“SPARKY” Safety Light System
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“SPARKY” Safety Light System
Recently purchased this light here in the high desert (Mojave Ca.), works great and very bright, nice compact weather proof casing and ability to individually select any one of three or all Xenon lights, not including controlling the frequency of the strobe effects. Seems cars do move over and reduce speeds during daylight riding, thought I'd share this tid bit of information and safe riding.
https://www.eryderusa.com/SP_main.htm
https://www.eryderusa.com/SP_main.htm
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The Sparky is a xenon strobe, which is different from LED's. It's much brighter and more noticeable. It's harder on batteries, but if you use rechargeables that makes a big difference in the cost.
My lights run on a 12V system, so I got a xenon strobe from Radio Shack for $8 and hooked it up. Drivers really give me a lot of room and exercise much greater caution around me, now. Another plus is that my particular xenon strobe (and perhaps the Sparky as well) is very effective in the daytime, so it gets round-the-clock use. My old LED's were pretty useless in the daytime.
My lights run on a 12V system, so I got a xenon strobe from Radio Shack for $8 and hooked it up. Drivers really give me a lot of room and exercise much greater caution around me, now. Another plus is that my particular xenon strobe (and perhaps the Sparky as well) is very effective in the daytime, so it gets round-the-clock use. My old LED's were pretty useless in the daytime.
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It uses AA's, dry cell's is what I'm using and as for the battery life of the Sparky, I've never actually measured it. $24.00 buck's, pretty cheap for this type of visability, I do consider my hide and good health worth waaaaay more then 24 buck's.
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Actually I think if your looking for a strobe rear light see this instead: https://www.lightmanstrobes.com/bike.htm
This is visible from a wider angle then the Sparky plus in some states blue, yellow or green on the rear is illegal and the Lightmanstrobe has law enforcement following. The price between the two is about $2!
By the way Condor I use to live in Quartz Hill out in the Palmdale area and use to ride to Mojave. Not too much fun when the wind picked up around 2 to 3 pm. And the old thorn in the tire became an old story quick. I guess now Mojave might become a ghost town after that freeway bypass went in there. I stopped off there recently and found the town almost void of people that use to crowd the gas stations and fast food joints.
This is visible from a wider angle then the Sparky plus in some states blue, yellow or green on the rear is illegal and the Lightmanstrobe has law enforcement following. The price between the two is about $2!
By the way Condor I use to live in Quartz Hill out in the Palmdale area and use to ride to Mojave. Not too much fun when the wind picked up around 2 to 3 pm. And the old thorn in the tire became an old story quick. I guess now Mojave might become a ghost town after that freeway bypass went in there. I stopped off there recently and found the town almost void of people that use to crowd the gas stations and fast food joints.
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Froze, actually I meant in a general term - here in Barstow - Victorville area. Bit nicer but not much. I prefer the wind thou. Really bright out here, that's why I went with a Xenon for daylight riding and super overkill for night.Either way it's a win win situation.
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Originally Posted by condor63
Froze, actually I meant in a general term - here in Barstow - Victorville area. Bit nicer but not much. I prefer the wind thou. Really bright out here, that's why I went with a Xenon for daylight riding and super overkill for night.Either way it's a win win situation.