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Bicycle Turn Signal Laser Bike Light Wireless Rear Indicator
Priced at £21.99. With free signed for delivery in the UK
12 Month Guarantee included.
WIRELESS LED BICYCLE BACK LIGHT SYSTEM: Revolutionary bicycle signalling system for road bikes with flashing LED rear light, flashing ‘left’ and ‘right’ indicator lights, and flashing hazard lights. Wireless operation with no cables required.
Review on a rear USB Turn signal and Laser light supplied by Pimp My Bike Retail.
Rear tail light with turn signals and a Laser line on the road either side of your bike.
LED Lights
Twin Laser lines parallel to your bike on the road
On/Off button
USB Recharge port by cable supplied
Lift the white cover to reveal the USB cable port
Remote control which is fitted to the handlebars
Control mount
Seat post light clamp
Review coming soon....
FITTING
Rubber clamp slides on the bottom of the light so it clips in place securely.
Once attached place on your seat post and wrap the end onto the loop.
Notice the slight angle of the clap when attached to the seat post.
Control mounted on front handle bars.
Control is very easy, Left, Right, Flash modes, plus the Laser on/Off and flash mode.
Conclusion on the light: Easy to fit and operate, a great safety feature is the Laser lines each side of the bike, which can either be in the flash mode or continuous line.
Great fun to use.
Charge is quick and easy, use this with the Pimp My Bike Signal Indicator Gloves and makes the ride a lot more fun, and a lot more saver as well..
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Thank you to the kind folks at Unilite for the chance to do a review on a Helmet Mountable USB Headlight, and as the dark nights are drawing in its a perfect time to do a review for you all.
HL-4R Headlight.
Specification:
Lumens 275.
Cree white LED's.
2 x Red 5mm LED's.
Built in 1800 mAh Lithium polymer rechargeable battery, micro USB charging.
Charge time 3 hours.
6.5 Hours run time on the brightest setting.
13 Hours on the middle setting.
77 Hours on the low setting.
170 Hours on the Red Led flash setting.
90 Hours in the S.O.S Setting.
45 Degree movable head.
Adjustable non slip silicone headband.
Water and dust resistant IPX5 standard.
Whats in the Box :
One x HL-4R Helmet Mountable Headlight.
1 X Micro USB charge cord.
1 X 3M adhesive mount.
1 X Pouch.
1 X Instruction sheet.
Unilite have produced a neat light weight helmet head torch, easy to use, easy charge, and has a great range of light settings..
Operation: On the top of the HL-4R You will see a black switch, simply give it a push, WARNING if you have this light in your hand point it away from your eyes before you turn it on, as it is a very bright light, and will blind you for a few seconds,
Switch setting is very easy, High, Middle, and Low, with two Red led's that will flash and stay on, with a S.O.S mode as well, to make the Unilite change to the Red Led's press and hold the black button, you can then simply cycle through the Red settings.
On/Off switch.
Headband: The HL-4R come with a adjustable non slip silicone headband, the silicone used is very similar to the silicone on your cycling shorts around the legs, so should stay in place.
Helmet Fitting: Will be playing around with several cycle helmets with this light, there is a 3M adhesive mount supplied in the box, this is a nice touch, easy to fit, simply remove the head band.
A Slit either side.
Position the edge of the strap in the gap and release the strap.
Same again on the other side to remove the head strap completely.
Before attaching the 3M adhesive pad make sure it is the right way up, the upper tabs pointing upwards on the helmet to be fixed to,
Charge light indicator, goes from Red to Green when fully charged.
USB Dust cover.
Remove the dust cover to expose the Mini Usb charge point, simply insert the cable and either plug into a PC or charger with a USB slot.
Torch Direct stock the light, and for a Head light with this spec I feel it is a good buy, time will tell, as I plan to use it a lot, so will be updating the review blog as soon as I can...
