I'd like to know what everyone is using for their bike lights, what weather you ride in and how long the lights have lasted.
I bought the Cycleafer set from Amazon Sep 2022 and 11 months later found the back light was dead, from Oct 2022 to Feb 2023 I was using my car because constant rain and near or sub zero temps so during the main rainy season I didn't even use the lights so at what point and how many rainy days the lights were exposed too I don't know. After a back and forth with Cycleafer they refunded me and listened when I gave my thoughts on the product, so I ordered another of the same set of lights based on dealing with their rep. After that they offered me anything from their Amazon store for free but I declined as I wanted lights and already bought them. I had one morning of drizzle, one evening of heavy rain and one evening of moderate rain, the next morning I'm leaving for work, in the dark and my rear light is dead, the same as before but now I know it lasted three days of exposure and even looking at the light I can see moisture inside.
So I'm not buying that brand again and am once more looking for bike lights and everything just seems so naff or unreasonably priced. My Cycleafer lights claim IP5 but tapped out almost immediately when wet and looking at brands like Cateye they're potentially worse at IP4 and double the price. I've done basic Google searches like best bike lights 2023 or best bicycle lights for rain and I get the same results so I'm not too trusting these articles gave the lights a decent use.
I bought the Cycleafer set from Amazon Sep 2022 and 11 months later found the back light was dead, from Oct 2022 to Feb 2023 I was using my car because constant rain and near or sub zero temps so during the main rainy season I didn't even use the lights so at what point and how many rainy days the lights were exposed too I don't know. After a back and forth with Cycleafer they refunded me and listened when I gave my thoughts on the product, so I ordered another of the same set of lights based on dealing with their rep. After that they offered me anything from their Amazon store for free but I declined as I wanted lights and already bought them. I had one morning of drizzle, one evening of heavy rain and one evening of moderate rain, the next morning I'm leaving for work, in the dark and my rear light is dead, the same as before but now I know it lasted three days of exposure and even looking at the light I can see moisture inside.
So I'm not buying that brand again and am once more looking for bike lights and everything just seems so naff or unreasonably priced. My Cycleafer lights claim IP5 but tapped out almost immediately when wet and looking at brands like Cateye they're potentially worse at IP4 and double the price. I've done basic Google searches like best bike lights 2023 or best bicycle lights for rain and I get the same results so I'm not too trusting these articles gave the lights a decent use.