» Planet Bike 3018-1 Rack Blinky 5- 5 LED Tail Light with Rack Mount and Batteries

Planet Bike 3018-1 Rack Blinky 5- 5 LED Tail Light with Rack Mount and Batteries Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Planet Bike taillight rack mount
Comment: Pretty good--it's nice to find a rack-mountable taillight these days. Nevertheless, this one has some issues. First, the mount places the light relatively low--sort of needs to, because that centers it vertically on the rack--but one result is that the tab that you press to release the light sticks down quite a ways. If your rack is mounted close to the tire, or if you have fenders, you may find that the tab touches the tire or fender, which can be a problem--mine just barely clears the fender. Also, the light seems heavy for the mount. On the plus side, you can interchange nearly all of the PB taillights, so this mount will nicely hold a SuperFlash as well as the light with which it ships.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Questionable quality
Comment: Bought this light last year and used it extensively since then (I commute early am). Brightness is a plus for this lamp, but the on/off/blink switch is now failing. It's very sensitive to bumps, too. Touch the switch and it jumps to blink instead of steady - touch again and it's off - touch again and nothing happens - frustrating.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome little light.
Comment: I installed a bike rack that had a mount and standard reflector, but since my neighborhood jaunts take through traffic at times, I wanted something a little more visible to cars.

This blinky has 5 bright LEDs, two lighting options (blink or steady), and an option to clip it to clothing or bags, mount it to your seatpost or attach it to a reflector mount on your rack. Both mounts are included in the package, along with batteries. At least one of these mounts, the Planet Bike Rear Rack Taillight Mount 3108, sells separately as well.

The bracket mounted to the rack easily, and the light clip snaps into a groove. I did take the precaution of hanging the light so that it must be slid up to remove it after bending back the catch, rather than slid down.

Its obscenely bright, but that's what I wanted, and doesn't hang too low in the rear bracket, but fits perfectly under the rear of my Bontrager trunk rack. When I start commuting, I think I'll get a second to mount on the seat post, and then unclip the light and attach it to the trunk-bag when it's on the rack.

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