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Hi johnsonzhan.
You are idiots.

Gotta mention my favorite: NiteRider Solas. Will do what the L&M Vis 180 does, only better IMHO!

Don't skimp on a tail light. At the very least, PDW Dangerzone is the most bang for the buck. Good angle visibility. Don't get caught up in getting the brightest tail light there is for the least amount of money. A lot of the beams are narrowly focused, so if a vehicle is not directly behind you, visibility isn't all it's cracked up to be. Maybe it's my imagination, but it seems vehicles approach bicycles in quite a few directions. Might as well get the most surround visibility possible.

I have a new favorite tail light. The Searfas Thunderbolt. It does not have the same total light output as some of the biggies, but is usee the light output better to create visibility from multiple angles. This light does not depend on the viewer being in a narrow carefully aimed come behind you. People come up to me and ask what light I am using because it is so visible, The 30 micro LEDs also make a bigger viewing spot that is easier to gauge depth perception with and the broad light spill lights your back and the road around you somewhat so people can tell it is a cyclist and not just a point of light at some vague distance away. This straps easily to the back of my helmet in a horizontal position.
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Just ordered this today - more for fun (lasers!) than anything else. Will add it to my existing setup w/just the lasers turned on. Liked the fact that it is rechargeable and thought it would be cool to have the lasers illuminating the ground to either side.

Vistop Bike Cycling Safety Zone Tail Light 8 LED with 2 Red Laser

Cateye Rapid 3 (previously mentioned) is a bargain. Sometimes use 2 when commuting.

Arrived today, and unless this turns out to be unreliable, it looks like a good deal. :)

It comes w/a post mount, USB charging cable w/special adapter at one end, and USB plug w/LED. The LED on the USB plug is green when the light is fully charged, and orange when it's charging. I would have preferred a standard micro USB cable for charging and a charge LED on the taillight, so I could use any USB cable/USB plug for charging, but it's not that big a deal.

It's big and bright, has a nice quality feel to it. The lasers are very bright (visible in a lit room) and and you can enable the lasers, the LEDs, or both, and both have blinking and continuous modes.

- Lasers have three modes - slow flash, fast flash, and continuous.
- LEDs have three modes - rotate through four different flash patterns using sub-sets of the LEDs, repeat one flash pattern using all the LEDs, all LEDs on continuously.

I haven't had a chance to test distance visibility yet in a realistic setting, but it looks very bright and should suit my needs perfectly. Actually I'm a little worried that friends I ride with might think it's a little too bright.
Have to see if it ends up being reliable/trouble-free, but my initial impression is very positive - glad I decided to check it out.

Cygolite Hotshot 2 watt is what I use, and hard to find a better one and better value than that.

Another vote for the PDW Radbot 1000. It's nice and bright, mounts to my rear rack, and is still about $18 on Amazon.

For $25 I'd go with the Cygolite Hotshot. Never had an issue with mine and it's seriously bright. Just mount it aimed level straight back and cars will give you a wide berth passing. I always use two rear lights and my second light is the Serfas Shield, which is another 2 watt light that I love, but it is out of the price range.

I own the PB Superflash (.5 watts) and the PB Superflash Turbo (1 watt).
Is the new gold standard, for a comparably priced rear blinky, now the HotShot (2 watts)?

The Radbot 1000 at $25 was my choice and like it immensely. It comes with a variety of mounting options including a rear rack mounting bracket which I was wanting / needing. It's quite rear focussed and extremely bright with 2 flashing options and solid light. A downside might be that a small phillips screw driver is required to change the batteries but this also makes it extremely weatherproof.

It also makes the business end of the light not *just fall off* like the Planet Bike Super Flash will do it you don't secure it with tape, rubber band or zip tie.

For $15, the Red Planet from Portland Design Works (PDW) is hard to beat. If you bust the budget and go up to $35, the Danger Zone light from PDW is bomb proof and is bright enough to make fire trucks jealous.

Cygolite Hotshot 2W, hands down. I've had mine for about 4 years now and it's paid for itself over and over again. They cost a little more than $25 now.... The newer 2014 'SL' version is around the price point but, I have no idea how it compares to the original.

I'm looking for something to mount on a helmet, $10-20 range, ideally powered by a 14500 Li-ion rechargeable battery.

Especially, I want something with a WIDER BEAM so it remains visible as the helmet moves around. As opposed to something with a narrow beam that has long visibility when frame mounted and aimed straight back down the road.

I just bought this from ebay- $20 shipped for 5 units- incredibly bright, very cheap, small, zoomable -
1200LM XPE Mini Zoomable CREE Q5 LED Flashlight
If I could find similar with a red LED instead of white, this would be ideal.

Any suggestions appreciated.

I just got a Blackburn 2'FER last week. Seems pretty good for $25. I just grabbed it because it was cheap, bright and I hadn't had time yet to research lights (I just began riding again recently after a 30-year break). No regrets.

