new SOLAR Blackburn Flea
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new SOLAR Blackburn Flea
new for 2010 the solar flea. can't wait for this. supposed to be available in November
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I like this....Was I the only person who thought the old version of the Flea that used a battery to charge another internal battery was inefficient, expensive, and kind of stupid...
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I have one that I don't really like. It turns off on me at all the wrong times. I don't get it. I'll just be riding along and about 10 minutes after I turned it on, it will just turn itself off. Sometimes I don't notice for a few minutes and then I'm really freaked out that I had been riding sans light for a few minutes. Anyone else have that experience? My friend recommended it, but so far I wish I just had a cateye.
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Mine only turns off on me when it's very low on juice. I have not been too good about remembering to charge the little guy. I don't think it's too expensive to recharge using regular batteries. 1 D battery lasted several months for me, and I think the little system is kind of cool. I'll be excited to pick one of these up, though. We get plenty of sun out here.
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