Lezyne

My old Garmin Varia was only holding a charge for around 3 hours. So, it was time to replace it. This tail light was just released. I've been happy with other Lezyne products and this was also about $50 less than the base Varia model and way less than the new Varia. I've now used it for about 2 weeks and I'm really happy with the performance of this product. The warnings are exactly the same as the old Varia. I've not had any false positives or false negatives. On top of all that, I got 14 hours of riding out of my first charge. That's about double what I ever got out of the Varia, even when it as new.

The only downside to this light is the way it attaches to your bike. It's just a rubber strap around your seat post. There's no way to attach it to a tab on a saddle bag or saddle rails. It's easy to move from bike to bike, but I wish there was more flexibility in where you can mount it.

Even with the lack of mounting options, I'm still very happy with this tail light.

On the bike this light works well--bright and compact. However, I question the running time claimed by the manufacturer. I get about 10 hours. I also am quite frustrated by how much time it takes to recharge the thing. Without its battery being fully drained, in my experience it takes in excess of 48 hours of plug-in time to get the elusive green light. Seriously. I have contacted the manufacturer about that, only to be told that, yeah, it takes that long. So if you have the patience to wait, and not the need for the light for a couple days, I guess it's a pretty good product.

The lights themselves are great, nice and bright with different settings/blink patterns to match the conditions! The main problem is the strap for the rear light, it's flimsy and does not have one side permanently fixed to the body of the light. Within a week of buying two light sets, one rear strap broke and the other was lost while off the bike being charged. Lezyne sells replacement straps for ~$5, including different lengths, so I bought multiple.

I keep losing lights that have all kinds of creative attach methods at to the bike. I was looking for a rechargeable, bright USB-C chargee light that. Thats exactly what it is. So the light is attached to the rubber strap and cannot fall off. You need to remove the light with the rubber strap to charge it. Not as nice as having it clip in but really nice that it can't fall off.

Only complaint is that the rubber strap could be a bit longer. My gravel bike has a mountain bike width seat post and the strap is a bit tight on that.