the job done. Both the head lamp and the tail light have a couple of settings: on and blink. I would recommend using blink, at least for the head lamp, to save the batteries.
If you’re looking for a head lamp to illuminate the road/trail, this is not the set for you. The lamp does do a halfway decent job of lighting the area in front of you, but there are better options in terms of battery life and illumination. On the other hand, if you just need a front blink light, this lamp works wonderfully. Since the lamp doesn’t give off tons of light, you won’t feel like you’re driving into a strobe light while it’s blinking. Most importantly, people will easily be able to see you with the lamp.
The rear lamp is pretty standard, and makes you plenty visible.
The braces for attaching the lights to your bike are plastic, but solid nonetheless.
To conclude, this is the perfect set of blink lights, and a mediocre head lamp for vision in the dark.
Good for urban areas with street lights. This is what I have on my xtracycle cargo bike right now. The headlight has performed really well over the years. It’s waterproof and the batteries can easily be taken out and installed. You just turn the knob and put the batteries in-no unscrewing the light just to put batteries in which is nice. The only issue I have with the light is that I often take Planet Bike Beamer 1 and Blinky 3 LED Bicycle Light Set on and off when i lock up my bike somewhere. Although it easily comes off your bike handlebars, the rubber piece that attaches to the mount can easily get lost.It’s bright enough for urban areas with street lights. If you are off road I’d go with something more powerful.
The blinky has also put up with a good amount of abuse over the years. The only issue I have with it is that the batteries are a really tight fit-which is typical i’ve found of most blinkies. So sometimes it’s a pain getting the old batteries out. I usually use recharable batteries.
In addition to a planet bike headlight and blinky I use a Down Low Glow Lighting Kit – Two Tubes-Envy(green) and for darker non-urban areas I will use a Blackburn Quadrant Bicycle Light