Originally Posted by
McMitchell
I just ordered a N N.Oranie, front 700 lumens & rear light from Amazon for $27. I figured with 28 5 star ratings it was worth a shot. I do not plan to ride at night. I ride in the deep woods with low light and lots of turns though. I wanted something to make my bike more noticeable. I was looking for something that charged via USB and was easy to remove from a solid mount for recharging. May buy a flashlight mount for one of several USB flashlights, if I actually decide to ride at night. I have a USB charging “station” for: phone, iPad, flashlights.....adding a couple more is practically no trouble.
Update your review after using the light for awhile.
Fakespot analysis of reviews for various Amazon listings of the N N Oranie light indicate a lot of potentially fraudulent reviews. They gave it an F, about the worst grade I've seen for any Amazon product reviews. That's pretty common with newly introduced products with lots of shill reviews by compensated Amazon reviewers. The very few reviews other than 5 stars indicate some quality control problems.
As an Amazon reviewer who's occasionally been compensated, usually in the form of discounts, I'm skeptical of too many glowing reviews for new products. Even if reviewers want to leave honest reviews there isn't much incentive. Anything less than a 5 star review tends to get us dropped from consideration by vendors. I've left a few ratings of 2-4 stars with honest reviews of the products including positive and negative characteristics. I've never been asked to review another product by a vendor or manufacturer when I left anything less than 5 star reviews.
And Amazon has blocked one of my honest 5 star reviews because they received too many 5 star reviews for the same product in a short time. But the product really was that good, and an incredible value. Amazon's AI just didn't want to believe it.