Hi,

I don't know what sort of experience you had with this flasher but mine was horrible. It really did sound tempting because of extra stuff that you can get for it such as colored lenses so I ended getting four of them. I used them to put on the Personal Floatation Devices that my girl, friends and I use during kayaking. None of those things work anymore. I'm sure they are great but first one broke during bailing out, second and third was dropped into the kayak and stopped operating and 4th just started leaking. So no thank you but I will stay away from those. I did end up getting these:

Great strobe for diving and kayaking. I've been using it for past two years, lightweight 2 AA battery operation


I carry this one with me everyday. Also uses 2 AAs. I regret not getting version that you can also use as a flashlight but hey it was an ebay bargain. Build in second color can make you stand out. Disadvantage is that when IR shield is down you can't see if strobe is on or off so battery may be drained.


SDU-5 I got for my car. I purchased converted version that uses two cr123 batteries. I find it unreliable because of the batteries but it is water proof and works fine when batteries are strong.



For street work I don't get sophisticated and use the same strobes that I use for biking. They have fairly simple circuits to clean and rubber gaskets to keep water out. They are small and can handle abuse and they are cheap so replacable just in case.

Matt