Bell Night Trail Bicycle Light Set | 
| Brand: Bell
List Price: $17.99
Buy New: $13.49
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 3093
Age: 8 - 13 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 4.8 x 1.6
MPN: 109470
Model: 109470
UPC: 035011862361
EAN: 0035011862361
ASIN: B00005BXUU
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | "BELL" NITE TRAIL LIGHT SET | | • | 200 plus hours of run time | | • | Headlight only light setwith "take Me Home" battery saver | | • | High powered Xenon bulb with super bright twin LEDs | | • | Safer with larger side portals which provide 180 of visibility |
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Product Description
"BELL" NITE TRAIL LIGHT SET *200 plus hours of run time *Headlight only light set with "take Me Home" battery saver *High powered Xenon bulb with super bright twin LEDs *Safer with larger side portals which provide 180 of visibility *Clamshell
Amazon.com Product Description
The Night Trail Bicycle Light Set from Bell includes a headlight with "Take Me Home" battery saver technology and a tail light (with a belt clip for portable use). The headlight provides 200 hours of run time and utilizes a Xenon bulb with twin action LEDs. The tail light offers 5 LEDs for great visibility. This set simply clamps on to your bike for quick and easy installation--no tools are required. About Bell
More world champions have worn Bell Helmets than all other helmet brands combined. From Grand Prix racing through the Indy 500 to Olympic cycling, Bell helmets have played a vital role in protecting sportsmen and women for nearly 50 years. Bell began as a small auto parts store in a suburb of Los Angeles. Growing under the leadership of Roy Richter, Bell became a leader in safety equipment for auto racing, motorcycling, and then bicycling. His commitment to creating great product through a close connection with the sport, along with his trust of and care for the people who worked for him, turned Bell from a one-man operation into a multi-million dollar enterprise. His legacy lives on today in Bell's commitment to racing, quality and innovation.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 Good product but not without its flaws December 1, 2004
PK3DNow (Richmond, VA USA)
67 out of 72 found this review helpful
I purchased this to go with my new bike because I end up riding home late after work sometimes and in the city a light is a requirement. But this package comes with two products. The headlamp and a tail light.
Headlamp - This thing is great. I love the ability to switch between the Xenon bulb and the dual LEDs. The Xenon is very bright, more than adequate for night riding. The LEDs are a nice backup because the provide you with a nearly indispensable source of light as they use very little battery power. But if you find yourself running low it will automatically switch to a "Take Me Home" mode that uses less power for those long treks home (or unexpected detours). What gets me is a friend of mine purchased a much more expensive headlamp and this thing blows his out of the water.
Tail Light - This is why I gave the review four stars. This product at first seemed just as good as the headlamp. Plenty of options (on, blink, blink faster, varied LEDs cycling, and fast cycle). After mounting it I went to angle it down a bit and the casing came right off (the way your replace the batteries). The casing is rather poorly made, the bottom clip doesn't hold so well, it could be just mine but the design seems flawed. I had to remove it because a rough bump could easily knock it off and then it would be lost forever. A little bit of tape on the bottom solved this problem for me so it wasn't a complete loss.
Overall the products are nice. The headlamp made this purchase worth it for me since I already have a backup (reserve) tail light.
Best Wishes...
Ok - not great September 12, 2005
Pistol Pete (Houston, TX United States)
18 out of 21 found this review helpful
The main light is supposed to have 2 settings - the bright main bulb and then the two dimmer side bulbs. On mine, only the two dim side bulbs work. The dim side bulbs don't provide much illumination - thought it probably does give oncoming drivers better notice. The back light works very well. Easy to install, but I worry how long-lasting they might be.
Excellent Value November 11, 2006
Patrick S. Pope (Chicago, IL)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
For the price, this light is hard to beat. Over the years, I have used approximately twenty different bicycle lights by brands such as Cateye, Cygolite and Planet Bike. While some of these were significantly better than the Bell, they were also three to ten times as expensive. If you don't mind the large mass of four AA batteries on your handlebars and have under twenty dollars to spend, the Bell Night Trail bicycle light is the way to go.
The real downside to having the batteries in the enclosure is the hazard created when the housing becomes dislodged during an impact. While this has not happened with the Bell light, it did occur with a Planet Bike light while riding through traffic in NYC. The distraction was extremely dangerous. Losing half of the batteries was not fun either.
Fortunately, the Bell light has a sturdy enclosure where the top half slides backwards to open. This makes it almost impervious to front and vertical impacts. However, the internal latches never quite give you a clear indication that it is closed. Rather, you must squeeze the top downward and push forward simultaneously until you can't move it further.
Much like the headlight, the taillight compares well to more expensive lights. Similar to competing products, it has various blinking modes as a well as an always-on setting. Due to the design of the lens, light escapes from the sides and top of the light. Such side lighting is crucial for riding in urban areas.
The build quality is good but not on par with the $100+ lighting systems. But again, the selling point of this light is overall value. Some of the nicer features include a bright Xenon bulb paired with miserly LED lights that can blink for hours. Unlike some of the MR11-based bulbs (parabolic track lighting bulbs), the lens assembly has two ports on the right and left sides. This spreads light perpendicularly to the path of travel, which is a nice feature when in traffic. These features combined with a very modest price make this light an excellent choice for the budget conscious.
Pros
Value
Brightness
Combination of LED and Xenon modes
Decent build quality
Side lighting on headlight
Cons
Questionable design of battery compartment (top half of headlight)
Bulky
LEDs could be brighter
 What a piece of crap September 21, 2005
Mark Twain (KC, MO USA)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
At first I thought this was a great light, very inexpensive, pretty bright, several modes and all. I bought it becuase I always ride home after dark, and I wanted to see ahead of me, and let cars see me. First of all, it isnt all that bright to see the road in front of you, but more than bright enough for cars to see me. Second of all, the day I bought it, I was riding home and as I was cornering,
it came right out of the clip that holds it and went underneath my tires and broke. I was very disapointed. The same day. What a piece of crap.
P.S. From all the use I gave it, the tail light worked great.
 Excellent value March 8, 2006
Dr. Kirk
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I found this lighting pair to be well made, so I'm not sure why others had trouble with quality. I highly recommend this lighting set for the price. You can set the front light to blink its two LEDs during the day -- a good attention-getter. The back light has a constantly-on setting as well as several blinking patterns, any of which are good attention-getters, too.
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