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Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | Only 5 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | Redlite UFO , 10 super bright LEDs, a near 360 pattern, constant blinking and cruising functions, 60 hours of constant use. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 0.0 inches | | Product Width: | 0.0 inches | | Product Height: | 0.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 2.0 pounds | | Package Length: | 5.83 inches | | Package Width: | 3.39 inches | | Package Height: | 2.05 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.22 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 17 reviews |
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| | Features | ufo, redlite,led,360 pattern, water resistant,
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 17 customer reviews )
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68 of 71 found the following review helpful:
 Disappointing, especially for the price Jun 19, 2006
By Phrawm47
"RB"
I originally thought that the Topeak RedLite UFO would be a great addition to my extremely well made Topeak MX trunk bag and rear-rack system. Alas, I'm pretty disappointed with the RedLite UFO overall, especially given its relatively high cost.
The idea -- a clippable tail light that would emit 180-degrees of marker illumination -- seemed great, particularly since the light was designed to clip onto the very sort of Topeak trunk bag I owned.
Unfortunately the red LEDs in the RedLite UFO, not very bright to begin with, radiate in a very limited vertical axis. This means that, unless the light happens to be vertically oriented at exactly the right angle, most people driving cars won't see the light at its brightest. Too bad then that maintaining a particular vertical orientation is essentially impossible when the light is clipped onto the fabric of a trunk bag...
Note too that the placement and ludicrously low intensity of the light's yellow LEDs makes them essentially useless as marker lights. The yellow LEDs do virtually nothing beyond providing rather superfluous illumnation of the light's control button.
In the end, my new RedLite UFO compares extremely poorly with the Cateye TL-LD 1000 I also own. Given that both lights are premium priced, I'd suggest you do some comparison shopping if you're looking for bright, horizontally and vertically wide-angled marker illumination for your bike.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
PDX BIKER Jul 02, 2008
By W. park
"PDX BKR"
the topeak ufo light looks like a great idea, but the installation and end use is a bit hokey.
the 270 degree LED broadcast of light is good, but not all the LEDs emit at the same intensity. The yellow LEDs are worthless.
Mounting the UFO light to your Topeak rack is a design in engineering failure. The UFO light clip, (which you receive when you buy the light) just slides over the Topeak bike rack adapter, (which you receive when you buy the rack). It is not a solid mount. The clip broke off the adapter after riding over some railroad tracks, which i do very cautiously on my hybrid bike.
If you are concerned with image, the set up looks hokey. If you don't care, get some superglue or make your own clip/adapter set up.
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Great concept, poor engineering May 20, 2008
By Brent A. Hafele
I love the concept of the UFO. It is bright and can be seen from almost anywhere. However, the bracket that holds the UFO to the bike is poorly designed in my opinion. It is some what flimsy. I wish that the light (which is awesome) came with an improved bracket.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Bummer Dec 06, 2011
By OlyWa510
In theory it is a superb idea, 360' of light visibility.
In reality, the light is a novelty.
-The batteries used to power it are not common. It lasted almost 8 months of daily commuting, then when I went to replace the batteries I discovered they use a R1-N battery type....lame
-The LED output is far lower than equivocally priced rear bicycle lights.
-As noted in other reviews, the yellow lights are useless.
-I never had a problem with the plastic bracket itself, though the rubber band that holds it on has had to be replaced after being exposed to the elements. Also, the bracket is such that it does not easily attach to the rear of any other racks.
All in all I would not recommend this product, nor will I be looking into other Topeak light systems.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Don't waste your money - you won't even be able to change the batteries Oct 23, 2011
By Helen Rayner
Hopeless light - not very strong. Also the 2mm hex key that opens the casing isn't distributed when you buy the light. I am now looking to buy a new light after just less than a year :(
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