It's plenty bright enough for a rear light. Adequate as a front warning light, but not quite bright enough to actually be useful to illuminate the road (I've ridden at night only once with the 2'FER as a front light). Choice of steady or sorta-random flashing, white or red. Easy to operate. USB rechargeable. Seems to last as long per charge as the specs (1.5 hours steady/5 hours flashing). I was caught out after dark for nearly 3 hours after missing the last bus home, and the 2'FER was still going.

I'm going to add a brighter headlight but the 2'FER is a keeper for a rear light or all purpose pocket light, including for pedestrians.

Pros:
*Versatile. One doodad for front or rear use. Decent all purpose utility flashlight for a keychain or lapel wear too.
*Plenty bright enough as a rear red light, steady or flashing.
*Adequately bright as a front white warning light, steady or flashing.
*Reasonably visible from sides as well.
*Run-time per charge seems good (may decrease with age and use).
*Recharges in a reasonable time via USB port.
*Detachable rubber "wrist" strap fits easily and snugly around handlebar, Mirrycle mirror post, but not quite around the stem.
*Plastic clip snaps snugly into Bontrager rear rack, with some wiggling.
*Very small, lightweight, well made with positive operating switch. About the size and weight of a plastic digital wristwatch.
*Seems solid and weather-resistant.
*Very easy to operate, including the four modes (white, red, steady, flashing).
*Defaults to last mode selected when turned on again.
*Built-in estimator lamps for remaining charge (green, orange, red for full to low warning).

Cons:
*Not quite bright enough to be useful as a full time headlight for road illumination.
*I'm doubtful about long term durability of the rubber "wrist" strap, but it's easily replaced with Velcro or whatever you like.
*Plastic clip seems highly stressed for attaching/detaching to/from rubber strap. If it breaks I suppose Velcro tape could be used.
*USB micro recharger only, no replaceable battery backup.
*No built in angle adjustment, if you'd rather not blind oncoming drivers. But it's probably not quite bright enough to worry about either.

CygoLite Hotshot Micro - This has far more side visibility than the Hotshot. Smaller and lighter. What I like is there's two modes I can use for group riding. (Nothing more irritating than riding behind a bright flashing red light!) The only thing I don't like about it is that the cover for the USB port comes off too easily. They should have made the cover longer so it would fit further into the port.

And yes you can find these lights for less than $25 w/shipping on ebay.

CygoLite Hotshot Micro

Yeah! I lost two halves this way and did not know until my ride was over. The two halves I have left are the back halves so I could not put together for 1 good light. Other that that, great light!

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I have tried a bunch of tail lights including many of the ones mentioned in this thread and even some much more expensive lights like the light and motion vis 180. Over the last couple of years I have switched to using only lights (headlights and tail lights) that take AA rechargeable batteries. I always have a bunch of fully charged eneloops on hand so running out of power is never a problem. I use B&M toplights on my bikes with racks and the Relite-D mounted to the seat stay on my bikes that don’t have a rack. You can get either kind for under 15 bucks shipped from Germany so they don’t blink if that’s important to you for whatever reason. The B&M lights are guaranteed for 5 years which is another plus. I just had a B&M headlight fail after a little over a year, and the retailer sent me another one from Germany for free.

Bicycling.com just put an article out on the "best" rear lights. Pretty sad really. They just show 4 rear lights. One cost $25, so it does make it on this criteria. I'm just not following why they think these are the "best" rear lights out there.

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I'm leaning toward that strategy as well for my bike-mounted tail and head lights. Turns out I've enjoyed night riding more than I'd anticipated, especially during the hotter Texas season. I'm not a morning person but prefer cooler temperatures, and riding at night is often pleasant in summer and fall. But I need batteries that will last for several hours on bright steady lights. I almost always ride with a handlebar bag and occasionally a trunk bag as well, so toting a few spare AA batteries wouldn't add any noticeable weight for resupplying bike-mounted lights.

However after a few months with the Blackburn 2'Fer I mentioned back in September, I'm still very satisfied with it. For months it's been mounted on my Bell Solar helmet as a tail light (mostly in red flashing mode). And I use an equally lightweight USB rechargeable Vivo-Bike Illuminati headlight mounted on the front of the helmet. These are perfect for helmet mounted lights, and weigh far less than four AA batteries (assuming alkaline or NiMH -- although lithiums weigh less, they're expensive and not rechargeable, mostly being useful for cold weather use and long term storage). I can see that drivers see me with these flashy-blinky lights, and I've experienced far fewer close calls riding in traffic.

