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Blackburn Quadrant Bicycle Light | 
 enlarge | Brand: Blackburn
Category: Sports
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 22490
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 5.6 x 2.6
Model: 112282
UPC: 768686760648
EAN: 0768686760648
ASIN: B000BNTY2Q
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| Features:
| • | Four super-bright white LEDs in water-resistant case | | • | Optically boosted center LEDs light up the road ahead | | • | Wide-angle side LEDs with side-light pipes provide 180 degrees of visibility | | • | 110-300 hours of runtime in steady or flash mode | | • | Runs on four AA batteries, included in package |
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Product Description
Four super-bright LED's and all the light and run time you could ask for. Optically boosted center LED's light up what's ahead, and wide angle side LED's with side light pipes provide 180 degrees of visibility. It's easier for drivers to see you. 110 hour run time steady mode, 300 hour run time flash mode. Batteries Included. Water resistant.
Product Description
An essential measure for any safety-conscious biker, the Blackburn Quadrant Bicycle Light will help make sure you see the road and drivers see you. The Quadrant is constructed in a tough, water-resistant case and utilizes four super-bright white LEDs. This bicycle light features optically-boosted center LEDs that light up what is ahead, and wide angle side LEDs with side-light pipes that provide 180-degrees of visibility. Blackburn's Quadrant light runs on four AA batteries (included) for 110 hours in steady mode, or 300 hours in flash mode. About Blackburn
In 1975, Jim Blackburn set out to design stronger, lighter, more innovative and more reliable cycling products. The first were bags and racks designed for touring. From there, Blackburn grew. Over the next 30 years, Blackburn's spark of innovation would lead to many revolutionary products, like the first high quality aircraft aluminum rack, the first dual stroke minipump, the first oversized mountain minipump and the first dual stage/dual stroke floorpump just to name a few. For 2005, Blackburn's creative spark is burning brighter than ever. And as we head into our 30th year, Blackburn is re-dedicated to designing smart, reliable, no nonsense accessories that are essential to your riding experience.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 Looks can be deceiving... November 21, 2008
My bike is my main source of transportation, day and night. I bought this inexpensive light hoping it would make my night commutes safer and brighter.
This light doesn't provide enough light to see in urban areas or pitch black paths. The beam is very weak. To see the path ahead of me I have to tilt the light towards the ground, than the bean is brighter. But than the bean is just two feet ahead of my tire - giving me no time to swerve out of the way of any obstructions on the road.
If you want a light to be seen, than yes, this is a good light (it has a nice blinking mode). But if you want a light to see, forget this one and invest in a safer, brighter light.
Nice light, but fragile November 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I did a lot of research before deciding to buy this light. There are many appealing features: it is bright with excellent side visibility, it uses LEDs (energy efficient), and it uses AA batteries instead of proprietary rechargeable batteries. The handle bar mount fit my bike easily and it is easy to remove to prevent theft. I've been using it for months and have been happy with it.
There are a few problems, though. Due to the placement of the light switch, if you ever stow this light in your bag, it might accidently turn on and drain the battery. (The Planet Bike Super Flash has an ingenious way to work around that, albeit it is a rear light) Despite the convenient and easy to use handle bar mount, if this light ever falls off your bike onto the ground (even at slow speeds), it becomes destroyed and unusable. The first time this happened to me, I thought I was careless. But the second time it happened, I decided not to buy a third one. For what it is worth, I own other bike lights that can survive a drop from my backpack, so it is reasonable to expect a good bike light to survive a drop; this one does not. This also makes me wonder if the mounting system has a subtle flaw here; I could have sworn that the light was securely attached in the two times that it fell off.
I'd recommend the Planet Bike Blaze series instead:
Planet Bike 3044 Blaze 1 Watt LED Headlight
Planet Bike Blaze 1/2-Watt Blaze LED Bicycle Light with Helmet and QuickCam Mounts
LED = Long battery life August 25, 2008
If you often travel unlit roads or trails at night, this is NOT the light for you. It simply doesn't light up your surroundings well enough. LEDs are good for seeing them from a distance, but they are not good flood lights. However, if you're like me and simply want to be seen by traffic, this light is perfect. I ride at night on streets that are at least partially lit, so I wanted a light that would allow me to be seen by traffic, and be easy on battery life.
The partial flash mode (where the side LEDs flash and the center ones stay constant on) is very visible by oncoming traffic. I wouldn't use the full-flash mode (all LEDs flash) at night; ever try to ride a bike in a strobe-light? I think that's used more for that dangerous time around sunset, where the sun is low on the horizon and it's hard for drivers to see anything.
 Bike Light August 15, 2008
Great company, Trustworthy, The product delivers. The Light output gets the attention of drivers, good vision capability.
Don't get this unless you like pushing buttons January 11, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I think this is bright enough for cars to see you on a lighted road, and it has 3 different modes. So far so good. What I don't understand is why there is no way to turn it on/off without going through all 3 different modes every single time.
This means that if you don't want to use any of the flashing modes you have to press the button 3 times to turn it off! My almost 10 year old cat-eye taillight let me switch between settings with a short press on the button, while keeping it pressed down slightly longer turned it off (or on to the previously used setting if it was turned off).
This was my first Blackburn purchase, so one of the deciding reasons for me was that it comes with a "lifetime guarantee" -- thus I figured Blackburn had put some thought into it. I was wrong.
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