Cateye Rapid X3 Rear Light Review

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Cateye rapid x3 rear light review.

Unlike some other premium rear lights which use reflectors or collimated lenses to direct their light in a beam for maximum range the rapid x3 is a spread it around sort of light. The ultimate safety light designed to ensure you re seen both day and night. The cateye rapid x3 is a super bright rear light that puts out a hefty and highly visible 150 lumens through its two separate cob strip leds which you can control separately via a switch each side. The cateye rapid x3 is cateye s top of the range rear light pushing out 150 lumens on its top power setting.

Recently got into road bike riding after 10 years of mountain biking and quickly realize the need for a superbright high quality rear safety light especially riding around or in a city during the day and at night. As a consequence you can mount it at any angle and it s highly visible even from a side angle of more than 90 degrees. Attaches to the existing cateye bracket by using the optional spacer x. Cateye rapid x3 performance the rapid x3 is easy to mount using the supplied o rings but the shape of the swappable mounting pad means that the light can flop from side to side if knocked or.

The rapid x3 is the most powerful rear cycling light in cateye s range doubling the brightness of the company s popular x2 with an output rated at 150 lumens maximum power mode. It achieves this using twin arrays of chip on board cob leds. I have been a fan of cateye products for years now and have to say the rapid x3 rear safety light does not disappoint.