How to Choose Bicycle LED Light

Due to the reason of work, family, or even weather, many enthusiasts have to choose going out at night or weekend. For the special condition of night cycling, light becomes essential. Then, how to make a better deal? You will have a summary idea after reading the content below.

According to the accidents statics of Taiwan Police Agency, the death of bicycle accident from 2003 to 2006 is 664, which is 5.83% of the sum. This rate is really high. Though the number of cycling at daytime is much more than night, the accident death rate is almost 45%. By reading these, you may have cleared the meaning of bicycle LED light. The purpose of cycling is for a stronger and healthier body, so maintain your safety first. The current law doesn’t force cyclist equip lighting devices. Added on the insufficient of reflective gear, the vision of them are not well, which may leads to the tragedy. In fact, many cyclists have realized the importance of lights. The decreasing death rate of the recent years is a proof.

There are numerous LED products on the market. Most of them have big gap in price and of course function. The strength is the most concerned part of customers and also the main factor to the price. To have a summary acknowledging of illumination strength, you need to the unit of lumens. Prosaically, the larger the number, the brighter the light. LED is the short of Light Emitting Diode. With the high effective, long service life, durability, low temperature, and cheap price, it quickly occupied the market.

There are many reliable brands on the market, for example, the Light & Motion, Cygolite, Cateye, ROXIM, etc. However, all of them are not my recommendation. Pellor is my two years choices as it is cheap in price while great performance.

Normally, the headlights are for lighting while the rear light is for alerting. In fact, by choosing the different models, light can play the different role in need. Watt is the focus that customers care about, but in fact, the brightness is not in proportion to the watt, (the higher the watt, the lower the luminescence efficiency). If you are cycling in the cities, low watt ones will be enough. But while you are always cycling at suburb or other places without street lamps, higher watt LED headlight may be necessary.

The convenience of installing is another important factor. Though most of the manufactures have done a good job, you still need to keep an eye on it.