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Planet Bike Beamer 5 Front Bike Light

$35.00

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Item # 756359

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This safety headlight offers five bright white LEDs to illuminate you and light your way.

Quick Cam™ bracket mounts, adjusts or can be taken off in seconds without tools
Flashing and steady modes
Inculdes two AA batteries

Imported.

Item 756359

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Planet Bike Beamer 5 Front Bike Light Customer Reviews

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Planet Bike Beamer 5 Front Bike Light

4.3

(based on 8 reviews)

88%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Long battery life (5)
Great visibility (4)

Cons

Best Uses

Front headlight (6)
Good for commuting (4)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Casual/ recreational (5)

REVIEWS

Reviewed by 8 customers

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Mar

2008

(8 of 11 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Good compact light

By S-Dot

from Bay Area, CA

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Bright
Inexpensive
Lightweight
Small

Cons

None so far

Best Uses

Front headlight

Comments about Planet Bike Beamer 5 Front Bike Light:

The above reviewer is not using this light for its intended purpose.

It is a SAFETY LIGHT, not a headlight. Its only purpose is for other vehicles and people to see you, which it does fine at a great price. It is not intended to light your way down a dark country road or something.

Well recommended!

Jul

2008

(6 of 9 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great for what I use it for..

By Meaty

from Salt Lake City

About Me Casual/ Recreational

See all my reviews

Pros

Long battery life

Cons

None

Best Uses

Night commute

Comments about Planet Bike Beamer 5 Front Bike Light:

This light should not be used to see in the dark, its for people to see you.. if you want a headlight than you will end up paying more money. REI is the best place for you cycling needs

Jun

2009

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Better than CatEye

By Subie Aggie

from Texas

About Me Casual/ Recreational

See all my reviews

Pros

Great visibility

Cons

Best Uses

Front headlight
Night commute

Comments about Planet Bike Beamer 5 Front Bike Light:

I returned a CatEye 3LED light because it stopped working. This light is brighter, easier to mount, easier to operate, and only uses 2 AA batteries instead of 3 AAA (pain to deal with for rechargable batteries).

Aug

2009

(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Safety Light 5/5, Headlight 4/5

By Bjornar

from The Burbs of MN

About Me Avid Cyclist

See all my reviews

Pros

Great visibility
Long battery life

Cons

Best Uses

Front headlight
Night commute

Comments about Planet Bike Beamer 5 Front Bike Light:

I have found this light to be an excellent front safety light on commutes and night rides and a good front headlight as well. The mount makes it easy to tune the angle of the beam to be hitting the ground far enough out that the light can work as a headlight. As long as you're not moving super fast and on roads as opposed to trails the light is plenty bright for this purpose as well. Its far brighter than most of my bikey friends' front lights and I end up lighting the way--even if I'm not riding lead! Just remember to get a strong rear blinky light--it's not the cars in front of you that are going to run you over...

Sep

2007

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Handy and suprisingly bright!

By Will Bombadil

from Portland, Oregon

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Compact
Long battery life
Stylish
Versatile

Cons

Best Uses

Front headlight
Handy flashlight
Night commute

Comments about Planet Bike Beamer 5 Front Bike Light:

I got this for my wife who just started commuting by bicycle. She loves it, and everybody in her office loves it.

Aug

2010

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Nice addition for night riding

By Ranger27

from Chicagoland area

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Great visibility
Long battery life

Cons

Best Uses

Front headlight

Comments about Planet Bike Beamer 5 Front Bike Light:

I bought the Beamer 5 to complement an existing front lamp to help light the bike trail after the sun goes down. The last place I want to be caught on is a dark pitch black trail with a burned out/dead light. This is a nice head light that fits my needs perfectly.

Its a bright LED so I won't have to worry about a burned out bulb and the battery life seems to be quite lengthy.

Go for it!

Nov

2007

(1 of 19 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

not very bright

By marsrover

from Redmond, WA

About Me Commuter

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Pros

Long battery life

Cons

Weak beam

Best Uses

Not at all

Comments about Planet Bike Beamer 5 Front Bike Light:

Only good if you ride very slowly and not in complete darkness.

Jul

2011

5.0

Great Light!

By Jen the Camper

from Aromas, CA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Easily detaches
Great visibility
Perfect size

Cons

Best Uses

Front headlight

Comments about Planet Bike Beamer 5 Front Bike Light:

I purchased this light for my daughters bike as a safety precaution for those evening bike rides and she just loves it! It's really bright, easy to install and she can remove it and use it as a flashlight. Love that feature! I will definetly be purchasing another one for myself.