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| Planet Bike Blaze 1-Watt Headlight and Suplerflash Taillight Combination Bicycle Light Set | 
 enlarge | Brand: Planet Bike
Category: Sports
List Price: $69.99
Buy New: $51.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1600
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 1.8
Model: 3047
UPC: 642016304705
EAN: 0642016304705
ASIN: B001G7Q24Y
Release Date: September 17, 2008
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| Features:
| • | Planet Bike Blaze 1-Watt Headlight and Suplerflash Taillight Combination Bicycle Light Set. | | • | Planet Bikes most power full Headlight & taillight teamed up together ! | | • | Both with Stealth colors ! | | • | # 1 selling headlight this year by far ! |
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Product Description
Planet Bike Blaze Stealth 1-Watt Headlight and Suplerflash Stealth Taillight Combination Bicycle Light Set.Planet Bike Blaze 1 Watt & Super Flash Set - Blaze features: High and low power beam along with "SuperFlash" flashing mode, Up to 20 hours of run time on 2 AA batteries (included)Superflash features: Half-watt Blaze LED plus 2 eXtreme LEDs for visibility up to 1 mile, Unique, eye-catching flash pattern, Up to 100 hours of run time on 2 AAA batteries (included), stealth (black/clear), black/silver & stealth, set.
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| Customer Reviews:
I like it! January 7, 2009
Headlight: attaches/detaches in seconds, very easy to install. Run time is excellent with regular alkaline batteries but much better when using nimh rechargeables. The light is bright and does a nice job keeping the bike trails illuminated. People really notice the flashing mode which I use in town. Build quality is excellent and comes with a lifetime warranty from Bike Planet (to the original owner).
Taillight: installs easily, detaches from mounting bracket in seconds. Battery life is excellent. This is a very bright taillight! Same great build quality and warranty. I'm very pleased with both products.
Best bang for the buck. December 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I like that the headlight case is black. I live on a rural paved street with no streetlights. I took it for a test drive the first night, plenty of light for a casual ride. Personally, I wouldn't go for a ride in unfamiliar territory as the beam is fairly focused in front of you. Meaning, you adjust the mount up and down for distance or close illumination. You can't really have both. It does illuminate both lanes of the road. Perhaps a second lower power light for the close up illumination would be a great combo for some folks. Mount is easily adjustable for different size handlebars. The powerful flashing feature is why I bought this light, for daytime visibility.
The tail light installed quickly and has the super bright flashing capability as well.
The best and brightest AA headlight available. December 9, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I compared this to last year's brightest Planet Bike LED light, and to my old NiteRider 12w halogen. It was much, much brighter than the other LED and comparable to the halogen, but with a whiter (less yellow) hue. It is so bright I plan to use it for mellow trail night-riding (uphill and flats) and combine it with the halogen for downhill stretches. I also will use it for daily commuting.
The battery life is excellent considering the brightness. A couple sets of rechargeable AA's should be all you need for daily use, even in steady (not blinky) mode. It is light weight and mounts nicely to handlebars w/o cords or battery packs. Regarding the previous comment on the handlebar clamp, I experienced the same thing but figured out I didn't have it adjusted properly. Actually the clamp is excellent, widely adjustable, and requires no rubber shims to fit any bar. The cam problem came about because it was screwed too far into the pivot. For a proper fit, back the screw out and click the strap in another notch or two, then re-adjust the cam screw. Works like a charm. The clamp fits most models of Planet Bike headlights which is nice because with a couple extra clamps (you may purchase them separately) you can instantly swap lights onto different bikes. By the way, the tail light is also the best I have found. I'm impressed with Planet Bike's products and their commitment to bike safety and advocacy. Their fenders, too, are excellent.
 Excellent Combo Bicycle Light Set riding thru the city, December 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pretty good Headlight, beam seems strong enough for slow riding thru the city. If used with a flasher Headlight it'll work more than adequate for paced commutes. The construction is a sturdy plastic.
The Headlight uses a cheap mounting bracket that isn't great. It doesn't fit very well on the handlebars so you'll end up using a cut up old tube or tape to help keep it snug. You should still be able to tilt it back and forth for use in high/low beam (level it down towards the street in front of you) and flash mode (level it up towards traffic). The "close" pin doesn't snap back to keep it in "closed" for some reason but my Headlight didn't fall off yet.
#1 beam seems to be "low" for some reason instead of high on my Headlight. #2 high beam is brighter. #3 beam is flash mode.
The Headlight is not heavy, very decent size, compact, detaches easily from quick release mounting bracket. The button on the Headlight is rubber so it doesn't respond very well when you need to change modes quickly while riding. If you are in bright city lights, it's impossible to tell what mode it is in because the beam is barely visible on the ground and there is no extended visible light (or clear lens area) to see the light/mode while you are riding. The side of the Headlight has two clear lens/indents that aren't very visible from the side. The Headlight uses 2 AA batteries (use rechargeable batteries) as there is a low run time on alkaline cell batteries (5-18 hours).
If you are in city lights, the beam is barely visible on the ground, it's best to use the flash mode but level it up towards traffic or it won't be visible. The flashing lights in flash mode in darkness are visible on stop signs for at least 8 or more long city blocks, it's very good. The "flashing" mode bright flashes, are not very disturbing since it's impossible to see the flashes because there is no extended visible light (or clear lens area) to see the flashes while you are riding.
The front end lens area of the Headlight is very small (1 inch across - light mainly visible from front) but 60 feet away, it (on high beam) appears as a larger bright dot to far away traffic. It's best to use the Headlight for seeing the street in front of you with Another flasher "to be seen" Headlight, or as a flashing light in flash mode with Another flasher Headlight, double the flashing "to be seen" lights. If using Headlight on high beam, you can even level it up towards traffic, it is very bright.
The spread of the beam (high/low) is very adequate to see in front of you riding in darkness.
When using the high/low beam it's best to level it down towards the street in front of you, the beam is very adequate for (8-15 mph, slow city riding) (5-12 mph slow trail riding in darkness). It's best to use the Headlight with a flasher "to be seen" Headlight (Blackburn Quadrant Light is very good) in traffic.
In all, some technical/practical issues with the Headlight design, but a very, very good high/low beam for slow riding thru the city.
PROS: Headlight is not heavy, very decent size, compact, uses 2 AA batteries (lighter), the beam is strong enough for slow riding thru the dark city or slow trail riding in darkness, Headlight detaches easily from mounting bracket, flashing lights in flash mode very good, spread of the beam (high/low) visible in front in darkness is very adequate, The "flashing" mode bright flashes are not very disturbing/visible to rider, If using Headlight on high beam, you can even level it up towards traffic for a very bright "to be seen" light, lower price.
CONS: cheap mounting bracket that isn't great, light not very visible from the side, button on the Headlight is rubber that doesn't respond very well when you need to change modes quickly while riding in traffic, impossible to tell what mode it is in (in bright city lights) because there is no extended visible light (or clear lens area) to see the light/mode while you are riding, low run time on alkaline cell batteries.
With this Headlight, riding my bike at night, it allows me to see reasonably well. This is a very nice "to be seen" or "to see" light. Highly recommended for those on a budget and commuting or non-commuting bike riders.
This Headlight is barely visible in the rain. If you commute in the rain or ride fast, invest in something more powerful.
Planet Bike Blinky Super Flash Rear Bicycle Light Use in conjunction with Blackburn Mars 3.0 Flasher Rear Bicycle Light and you should be set. Use a GLoWEAR Class 2 Economy Vest, Lime, L/XL #21025 / 8210HL Safety Vest to be seen in the dark as well.
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