The Head-Light (HL) is fine for streetlit commutes but is not enough for seeing on unlit roads – it is strictly a ‘be-seen’ light. It’s really all you’d ever need from a rear light.
The Tail-Light (TL) is surprisingly bright – blinding even – for such a small light. I can live with form over function this time, but sometimes it takes a couple of attempts to activate it, especially with gloves. A protruding, rubbery switch would be easier but it would wreck the cube’s symmetry. The switch, however, is a small oblong that needs direct pressure in exactly the right place. You just cycle through the five modes by short-pressing the on/off button and it’s the standard long press for on and off. The Giant Recon HL 100 and TL 100 are very simple to operate, with no long presses, counting flashes to determine brightness level or anything like that.
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Read more: Bryton Gardia R300L Rear Light & Radar full review It is priced very keenly for what it offers. The seat post bracket feels nicely secure and it locks the light on well, and conventional round, aero and D-shaped posts are catered for. The light can be turned off completely, as it is able to be run solely as a radar unit, with a 24 hour battery life in that mode. We found that the light is good, albeit not as great as the class leading lights, and it also has decent battery life. Then a look behind can be usefully deployed as necessary. You can concentrate on the road conditions more and then look down when it is appropriate to do so, having been alerted by the bleep. The great thing about this technology is how surprisingly useful it can become. Multiple vehicles can be displayed on your display too. Once the 'threat' has passed you or turned off, the unit bleeps again and the side bar turns green.
Then you know that it is a short way behind you. The unit can detect vehicles from around 150m behind, alerting you with a bleep as well as a visual change to the side bar on your display, then, as the car approaches you, an icon moves up the side bar until it is near the top of the screen. A built in G-Sensor can detect braking and change the light output accordingly, but it is the addition of radar that is the most interesting development. The R300L is the first rear light and radar unit from Bryton. Not quite as good a light or radar as its main rival, the Garmin Varia, but it's close
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