Review - Knog Frog LED Lights
>> Wednesday, 7 January 2009
At this time of year in wales you are gonna need a set of lights for your bike. I went the cheap route and spent about 3 quid on a set of crappy ones from Tesco, they lit the place up well but the front one kept falling off, one night i skidded up outside my house and it went flying off, hit the road and never worked again.
JT had these right snazzy looking tiny little rubber things so when I was up in that London to see The Residents I took a trip to Brick Lane Bikes and the only thing I could afford (and actually needed) was a set of the rubber lights, the Knog Frogs! I paid the extortionate price of £17 but you you can pick them up for about £13 in most places outside of London.
They are really small as you can see in the photos and made of a very grippy, flexible silicone outer that contains a small but powerful LED. To attach them to your bike you just pull the stretchy loop around your bar or seatpost and clip it to itself, I thought that they'd probably pop off but they seem to be holding fast. Knog reckon that they will burn for 80 hours (steady), or 160 hours (flashing) which is pretty impressive, to replace the batteries you just pop the electronic section out of the casing, nice and simple, elegant, hassle free, awesome! Another claim by Knog is that they put out 10,000 millicandelas which equates to being visible at up to 600 metres away!!! I'm not sure about that, in theory maybe but under normal riding conditions I'd imagine it's quite a bit less, either way you need to know that they are a "safety light" so if you actually want them to light up where you are going then you better get some "proper lights" cause these things won't light up any more than about 2 feet ahead of you unless you are riding down a pitch black lane. I think they do a perfectly good job of making you visible to all but the most ignorant driver, and make you look pretty, pretty, pretty good too so who cares if you can't see where you are going?
They may do their job brilliantly but if you are scared of being looked down upon by 'real fixed gear riders' you must be aware of their hipster status, in fact Bike Snob NYC uses the charming name of 'Hipster Cyst's' when referring to them. Yes they are unbearably cool looking but would you use a Dell rather than a Mac just because you were afraid of looking fresh? I don't fink so.
All in all I would highly recommend the Knog Frog lights, they come in 12 colours, are water resistant, probably wouldn't break if you drop them (unless they land on the bulb) and are as light as a feather. Check out the shopping page for bike shops in your area that might have them or failing that try eBay or something innit.
Check out the official web page.
4 comments:
Led Light Manufacturers- led lighting manufacturers in India .Gkon offers you best led light manufacturing and provide electrical switch accessories, led light, fixtures, VPIT Ballast, MCB's, distribution. boards, AC boxes, plugs sockets, wire and cables etc.
India is a growing country for all kind of Industrial Machines, We are doing all kind of industrial application where Gears is our USP from passed 60 years. We are leading Gears Manufacturers in India, We are specialized in all type of Gears for almost all type of industrial application like industrial gears, marine gears, defence gears, power gears etc. There are so many Gears Manufacturers in all over India where We are supplying huge quantity gears in all over world from India. Thanks for sharing this blog with us.
Well another helpful light here!! best regards and thanks for sharing your blog quite simple but its true helpful power by LED lights the energy efficient..
http://www.ledbulbstreetlightmanufacturer.in - Kingswell is leading company of LED Strip Lights Manufacturer in India and Solar Street Light Manufacturer in India. We are suppliers wide ranges of LED Bulb Manufacturers in India, LED Bulb Manufacturers in Delhi Ncr, LED Tube Light Manufacturers in India, LED Flood Light Manufacturers in Delhi, LED Panel Light Manufacturer in India, Solar Street Light with Lithium Ferro Phosphate Battery, Solar Street Light with Lithium Ion Battery lights products.
Solar Street Light Manufacturer in India
LED Strip Lights Manufacturer in India
LED Bulb Manufacturers in India
LED Bulb Manufacturers in Delhi Ncr
LED Tube Light Manufacturers in India
LED Flood Light Manufacturers in Delhi
LED Panel Light Manufacturer in India
Solar Street Light with Lithium Ferro Phosphate Battery
Solar Street Light with Lithium Ion Battery
This light is manufactured at our technologically advanced manufacturing unit using the optimum quality raw material and sophisticated technology in harmony with defined quality standards. Being a quality familiar organization, we inspect the offered light in opposition to different parameters to certify its reliability.
Post a Comment