Bontrager flare 2 rear light full#
Bontrager flare 2 rear light pro#
Bontrager flare 2 rear light Bluetooth#

You can get a claimed 12 hours of battery life on day-flash mode and 30 hours of run time on night-flash mode.

Bontrager flare 2 rear light full#

The Ion 200 RT can run for a claimed 90 minutes at its full strength of 200 lumens when on a steady beam, three hours at 100 lumens, and 14.5 hours at five lumens. On a steady beam, Bontrager claimed up to 4.5 hours at maximum strength (25 lumens) or 13.5 hours at five lumens. However, during our in-house testing we got 21 hours of run time in the lowest setting. Trevor Raab Long Battery Life and Water Resistanceīontrager claimed six hours of battery life from the Flare RT in full-strength flash mode, and up to 15 hours on the lowest flash setting. The Flare RT mount is angled so the beam of light shines straight behind you, and not at the ground, when mounted on a seat post. For those of you you don’t want to be scrolling through computer screens to adjust your lights, you can still do it the old-fashioned way and just push the power button repeatedly to skip through the light modes. On auto, ambient light sensors adjust light output to optimize visibility as the amount of sunlight changes during your ride. These lights have different settings, including auto, high visibility, trail, and individual. You can also adjust the settings to only turn the lights on when you start the timer on your cycling computer, instead of when the cycling computer is turned on.

Simply pair the lights to your computer and your Garmin will create a “light network.” This means that the lights will be in “always-on” mode, which turns the lights on when you power up the computer and off when you shut the computer down.

Bontrager flare 2 rear light Bluetooth#

The Ion 200 RT and Flare RT are ANT+ and Bluetooth compatible, so they can be controlled with a Garmin or any of Bontrager's ANT+ enabled devices. The Flare 3 ($30) and Flare 1 ($15) are simpler, less expensive options that require AAA batteries. The R City is optimized for visibility in urban environments, where your taillight is competing for attention with brake lights, stop lights, street lights, and neon signs within a city. The RT ($60) and R ($40) have similar power and features, but the R is slightly larger. There are fewer Flare lights but the range is just as wide. The 200 RT, 100 R, 120, and 35 all have steady beam functions, but they primarily make you visible to cars, day and night.

Bontrager flare 2 rear light pro#

Three of the models, the Pro RT, 800 R, and 450 R, are noticeably larger than the rest and serve both as traditional headlights and daytime-running lights. The Ion is available in seven models, ranging from the 1,300-lumen Pro RT ($99) to the Ion 35 ($25). You can buy them individually or as a set, and the prices for all available models are at the bottom of this review.

“Ion” denotes the headlights and “Flare” refers to Bontrager’s taillight models. Easy Mount straps make installation and removal a snap.