Cheap, Useable Cycle Lights

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BrumJim

Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
Where can I buy really cheap, but still useable cycle lights? Halfords? Wilkinsons? B&M?
Which are the cheapest available on the high street / internet? Ideally with AA or AAA batteries rather than button, but not essential.
 

G3CWI

Veteran
Location
Macclesfield
Poundland is the cheapest. I seem to recall they cost a pound.
 

NorthernDave

Never used Über Member
The poundland rear lights are exceptional value for money and run forever on a pair of triple A's.
Their front lights aren't so good though - adequate to "be seen" but that's about it.

Depends what you need them for - if it's just to be seen then three quid will cover it (£1 each for a front and rear light, and £1 for a pack of batteries that should last a couple of months).

If you need to light up the road to see where you are going, get a poundland rear light, but spend a bit more on a decent front light.
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
Clas Ohlson front light if you need to see rather than only be seen. About £10 I think. That poundland MyCycle rear light isn't legal but I've seen it and it looks good enough. I bet no one will question it unless you use one of the silly flashing modes.

Lidl's £10 set special was the best offer this year and legal too, but they'll have all sold out long ago now.
 

Flyboy

Well-Known Member
Location
Tranmere
For me the word Cheap and lights shouldn't really come together.
I have a set that cost £50 and light the road/trail up like a car.
There are so many out there at the moment, think of it as an investment to your health , so buy the best you can really.
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
For me the word Cheap and lights shouldn't really come together.
Ah, well, if you're only riding in lit areas, I can see the advantage of getting some cheap minimally-legal blinkers to leave on the bike and if they get nicked then you replace them for less than a fiver.

There are so many out there at the moment, think of it as an investment to your health , so buy the best you can really.
To your health? I don't think any of the suggested lights will irradiate you!

Are you thinking that people hit under-lit cyclists more? They don't. I can't find the more detailed report about the study just now, but this one says 2% of collisions had no lights as a factor and IIRC, defective lights was a tiny fraction of that, maybe a handful of incidents. I'm pretty sure far more than 2% of cyclists are going around unlit (even at my most optimistic, I'd say it's no less than 1 in 25, which is 4%), so they're actually underrepresented in collisions, which is curious.
 

Starchivore

I don't know much about Cinco de Mayo
I got a front and back set from B&M for £4- they take watch-type batteries and are easy to get on and off. But they are only my backup lights, I wouldn't want to be depending on that rear light.
 

Flyboy

Well-Known Member
Location
Tranmere
Fair play on that report, I never bother with statistics,I would rather be lit up like an Xmas tree , than a candle stick.
But I can understand if money is tight to go for the less luminescent lights.
 
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