The Scotchlite reflectant fabric (with no clear protector) seems to lose reflectivity pretty steadily from washing. Come to think of it, the High gloss 2" 3-M glass bead doesn't seem to lose much at all even with flexing.
I tried the fiber optic first, but couldn't get good visibiity better than say 6'. Cool idea tho.
Originally Posted by
2manybikes
You mean from flexing or abrasion, like wearing something or washing it ?
Bailey has a new leash that has a red LED light in a little pouch with the bulb end touching one end of a clear soft plastic fiberoptic "like" tube That shows light along the lenght when viewed from the sides. It is on top of the yellow reflective tape. It's pretty good for $10, not great, but OK. Apparently you could make the clear tube as long as you like. Like going around a helmet or something.
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c...6_1986_6552668