I'd been using some super cheap LED tail-light that I got from...I think it was rakuten.com. It was very similar to this, and about the same price: eForCity Bicycle Rear Lamp, 9 LED - Rakuten.com
I think mine only had 5 LEDs, 2 of them blue (which is probably illegal in all US states). Anyway, I had no complaints with it; it was bright enough, and a single set of batteries would last me at least one season.
Unfortunately, my rack-top bag blocks seat-post mounted lights, so I clipped it onto the tail-light loop on the back of the bag. Last week, it went flying off that loop when I hit a bump, and it's gone forever.
Then I switched to the tail-light that came in this set: SHARK 300 - USB RECHARGEABLE BIKE LIGHT ? CycleTorch
It's tiny, nicely bright, and super easy to mount to a seat-post, but not to the tail-light loop on my rack-top bag or panniers. It had relatively limited side visibility, but I also wear LED Defiant-brand arm bands that my mom got for me a while back for side visibility. (These things: DEFIANT Mini LED Flashlights (Safety Arm Bands (2-Pack)) - - Amazon.com)
Unfortunately, that tail-light has been lost.
I replaced it with the cheapest tail-light my LBS had, some Planet Bike model. It's adequate, but I don't trust it's hard plastic clip on the tail-light loops on my bags; I'm afraid I'll lose it when I hit a bump.
Also, my Cycle Torch headlight has sold me on USB recharging for bike lights, although that's not a deal-breaker.

So, after all that, what tail-lights do you guys like for mounting onto the loops sewn onto many rack bags and panniers? I'm willing to break the $25 budget for the right light.

I've added a Planet Bike Blinky 5 taillight to my rear rack. Costs about $15-$20 from most sources and runs for many hours on ordinary and readily available AAA alkaline or rechargeable NiMH batteries. It's a good addition to my helmet mounted Blackburn 2'Fer. These lights are equally bright.

The only significantly brighter taillight I've seen locally is the Cygolite Hotshot 80, which costs about twice as much, around $50, and is very bright -- good enough to be seen in daylight.

Along with two separated white front lights, these give drivers a better sense of perspective to quickly determine my approximate distance and speed by providing to light points that converge or diverge, depending on direction.

I was recently shopping for a new taillight and settled on the Cyglolite Hotshot Micro. Very nice light for the money, about $33 at REI. Very powerful with 5 or 6 different display options and USB rechargeable. Decent run times, enough to get me through a work week of bike commuting on a single charge. And very importantly, it is designed to mount on seatposts or chainstays. I almost bought a Niterider Cherrybomb until I realized that it is designed to only mount on seatposts, a design flaw with many taillights. Do light manufacturers not realize that many cyclists use seatbags that would block a taillight mounted on a seatpost?

There are so many ways to set up a bike. No gadget works for everyone. It is odd when a tail light works only one way, but I'm sure they did a cost/benefit analysis. Sometimes for something to work very well one way, it comes at the cost of working other ways. But I'm like you, and I like my tail light to be versatile. On one of my bikes, I put the tail light mount on the seat stay but I generally hang it from my saddlebag. My saddlebag has a loop expressly for a tail light, and the place for mounting it is just about perfectly vertical.

This is my current fav too. Looks like the Hotshot Micro still isn't sold with the hook to hang it off of the saddlebag or belt, but you can contact the company have them send you (for free) an attachment for clipping this light on a saddlebag. Also the price is below $25 if you consider sellers on ebay. I saw several sellers that get below that mark with free shipping. The thing I really like about it is that Cyglolite considered group riders when considering the options. I think very few suppliers consider this option.

I mis-remembered the brand of the cheap light I got from my LBS. It's a NiteRider TL 5.0 SL. I don't love it aesthetically, and it doesn't seem terribly bright under direct sunlight, but I have a very urban commute, and I haven't gotten the feeling that I'm any less visible to traffic than I was with other tail-lights. The button works reliably (so far), which I've noticed is a weak point with some lights. A couple nice features are the flashing modes. In addition to solid-on and all 5 LEDs flashing in unison, you can also set the LEDs flashing in a chasing pattern to the left or to the right. During the day, I have the LEDs chasing to the left, hoping that encourages cars to pass on my left. Also, it has two tiny amber windows on the sides, emitting amber light to my left and right. The amber light is bright enough to splash buildings next to me at night. The light is rated at 10 lumens and takes (2) AAA batteries. It can be clipped onto a textile loop, as on a saddle bag.

I also picked up a Sigma Stereo USB-rechargeable tail-light. I haven't looked closely at it, yet, though I've used it on a few commutes. I don't think it has as much side visibility as the NiteRider, but I like it a little better aesthetically. I think it may be brighter to the rear, but I'm not sure. If I remember correctly, it has 3 modes: solid-on, quick flashing, and slow flashing. It has a plastic flap over the USB charging port that fits very tightly; I tore it up a bit trying to get it open, and I leave it loose. It uses (2) removable AAA batteries (rechargeable batteries are included). That seems in-elegant to me, but it's not bad, and you have the option to put alkalines in there if you run the rechargeables down and don't have the opportunity to recharge. It can NOT be clipped onto a textile loop, but it has stretchy rubber mounting straps in two different sizes, so you have some mounting options.

My rack-top bag blocks seat-post mounted tail-lights. It has a textile loop on the back for mounting a tail-light, but as I posted earlier, I lost a tail-light that was clipped to the loop when I hit a rough stretch of road. I no longer trust that mounting method.