Seriously, very bright light! I made the mistake of looking at mine in the blinking mode. It hurt my eyes. I also am made to ride at the back of a group ride.

Thanks for the comments. I just got two, mounted side-by-side on opposite sides of a rear rack, I'll probably run one solid, one flashing.

Even with a rack, I could not figure out how to mount the Dinotte. Well, I could mount it, but then it would interfere with my bags.

There are probably about 10000 posts here already talking about it, searching the forums will help there.
Here's a tail light review that I did where the superflash was involved, includes photos
http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=375687

The Planet Bike SuperFlash is the only bike item I have comtemplated buying a second time before the original had been lost or broken.

I have dropped it three times on concrete, the cover popped off twice. There are no cracks. It functions flawlessly. Mine is installed on the seatpost. It has never left its station without permission.

I never use the steady beam mode. Ride 2 hours a day, one in darkness. Batteries last for almost ever. Currently running hybrid AAA for months and am finally going to recharge them for the first time.

My experience, it is so light in weight,:P that when riding over a big, jarring bump, it stays put. I can reach around to check if it is still there. It always is. My commute induces me to do this often. There are places on my commute, at night , that allow me to detect the SuperFlash in my peripheral vision. My peripheral vision isn't so good anymore.

Planet Bike deserves kudos for this one.

Superflash Warning!!
 

I think you've gotten some great feedback here, but I have to add a warning that I wish someone had given me before I received mine:

Do NOT look at the light when you first get it!! I was looking directly into mine when I first turned it on and I was partially blind for about a week! :eek:

Too late! :cry:

I got the Superflash after seeing it on a fellow commuter's bike.

For the record I prefer blinky mode. I think the irregular pattern really sets off that little reptilian motion-sensing part of the brain. Certainly for $30 or so for two, it beats any basic LED blinky I have seen--I have one with something like 9 LEDs that was over $30 and the Superflash blows it right out of the water.

Ridden in the rain, no problems, have dropped it once (didn't click it into the receiver on the seatpost quite all the way), no problem. Really, all this mostly to say "+1"--simply an unbeatable value.

I haven't been hit since I started using the PBSF!!

It's now available with a black back and a clear lens, for those of you into the "greyscale" look.

http://ecom1.planetbike.com/planetbike/media/3034_1.jpg

ps. I have been hit while using it.

I don't know what the battery life is because I just run rechargables in everything, and every 2nd weekend I take everything off and recharge. So all I know for sure is that two rechargable AAAs (900+ mAh) will run it for 10 days plus at about 50 minutes a day, in blink mode.

I love my SuperFlash
 

I've been using a Planet Bike SuperFlash purchased at MEC for the past 8 months or so.

How effective has it been for you? How visible is it? Can it be seen by others during the day? Please describe.
Very effective. I usually keep it in blink mode during the day and in continuous mode at dusk and during the night. It's hard for a car to miss it that powerful red LED...

How well does it hold it up?
Well, I've had only one issue so far. I unclip it every time I park my bike and reclip it every time I get on my bike... So, two weeks ago as I'm departing, I jump off a curb... And after a few seconds of pedaling, I do my final pre-flight check by looking between my legs while slowly riding off - so that I can check that my SuperFlash is online, and that my panniers are attached correctly, that my shoelaces are properly tucked and such... I notice that the SuperFlash has separated... The body, battery holder and gasket lay on the ground with only the white plastic part of the body still attached securely to the bike. Has only happened once in eight months, and I blame it on my rough handling - frequently attaching and detaching it from the bike. Even after falling down in the slush it still works great.

Does it get affected by rain?
No, the rubber gasket is doing a great job... I've been using it daily all winter, it's been splashed by slush, covered with snow, and also soaked by rain, and I haven't had a single problem with it.

How often would I need to change the batteries?
I use Sanyo Eneloops, and I usually recharge them every few weeks. I never ran out of charge.

Where and/or how many places could it be mounted?
Seatpost. Where else?

Planet Bike SuperFlash gets 10/10 from me

got mine for christmas...when i first put it on i was amazed how bright it was
i will have to ask some drivers how they like it

One thing to add: in sub-20 deg temps, mine would stop working.
Now, that could be the rechargable batteries (NiCad) I had in the SF, but I won't know until next winter. My other rear light is a Mars 2.0 & that kept running to negative temps.

