Originally Posted by
martinrjensen
If your light doesn't blink, you blend in with the surroundings. The blinky aspect makes you stand out and that's the whole reason for a light. This is not an opinion, it's fact. If your tail light doesn't blink, it's not as good, period. Get a Planet Bike SuperfFash. It's all you need. If you want more, get 2. You will get nothing better, you can get brighter, but not better.
Rather than argue whether any particular light is as good, blinky or not, I'd just like to point out that I've just upgraded and now have a mudguard light, two PBSF on the seatstays, two multicolour lights on the rear carrier, two b-spoke on the seatpost and two round blinkies are going on the saddle.
Some of these are on solid, some on flash and I'm just adding a high power rear light as we speak
I'm not sure I'm going to blend in with the surroundings.
Blinkies are fine, but on their own they aren't 'better' than a fixed light.
A single blinky can be very difficult for a motorist to get a fix on.
