If the superflashes (and other PB lights) are only used in the rain for a short time they are fine. If they get soaked every day they will have problems, although if you take them apart and dry them out with a hair dryer they will usually work again. The main problem with the superflashes is that they fall off of people's bike like crazy. I own three that I have found on the side of the road. They tend to come out of the mounting bracket, the part of the light that goes into the bracket can come out of the body, and the light itself can fall out of the body. I recomend superglue and tape when mounting the light.
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 15:05 -0700, Philip Williamson wrote: >> On Mar 14, 12:23 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: >> > On Sun, 2010-03-14 at 13:06 -0600, Bill Connell wrote: >> > > My favorite by far is the Planet Bike Superflash light. It comes with >> > > mounts to fit both a seatpost and chain/seatstay, uses AAA cells, and >> > > is very bright. I have 'em on every bike. >> > >> > I have heard that the Planet Bike Superflash is not well sealed against >> > water, and is very prone to failure in the rain. I've no personal >> > experience with it. >> >> I've used a PB Superflash for several years, and recommend it highly. >> I ride with it in the rain, but usually for 20 minutes at a time or >> so. Bicycle Quarterly is the only place I've heard of the superflash >> failing in the rain. > > Actually, there's been a discussion today on the Randon list that > featured mentions of superflashes failing in the rain. > http://groups.google.com/group/randon/browse_thread/thread/97b8af1f393b4b7e > > You can find the archives of the randon list here: > http://groups.google.com/group/randon/ > -- Victor Ivanov -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
