These are yet another player in the Knog Tadpole arena of small elastic secured bike lights. The Rav-X Lumi X2 lights are pretty darn bright, they have two bright LEDs each, powered by two CR2032 batteries and will work in steady or blink mode.
They are brighter than the Tadpoles I have, they area also more difficult turn on and off which is good, since the knog tadpoles had been known to accidentally turn on while riding, or worse turn on while in your camelbak and drain the batteries.
I do find it funny that the packaging says “uses economical CR2032 batteries”… these batteries are anything but economical. At RadioShack they are $4.99 each! And each light takes two, its just cheaper to buy new lights then to replace the batteries. I guess you could buy them online, in bulk, pay for shipping and somehow come out cheaper….
Regardless, they are very nice lights, I’d have to say I like them more than the knogs.
As this pic shows it uses a small elastic band to go around the bars/post/tube/ and then clips on the top of the light.
A nice thing about thise little elastic band over the integrated rubber body of the knog lights, is that these fit more easily in to a seat bag so you can leave them on your bike just in case you need them…
You can see the designers at Rav-X really thought these things out and included a concave rubber pad on the bottom so it sits nicer on a round tube, one other thing nicer than the knog lights.
Having both the Rav and the KNOG frog light, I’d say the frog is better on all counts: The KNOG has personality, not just a generic chinese blob! and the rav ended up with water inside the housing when I left in on my bike. Best thing bout the knog products are the silicon keeps them weather proof.
I recon they are both as bright as each other- for my moey I’d buy the KNOG over the Rav anyday!
Hey Banjo – I didn’t know these things leaked, that’s not cool. I have had these for a month, but not been in the rain for more than a half hour.
I’ll update the blog if they leak.
Thanks for the input.
-Joe