Brand Blackburn Model 112280 Details Lowest Price ($16.99)

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Blackburn Mars 3.0 Flasher Rear Bicycle Light
Blackburn Mars 3.0 Flasher Rear Bicycle Light – Features
Named after a bright red planet visible from afar, the Mars 3.0 has seven super-bright red LED’s inside a sleek water resistant case. Lens optics increase visible distance and side LED’s provide 180 degree safety-boosting visibility.
Seven super-bright red LEDs inside a water-resistant case
Lens optics increase visible distance
Side LED’s provide 180-degree safety-boosting visibility
50-150 hours of runtime in steady or flash mode

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Blackburn Mars 3.0 Flasher Rear Bicycle Light – Reviews

I do a lot of night biking because I work third shift and I travel on roads where cars go anywhere from 35 – 55 M.P.H. I can say this is a very bright rear light with good battery life and is well worth its price. The “disco” mode is a very nice touch and I have to admit, even though you have to loosen three small phillips screws to change the batteries, I feel that this is a very good way to secure them and helps make the light a very sturdy design.

Angela D. Lindle

I purchased a variety of taillights to try out, and this was the brightest from quite a wide viewing angle, and the one I decided to use. The amber side LEDs are quite nice, too. It’s probably too bright on a completely dark path for the bike right behind you, but very effective with streetlights, etc., around. I like the styling of the Mars 2.0 a little better, but it is not quite as bright or quite as wide a viewing angle as this. The mounting bracket is very well done, and unique. It mounts to the frame with a tension strap that you tighten with a penny, and it can pivot up/down (with a penny) quite an angle. Of course you can also slide it onto your belt, etc.

A. C. Hutton

Like other reviewers have noted, the most striking feature of this tail light is that it is BRIGHT!. There are plenty of LED’s to either flash (two different modes) or to have permanently illuminated. This is by far the brightest bicycle tail light I have ever seen – it is literally blinding and your eyes will hurt if you look directly into the light.

The design is pretty straight-forward and functional. Changing the batteries is actually not too hard although a clip-on cover would have made the process much easier. As it stands, though, you will need a small screwdriver to loosen three screws and you will be able to change the two AAA batteries that power this light. I suppose this method is employed to increase weather resistance. My only gripe with this light is actually with the attachment used to instal the light on a bike: The screws are made of plastic and unless you are very careful, it is easy to damage them.

As I mentioned, the light comes with an attachment that allows y
James Johnson

I second the other two reviews, bright, good design, nice package.

Down side is battery replacement. Doesn’t bother me, but if you don’t have a small screw driver/dexterity it could be a problem.

Up side… hit a major pot hole on a down hill route causing the stap the light was on to break. The light survived the impact with out issue. (Benefit of the screws, I’ve had other lights, with out screws, come flying apart in similar circumstances.)

So worth the money in my opinion.

Snow_Man


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