Yeah, saying that an average blinkie is visible for 50 feet is kind of silly. I guess if you buy the cheapest light you can find at the dollar store then your average may be 50 feet. But many laws require 500 foot visibility, and I know that people at work have said they saw me from over a half mile away, and that was when I was running SuperFlashes. Now that I have a Dinotte 140L, I've had people say that they were able to see my light even when we were both heading into the sun and they couldn't see much of anything.