Review of Maxxon Wireless Brake Light
Manufacturer’s description:
This tail light is designed to light-up when the rider begins applying the brakes. It is intended to provide safety primarily in a paceline where many accidents are caused by someone not realizing that the person in front of them is slowing. The unit has three different modes. One for use during daylight hours that is intended to work just like you car’s daylight hour braking. When riding normally the light is off and when applying the brakes the light comes on in a steady mode. The two night modes let you choose your preference. First, the light can be set to do the traditional tail light blinking on and off while you are riding. When applying the brakes the light would change to a steady light. In the second nighttime option the tail light would act just as your car’s tail light acts at night. It would be on steadily and when the brakes are applied the tail light would get brighter as with your car. The light has a unique auto-on function in which any motion will turn the light on and proceed with whatever setting it is on.
GCC Review:
This review was made with contributions from multiple riders who have helped test this light. The first thing that had users scratching their heads was they had a great deal of trouble turning off the unit. People reported that even laying on the front seat of their car apparently off the unit would suddenly turn itself on while you were driving down the street. It was explained to us by the manufacturer that this was because of the auto-on feature mentioned above. The light comes with the auto-on feature active by default. In order to return it to a conventional on/off procedure you are required to remove the batteries and hold down the switch button while reinstalling the batteries. This seemed to be a little cumbersome. The light itself was fairly bright although like most lights its primary usefulness would be at night. We found the brake light feature itself to be very inconsistent and not a feature that you should depend on working all the time. Our final impression was that this would make an adequate taillight for conventional uses but the brake light portion of it was one that could not be relied upon for proper usage. This unit will be provided as a door prize at our Annual Meeting and you can test it for yourself. If you want further information go to http://www.sungoinc.com/light/products.html