1/30/2024 0 Comments Bontrager flare 2 rear light![]() ![]() Got it? Good, let’s begin unboxing (because the box is actually rather clever). See, the company actually renamed the product the same thing – an Apple-like ode, without any clear generational or year identifier.Īll you need to know is you want to look for the squarish one, and not the roundish one. Oh, there’s one catch though: Sometimes the Flare RT isn’t this Flare RT. Ion 700 RT: Cigar-like front light announced a few years agoįlare RT: Tiny cube rear light announced this month (this review) Ion 350/450 RT: Clunky-looking front lights announced a year or two ago Ion 200 RT: Tiny cube front light announced this month (this review) Ion Pro RT: Elongated front light announced this month That, in turn, might help you try and navigate this review a bit more. I should probably preface this section with helping you understand the confusing naming scheme that Bontrager has come up with. With that – let’s begin! What’s in the box: As usual, once I wrap things up I’ll shoot them all back to Bontrager. Maybe if there’s interest I’ll also do something on the Pro lights down the (well-lit) road. The Pro series lights are also connected, and are quite a bit beefier in terms of size and lumen throw-down (an official term, obviously). This included both the Flare RT/Ion 200RT lights I’m reviewing here, as well as the Ion Pro Series lights that I’m not focusing on here. They’re also perfect as daytime running lights on the bike, since they’re so tiny you’d barely notice them weight-wise or size-wise.īontrager sent over a loaner pile of the new lights to try out. For those living in cities, it’s perfect – whereas for those living on farm roads…not so much (as I found out). In essence, it’s more about vehicles seeing you than you having the path in front of you lit-up like a stadium. The main focus for the new Flare RT and Ion 200 RT lights isn’t so much folks needing massive amounts of light (meaning, it’s not really best for mountain bikers), but rather what the industry roughly terms as ‘safety lights’. But these days most riders will likely be using their Garmin bike computers to do so. ![]() The initial iteration of the Bontrager Flare RT and Ion RT was actually quite good – and they even had a nifty remote control (still do if you want it) to control the lights. You can also control functionality, like light modes, from the head unit itself.īontrager is hardly new to the connected lights game in fact, they were actually the first company to introduce such connected lights using the ANT+ device profile (Garmin then followed a bit later), back in April of 2015. These $59 individual front and rear lights connect via ANT+ to supported head units to automatically turn on when you start a ride, and turn off when you end a ride. Bontrager has introduced a new far smaller and much cheaper variant of their popular Flare RT connected bike lights.
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