Blackburn Mars 3.0 Flasher Rear Bicycle Light
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Description of Blackburn Mars 3.0 Flasher Rear Bicycle Light
Named after a bright red planet visible from afar, the Mars 3.0 has seven super-bright red LED's inside a sleek water resistant case. Lens optics increase visible distance and side LED's provide 180 degree safety-boosting visibility.An essential measure for any safety-conscious biker, the Blackburn Mars 3.0 Rear Bicycle Light will help make sure you are seen by traffic in plenty of time. The Mars 3.0 is constructed in a tough, water-resistant case and utilizes seven super-bright red LEDs. This rear bicycle light features lens optics that increase its visible distance, and side LEDs that provide 180-degree safety-boosting visibility. Blackburn's Mars 3.0 runs on two AAA batteries (included) for up to 50 hours in steady mode, or 150 hours in flash mode.
About Blackburn
In 1975, Jim Blackburn set out to design stronger, lighter, more innovative and more reliable cycling products. The first were bags and racks designed for touring. From there, Blackburn grew. Over the next 30 years, Blackburn's spark of innovation would lead to many revolutionary products, like the first high quality aircraft aluminum rack, the first dual stroke minipump, the first oversized mountain minipump and the first dual stage/dual stroke floorpump just to name a few. For 2005, Blackburn's creative spark is burning brighter than ever. And as we head into our 30th year, Blackburn is re-dedicated to designing smart, reliable, no nonsense accessories that are essential to your riding experience.
Sports reviews of Blackburn Mars 3.0 Flasher Rear Bicycle Light
Customer Review: Good light, Cheap light
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
Very bright light, visible from the back as well as the sides. Long battery life, I've been using it regularly for over 6 months without replacing the batteries. I have it mounted to my seat post and have not any any problems keeping it attached, even over bumps and potholes. I haven't used the clip to attach to a bag or belt, so I can't speak of it's effectiveness. It's a great light for the money!Customer Review: Rear Bicycle Light
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
Bright, easy to see,lots of flash modes. The only reason for 4 stars is the expense. You can get a cheaper light, but it probabl won't be as bright.Customer Review: just great
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
easy strong attachment to bike. It does the job and is pretty bright.Customer Review: wait, I thought this was for a bicycle!
Sport shop rating: 3 Stars
I bought this light because it is one of the very few LED taillights listed on Steven Scharf's taillights page as good enough not to be considered a toy, and it's the least expensive of those. It is definitely very bright, and well protected against the environment with its rubber gasket and 3-screw closure.
If you want to mount it on a belt, or a fabric loop on a rack trunk, no problem, the belt clip is built in. If you want to mount it on a seatpost or seatstay, also no problem, there's a very nice post mount with a secure, positive adjustment for vertical angle. Weirdly, it attaches by the belt clip, so that even the post/stay mount depends on the durability of the belt clip (which other reviewers have not found very dependable).
Weirdest of all, if you have a rear rack with a standard drilled taillight/reflector mount at the back, you're out of luck: the one thing that doesn't come with this taillight is a way of attaching to a standard taillight mount. It also doesn't include any passive reflector surface (as the 4DToplight does, for example) so it needs to be combined with a standard reflector.
Well, the belt clip seems to be attached by 3 screws (one from the inside) and I can probably fabricate something to replace it and make a nice permanent mount for it and a couple of reflectors from the junk box. But with the extra effort I really won't have saved anything compared to spending the extra money on one of the other choices in the first place.
Customer Review: Great light, but brittle clip
Sport shop rating: 3 Stars
I just broke my second plastic 'belt' clip on this light. I had it attached to my seat post bag. This clip fatigued after about 600 miles of road riding. Blackburn has replaced the clip both times, but the first one took over 6 weeks to arrive; they said that they were out of stock.
I should also mention that when the clips broke, the light hit the road. If it would have been windy, I probably would not have heard it hit the pavement.