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Hi all,
Looking for a rear light - bright, decent life etc, standard stuff - but also want to be able to use it with a bikepacking saddle bag, so happy being clipped to a strap at the back of the bag.
I would have gone with an Exposure Tracer but think it's shape and mount means it won't work with bag.
Any other ideas? Budget around £30. I see bikester has the Lezyne Strip Pro 300 for half price - anything much better than that?
Thanks
Duane
Moon lights come with a clip. I've got a couple on my carradice for commuting
Something cheap off Amazon that has a clip and a rubber strap.
I use a pretty basic 3 LED unit that will clip onto a rucksack. If I want to attach it to the bike I use a reflective armband thing that's a bit rigid and wraps round the arm. Wrap it around your seatpost instead, and hang the LED unit on that
I've had lots of cheap Amazon/ebay lights in the past that haven't lasted very long - happy to spend a bit more this time.
Will check out Moon - thnaks,
Also typo in title - bikepacking not backpacking.
Moon lights come with a clip. I’ve got bloody loads of them
Depends what bag/bike combo you have, but I prefer a seat stay mount. Light always stays in place, no faff, no ejections from flappy straps, etc. I have a Moon Cerberus and really like it. Mounts directly to seat post or seat stay. It wouldn't mount to a bag...
The Moon Nebula? Few reviews saying they stop working after a few months :/
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/moon-nebula-rear-bike-light
I'm using seesense.cc
Rechargeable, comes with hooks,O rings, mounts (and they will supply fittings so you can set up another bike)
Operated from an app on your phone - set the solid or flash pattern, check the battery charge level, set an alarm notification etc.
Use 1 rear and 1 front, alongside bright front lights.
Recommendation from here.
If the bag in question has a loop like my saddle bag does, you could get the trusty lezyne zecto, comes with rubber band but that can be removed and hooked on to a loop too.
I've a moon comet and arcturus I've had for at least a couple of years. Both bright and reliable
Personally I put the light (on my main bikepacking bike) on the seat stay. It's out the way of anything that can be flicked up by the rear wheel and any seatpack I put on it
Leyzene Zecto Drives will clip anywhere. I have the 250 lumen ones as a daytime flasher
Beaten to it by @fossy.
Zecto Drive lights are great as the different settings and flash patterns let you balance brightness and battery life.
Planet X do a copy of the Zecto for not much. I've been running a few cheap copies for the Zecto and they are OK brightness, but don't have the day flash and extra battery of the dearer Zecto's - for daytime, it's the Zecto by a mile for me. They will clip onto a bag or carrier strap and you can use the light's rubber strap to make sure they don't come off, or just the rubber strap alone for frame fitting.
The Zecto also remembers the mode you used last.
Thanks - Zecto looks good. 250l worth the extra over the 80?
Double up with an exposure link on the helmet.
– Zecto looks good. 250l worth the extra over the 80
I'd say so. It enables choice. You can go bright or you can save battery.
I have a variety of different rear lights. My experience is one clipped to a bag never points in the right direction consistently. they move around. I always use two rear lights and both mounted on the seatpost or frame so i can be sure they are actually pointing in the right direction
I cut out a section of guttering and zip tied it tight to my saddle bag as a light mount. Using an Alpkit rechargeable strip jobbie, works well. light stays pointed in the right direction.
there's only a little bit of non-slidey seatpost out of the frame, and it would be hidden down there by the back wheel anyway. seatstays are angled more towards the sky than the rear, too.