Knog Blinder Road Light

I had the pleasure of seeing this light from Knog in person at Frostbike a couple weeks ago. I was honestly EXTREMELY impressed by this. It's the first of Knog's lights intended for "seeing" and lighting up the road in front of you rather than just making yourself visible. The 2 Cree LEDs (one wide and one narrow beam) can be controlled individually so that one will illuminate your path and the other will blink, or they can both be set to a steady beam and give you up to 200 lumens of light. The best part is that these are USB rechargeable and include a neat rubberized USB cable. I think Knog has recently been doing a fantastic job of combining good design and aesthetics with functional lighting technology to create products that actually work and look damn good.

Read more about the Blinder Road series here and here.

Below are the couple of photos I snapped of the light at Frostbike, which you may have already seen here:

Knog Blinder Tail Light

Picked up one of the new Knog Blinder lights from the shop a while ago, and so far I love it.



Tons of flash modes, to keep you endlessly entertained.



44 lumens worth of light, which is a lot for a tail light! It's designed well too. The vertical shape of the light compliments the shape of the seatpost - It LOOKS GOOD on your bike! The metal clasp is a nice touch too.



It's also USB rechargeable, so you never need to worry about batteries. Just plug it into your laptop... or wherever else you put USB plugs. Not only that, but it's pretty much waterproof. Retail is around $45. This might be the last tail light you ever buy.