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Looking for a Tail Light that doesn't suck (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by potate@lemmy.ca to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca
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So I commute year round in Calgary and that means cold and dark. I can't seem to find a tail light that isn't disposable garbage and will actually hold up to a few years of use.

Yes you can basically buy tail lights in bulk off Amazon - but I hate tossing dead junk in the trash. I would rather pay more for a light that lasts.

My perfect light would use replaceable 18650 (or whatever size) lithium ion cells, or at least have USB-C with pass-through charging (so that I can run it off an external battery in a pinch).

For front lights I use Outbound Lighting and they are perfect - long battery life, great performance, pass-through charging, works in the cold. Unfortunately Outbound doesn't make tail lights. I've begged.

So anyone have a tail light that they LOVE?

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[–] pessing@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using a Garmin Varia for the past couple years while road cycling and love it. The built in radar might be a bit of overkill if you're not using a bike computer while commuting, but I've found it super useful.

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/698001

[–] potate@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love the Garmin idea - especially because they are local, but I really don't need the radar functionality. I don't even own a computer, I just use my (Garmin) watch for tracking rides.

[–] LiGuangming1981@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

It's quite likely that you'd be able to connect a Varia to your Garmin watch if it's a reasonably recent model. Then you could get radar alerts as vibrations on the watch.