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Old 06-29-09, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
Take-a-look is indeed very functional, but really about the same as the Cycleaware Reflex, but the Reflex is a lot safer. Take-a-look gouged my face in an accident and I'm really pretty sure the Reflex would not have at all. If you're in the market, just look at both and imagine if either of them got crammed forcefully into your face. I don't like the take-a-look's very stiff, straight bare wire and brass tube that close to my face, either.
I tried the Reflex...crappy, easily-scratched plastic mirror with a convex lens that makes objects 'closer than they appear'. I tossed it after a week. YMMV
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