RZ8 has been out for well over a year. If you purchased one, is it still working? Any problems with it? Are you glad that you got it? It is an expensive light and would like to get some feedback before I purchase one. Thank you

I have the prior generation of the White Zone 5. I am dissatisfied with the product and customer service from Niteflux.

Within three months, the product failed. Fully charged, it would not light.

Niteflux promised to replace it soon, but said it would be delayed because of international shipping issues. Over a period of six months the waiting continued, with no response to emails to customer service. I paid $99.99 for a light that gave me fewer than 39 uses in less than three months, and the company did not stand behind the product.

I like the concept and I liked the product when it worked. I did not get $99.99 value from the product.

Thank you for the feedback. What tail light(s) did you get to replace the Niteflux?

My standard set now is the Dinotte 300R, day and night (except in group rides), and the Cygolite HotShot as a secondary or backup light. In the daytime the Dinotte is on low steady with flash, and in the evening the Dinotte is on low steady, with the HotShot on pulse.

What I like about the Niteflux is the very wide spread of the light, so that you're getting more side lighting than with most any other. To get a lot of side lighting, I add amber lights mounted on the downtube.

I have the White Zone 5 and two Red Zone 4s.

The first Red Zone 4 I purchased in December 2012. The light worked fine for a whole year until December 2013, when the LED on one end refused to light up. I contacted Niteflux. Their responses were prompt. The light could be repaired by use of a soldering iron. Unfortunately I did not have one and said so. They then shipped me a replacement. So now I have two lights - one partially crippled. I use both for my weekday commutes to work.

I bought the White Zone 5 in September 2013. 8 months so far and no problems.

I have found that Niteflux is responsive to customer queries. If there are shortages in stock my feeling would be that they would tell you straight up and not keep you waiting.

I live in tropical Singapore, in the humidity and wet. The lights have fared well.

As mentioned by Athens80, the side visibility can't be beat. I understand that the most common form of accident is being hit from the side. These lights are effective.

I think the Whitezone 5 has a bigger battery than the Redzone 4, and though it has a higher output, seem to last a lot longer.

I like these lights. Also the Redzone 8 may be overkill.

Oh! Just one more comment.

I understand the batteries these lights use discharge a constant voltage at all times, all the way up to running out. This means that the light gives out constant power at whatever the charge level. It does not dim as the batteries run out.

Instead, when the battery runs low, the light output drops to medium brightness and the blink pattern changes.

I like that the lumens output remains constant. With some other lights I have the light is brightest with new batteries, but gets dimmer with time. Not so the niteflux.

Comment from someone who doesn't own a Niteflux product: I've read the comments from more than a handful of people who have bought the Niteflux products. Reviews tend to be mixed and from what I've read the customer service at times can be slow.

I like the concept ( wide rear lighting ) that Niteflux brings to their design BUT....I feel the design and build of their lamps is very simple and as such this should be reflected in the asking price, however this is not the case. In my opinion the Niteflux products are over priced. The Red Zone 8 was talked about for almost a year before it finally came to market. I don't know what the hold up was but it certainly had the previous buyers of Niteflux products quite flustered.

Yes, the RZ8 is definitely overkill but there are people that like the idea of overkill. Personally I don't think I'd go with the RZ8 but the RZ4 should be more than enough to get you seen anywhere.

On the other hand I'm very satisfied with the current offerings of rear self-contained mini-flashers sold by the many companies that make these kinds of lights. My personal favorites are two; Namely the Cygolite Hotshot and the Moon Shield. The Hotshot has perhaps the best UI in the market when it comes to rear lighting. It is very versatile. Some complain that the beam pattern is too narrow but with that said I've seen video that showed the Hotshot being more visible ( from the rear ) than the RZ4 at a distance.

The Moon Shield is my other favorite. The output from this lamp is wider than the Hotshot and more visible from the side. From a distance the two are fairly equal. The Moon Shield has three very useable steady modes, one strobe (flicker) mode and one flash mode. I like the flash mode. It is bright, it is highly visible both from a distance and close up. I do own a brighter rear lamp but truth be told, I feel just as safe with the Shield as with my other brighter lamp ( which has shorter run time ). I believe on flash the Shield is suppose to *run 7hrs although I've never confirmed that myself. The Moon Shield has a sister product made by Serfas although it is a tad over priced. Still it can be bought for about $50 USD which is not entirely unreasonable. The Moon version is available in the U.K., it has one extra mode. Best bang for the buck is still the Cygolite Hotshot.

( *Note: reported run times vary. It should be noted here that both the Hotshot and the Shield can be operated while charging. This should mean that if you desire longer run times that you should be able to use an external phone battery/charger designed to charge a USB device ( although I've never tried this myself I plan to ))

IIRC, the light has 5 different levels of power and 8 flash modes. The light can be programmed to some extent. For example you could remove power levels 1,2 and 4 leaving only power levels 3 and 5 to cycle through. The light also remembers which power level was also last left on. It is USB chargeable, and as, mentioned before, has that constant lumens output even at low power. I'm not sure that the Niteflux could be called a simple device. Perhaps simpler than the Cygolite but not significantly so.

The dual point output is better at getting attention. The two output points are about 90mm apart, and perhaps increases the odds of being visible in case one point is blocked by, for example, a vehicle close behind.

The wide blast radius is a rare feature. My rear facing niteflux splashes light forward at good strength, so it may be visible to side approaching traffic more so than the Cygolite or Moonshield. I worry more about side approaching traffic than the ones coming up from behind me.

My feeling is that the light is most useful for busy urban environments with traffic approaching from the sides. I have personally felt that the additional cost is justified. I think the product does a good job, and has made a difference to my commute.

Here is a video of my lights:

Testing my Niteflux "Be Seen" Commuter Lighting Solution - YouTube