[Closed] 2017 Rear lights review - anyone know of a good one?

i seem to destroy rear lights. nothing i`ve tried lasts longer than 3 months apart from an old cateye i found in a bush and a £3 smart jobbie which refuses to die despite being smashed to pieces/dropped/neglected.

all the fancy ones are shit in my experience (ive tried lezyne, kryptonite, evans own brand ones, knog, topeak)

i ride in all weathers and off road. i think its the offroad bit they dont like. i tend to leave the lights on the bike over winter as i use them for night rides as well as commute.

old cateye i found in a bush

Bikeradar usually have some kind of light round-up every year.

Fwiw - Moon Shield has been the most reliable I've used in recent years out of the rechargables. I also still have some duel led AAA phart ones going strong. They did let water in, but once dried out again and sealed up with tape, they've been good since.

I reckon you can do a lot worse than this one [url= http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/LISMRTR1W/smart-lunar-r1-rear-led-bike-light-1-watt ]from Planet X[/url] - far and away the brightest rear light I've used, and cheap too.

I use two of these:
https://www.evanscycles.com/cateye-3-led-rear-light-EV176041

They're cheap and bright and the batteries last a long time. Don't die in the rain either.

Plus, having two means you don't get caught out totally if one fails. Less than a tenner each too

exposure traceR has been good, small and neat design, and a great UK product/company. still use my 10year exposure light on a daily basis

Any good?

http://road.cc/content/buyers-guide/211258-cycling-rear-light-buyers-guide-%E2%80%94-make-sure-youre-seen-night

or

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/best-bike-lights-for-road-cycling-32289/

Thanks for the recommendations people, but like I said, I have my light sorted. I'm looking for a review I can compare it to, if you've got any links?

Thanks again

So you want a review of a light you already have?

Technology in front lights seems to improve every year. I find there to be much less year on year improvement in rear lights, and older ones seem to perform pretty well really

+1 to what Ben says - there's really only a couple of things needed in a rear light and just about every single model currently on sale does them. The only real differences are then whether you want an internal rechargeable battery or not and how the light mounts to the bike.

Thanks, but I think I've confused you all.

I am looking for published reviews of rear lights. NOT personal reviews or recommendations.

My light is great, I just want to look at other reviews and see how it stacks up.

Thanks

I came across this great tool called "Google Search" which gave me a list of "rear bike light reviews":

https://roadcyclinguk.com/gear/buyers-guide-six-of-the-brightest-rear-bike-lights.html#zWBcdoK0AJCKdQ55.97

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/product-news/cycling-lights-buyers-guide-141811

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/best-bike-lights-for-road-cycling-32289/

It would seem that there are a lot of them since the program says there are "About 1,080,000 results" so posting them all on here might take a while.

http://bfy.tw/9noj

My light is great, I just want to look at other reviews and see how it stacks up.

but why?

If it's great then it's great. Isn't it? Are you worried it isn't great? So you are worried you might be wrong about it being great?