I don't "take a breath" when we are talking about safety. It would have changed my purchase if I knew that this was the recharging mode. And the lack of access of finding items...I knew that bikers had posted about the mounting problems, but I didn't see a link to that rack plate anywhere on Amazon. I found that by searching for reviews for this light. Then, again, on Amazon, bikers warn that the bolts and nuts for this 3rd party item won't really work so well. Do you get my frustration?
They were correct, and I had to make an extra stop to Ace Hardware and use my Loctite to secure the plate on the road. I knew I would have to play around with my flag set up and use zip ties, and actually that was far easier than this. Now that my trip is over, I charged the light with my walwart, and have it set at its lowest flash intensity, and will run it, and see how long before it quits. This light was recommended by several review sites, and I get it about the light intensity. But, I wish there had been one review that had covered this recharging.