Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I know the market is dominated by German lights, and they don't allow blinking lights. But others could fill the void, and the German companies could make blinking lights for export.
I feel that a steady light and a light that blinks is probably the safest combo. I like blinking lights that don't actually ever go to zero light, but just vary in intensity.
Agree that there is a market for dyno powered blinkers. I would use them in daytime when I am not using the hub to charge batteries.
Night time, I always use a steady light instead of blinker because the driver that I want to see me, that driver will have difficulty getting depth perception on a blinker, but a steady light is not a problem. There have been a few times I used a steady light and a blinker in traffic.
I usually have two taillights on my bikes, before I recently bought a dyno powered light they were always steady or blink, depending on how you set them.