The purpose of any LED tail light is to make sure cars coming up behind you know you're there.The Planet Bike Blinky 3 does a fine job at that, stays put, has great battery life and doesn't cost much.You get two mounting options - a big cheap plastic clip for the seat post and a smaller clip for a rear side strut.I put mine on the seat post.In past years when I had a baby seat I would have used the side strut.You also get two settings - steady and blinking.That's the only negative in my book.I can't imagine using anything but blinking.This is pretty much a no brainer.My wife's has been through almost 8 years of abuse and has had only one battery change.I didn't think twice when it was time for my bike and my son's to get this safety enhancement.I now bike a lot during the late night.I haven't had a close call with a car coming up from my rear yet.Enough said.
Update - 8 months later (6/5/09):I added a bike rack over my rear wheel and had to re-mount this because the rack's cargo obscured the seat post.Neither included mount fit the small gauge bars of the rack.I was able to use the small mounting clip by adding a small strip of black rubber (cut from an old inner tube scrap I had lying around).Because of the orientation of the rack's bars my light is now sideways.This arrangement works fine for me.I'm still on my original set of batteries and I use the light at least once a week.
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Product Description:
Planet Bike BRT-3 Taillights includes batteries, seatpost and seatstay mounts.
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