Originally Posted by
mechBgon
That's the Nova BULL emergency-vehicle strobe, around 120 lumens. It has a variety of modes, some of them very "ballistic" as you'd expect for its target market. In the videos I posted earlier, one shows it running quad-flash, the other shows it on double-blink. I'm not sure they're still being made, but the Whelen TIR-3 is an equivalent. I got unsolicited praise and questions about the Nova from motorists. They said they liked how I was easy to notice from long distances.
These days, similar power is available from the DiNotte line and the Cygolite Hotshot, and NiteRider's Solas will probably be another good contender in the sub-$50 market. The Solas has the rippled beam-spreader optic like the Cherry Bomb, which should cover a wider arc than the Hotshot as long as it's aimed level.
Interesting light, thanks for sharing it with us here. Have you by chance compared it the usual bicycle rear lights like the Cygolight Hotshot or the Light & Motion Vis 180, or some other such bright lights?
And what battery does it take, how many, and how long will the the bats last?
The thing about reflectors that most of us are forgetting is that they only work as designed if the headlights on the car are properly aimed and at the right angle to the reflector.