Otherwise, I think its the best blinky I've personally seen or used.

one neat thing about the PB blinkies (3,5,7 and SF) is you can get a rack-reflector mount to clip the light into. (the blinky 5 includes the rack mount, too, or at least it has everywhere i've seen it!)

here's the rack mount:
http://ecom1.planetbike.com/3108.html
it's out of stock there, but other online stores have it. if you don't have a reflector bracket on your rack, you can get one from planet bike for $4 shipped (with some extra rack mounting hardware included).

i have blinky 7s (on my seatstays) so i'm stoked that i can use all the same hardware and mounts. i'm going to get a superflash within the week i think, and put it on the rack. my rack trunk makes it so i can't use a seatpost mount.

the cat eye tl-ld1000 can be rack-mounted, too, but i think you have to screw it permanently in (am i lying? i hope so). i have one of them, but i don't like it that much. i haven't put it on my new bike, although i might eventually. it's so heavy that if i went over bumps with it on the seatpost of my old bike, it would click down a little bit at a time until it was pointing down at the rear tire.

I lost a Cateye tl-ld1100 after the heavy thing snapped the Aluminum reflector bracket that was supplied by Delta when I bought my rack. It has been a seatpost mounted light since w/o a problem.

Recently picked up a PBSF and I'm trying to figure a way to mount to the back of my Delta Post Porter rack. After phoning Planet Bike, I learned the taillight rack bracket will be available in late APR. Searched unsuccessfully for any other vendor to sell me one.

http://www.bikesomewhere.com/bikesom...273/1891/18837
i haven't ordered yet though so save two for me and my sister! :)
if that doesn't work, here's my search:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=planet+bike+3108

too bad everyone charges so much for shipping though. it's high finance trying to figure out where to get what.

+1000

This is, I think, the most important thing. That, flash, flash FLASH. trick is really noticeable.

The TL-1000 has been replaced with the TL-1100, which is brighter and offers better visibility than the SF, especially in daytime.

is it as heavy as the tl ld1000?

How effective has it been for you?
Very. It is far more noticeable than any other light i've yet tried, yet (at $14.75) cost roughly the same as the Topeak RedLite, which is an inferior light, or even worse - the Knog Frog, of which I purchased at a bike shop at the cost of $12 at the recommendation of a friend (this light is utterly pathetic next to the Superflash. I have a feeling people buy this one for the looks, not the performance)

How visible is it? Can it be seen by others during the day? Please describe.
Yes, I find that even in the day it is bright enough to be a focus point for being seen.

How well does it hold it up?
I set my Xtracycle on end one day, pinning the Superflash underneath and it was just fine. Also whacked it into a concrete post while turning the bike about, just fine once more.

Does it get affected by rain?
No troubles so far!

How often would I need to change the batteries?
The batteries last quite long, no exact indication but it isn't a weekly exercise. I recharge the 1000mah NiMH batteries its being used with about once every 3 weeks, just to be sure it keeps running.

Where and/or how many places could it be mounted?
Bike: Seatpost, seatstay, rack (there's a clip PB sells to go right onto the rack mount for a reflector)
Rider: The clip could be used to stick it to a bag, I think it came with an arm strap but if it did, I lost it :)
Xtracycle: It will go on the V-Racks or centre bridge with a slightly thicker shim.

What other information is there that I haven't asked about? If so, what is it?
It chews Knog to pieces.

It's the same light with brighter LEDs. Neither of them are very heavy.

I think that by itself it's insufficient because from a distance, the brighter/main LED is very visible but the two smaller ones aren't significantly visible. That being the case I consider the light to be non-visible about half the time it's operating and since motorists can come up on you at speeds of like 40mph it's better to have another light that flashes at a higher frequency. Such a light would be the Blackburn Mars 3.0 which I use as my main light and I'm going to use a SF to supplement it.

They still sell NiCads? I'm not too surprised; last I checked, AAA NiCads were horribly low capacity, like 250 mAh. Get them cold and they probably lose a lot of that.

My older AAA NiMHs are 850, and the new ones are 1000 mAh.

I've had mine running fine on NiMHs down to -10*F so far. Last time it was colder than that around here I was still running the TL-LD1000 and an amber xenon strobe.

Thanks for the link Wild Animals. I only need one. How's things in OR? I just moved from Salem to Colorado a while back.

things are good! last week was spring break, and we had hail and SNOW. what on earth, right?