The light has a multitude of uses, its coming up for Christmas, use it in the dark loft to get the Christmas tree down, your taking your dog for a walk, simply place it on your head, Angle the light to see the way, you have to get up for work in the morning on the early shift, place it on your head, switch it on and then lock the house and go off to work, see where you are to unlock the garage, on a Narrow boat, need to jump ashore, place on head, leaves your hands free to cling onto the side of the boat, if your a plumber, electrician, a building surveyor, a house assessment insurance man, you all need this light, it will come in handy I promise you.
As you can see they know how to network there product, I have spoken to them on Twiter and there replies are fast, any question, problems just simply give them a shout..
It's Not Just A Cycle Light.
Don't think just because I have a light on review on a cycling blog that the light is just a cycle light, the H-4R is more than that....
Its a ideal head torch if you are in the building trade, a Electrician for example... do you need to see the fuse board...
How about a house surveyor, need more light to inspect the timbers....
Without the HL-4R turned on, dark place to check over..
With the HL-4R Turned on, much more light...
Plumbers, getting under the bath to look, ideal head torch..
One use I find for the HL-4R is when I leave the house in the early morning darkness, makes it easier to lock the house up and open the garage door...
Keep the HL-4R in the car in its neat carry bag, ideal for a emergency on the side of the road, Red LED's remember for the full emergency don't forget...
MORE TO COME.
In the meantime check out the Unilite website or Twitter feed...
Conclusion:
Good Points: Great non slip headband, easy on/off, bright LED's, fast charge time, long battery life, pouch to keep it in when not in use, dust proof, water proof.
Bad Point's: Turns on at its brightest setting, could do with starting at the lowest setting.. and that is the only thing I could criticize about the HL-4R head torch.
Using the HL-4R as a cycle helmet head torch
To use as a cycle head light mounted to your cycle helmet, simply remove the headband and replace with a Velcro strap
Pass the Velcro around the holding tabs on the rear of the HL-4R and pass it through the vents on the cycle helmet..
Pass it through and tighten to the desired tension.
The HL-4R has a tilt on the front so you can easily angle to the right sight line needed for the ride.
Works a treat, ideal to use with a handle bar mounted cycle light...
Footnote: Just a mention on the 3M adhesive pad that comes with the HL-4R Head torch, I found it was not possible to fit this adhesive pad to a open vented cycling helmet, as the surface is not flat enough to stick the pad to, so the review has not been done on the 3M adhesive pad fixing, it would be ideal for a snow boarders or a skate boarders helmet, and also a builders hard hat....
I used a Velcro strap with a loop on the end to fit to the HL-4R and attach to the helmet..
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Louri frame strap along side the Louri Saddle strap.
As you can see the Orange frame strap is longer than the incredible saddle strap, it is still designed and made along the same design criteria as the saddle strap, the frame strap is a very clever piece of kit for any road or mountain bike rider, once you have one of these on your frame it allows you to store items easy and secure on any kind of ride... ideal for the mountain bike with tight spaces for the water bottle etc.. even the E-Bike,
Take a look at the Louri frame strap fitting video on YouTube.
Easy fitted to your frame, it is worth pointing out that the Louri frame strap is not designed to fit around your seat post, hence the name"Frame Strap".....
The Louri Frame strap can hold a lot of item's like the inner tube's, bike pump, tools, and a lot more, I found it was great using it along with there Saddle Strap, (see my previous review https://harlowcyclingpage.blogspot.com/2018/11/louri-saddle-strap.html ) use the saddle strap to hold your inner tube, pump, tool etc, that will leave the frame strap free to carry what ever else you would like to take a long, its even gentle enough to hold your Banana!
Usual place for the Banana on the ride,
Add the Banana to the Louri frame strap, it will be held secure and easy to get at when needed.
Add a bike lock for the ride and you can see the benefit of the Louri frame strap.
Banana after a ride.
I tried to pack away a cycling jacket as a test to see how well it would store and hold the jacket on the ride, and I am very glade to let you all know it stored and held the jacket in place very well on my bike ride.
turned out warm, no where to keep your jacket, I used to roll it up and tie it around my waist, not anymore with the Louri frame strap.
Jacket held in place, easy to store.
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