Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
The Planet Bike Turbo *IS* dim.
I run two lights at night, one steady, one flashing. Typically I'll run the Magicshine on steady on the rack, and the Cygolite Hotshot on my helmet on flash.
Running two rear lights is just sensible because you won't know if one of the lights goes out. Sure, I can see my lights reflected on street signs 1/2 mile back, but that only works reliably at night and on my route sometimes I go a mile between street signs. Also I have to remember to look and sometimes I'm busier dodging potholes than looking in my mirror looking to see if I can see the reflection from my taillights.
Oddly this happened to me just the other night. My Moon Shield went out during a cold winter ride. Not sure if the cold got to it or if it really was that low on charge. Cygolite Hotshot on the helmet kept me from not having a rear light. Indeed, never hurts to have two lights going. My AA powered wheel lights went out on my next ride ( *sigh* ) but been a while since I charged those so I didn't find that surprising. Nevertheless, things using small batteries don't like the cold...X2 if they're using NiMH.