The larger version of the best bike lights buyers guide covers every possible scenario I could think of. If you need a light on a bike, I tried to give you an option. That means it includes front lights, rear lights, helmet lights, and pedal lights. There are lights to help make sure that other road users can see you and lights to make sure you can see where you are going. The hardest part of slimming that down for the 2023 Cyclingnews awards was editing the uses for a bike light.
When I was doing the bulk of the testing for various bike light options, it was deep into the winter. In my part of the world, the sun wasn’t up for long and it was always cold and wet. I tended to prioritise bright lights with long run times. Despite that, I tried not to think of only those needs when picking the lights I’d recommend to most people.
Instead, what I had to do was think about how the bulk of our users are going to use a bike light. I decided that although I tend to use bike lights when I start riding before dawn and keep riding until the sun sets again, that’s probably not what most people do. I expect that for the vast majority of our readers, you are looking for flexibility. A decent price paired with a good quality light that serves a lot of scenarios is going to see the most use.
With that in mind, this is the place where you can find the best jack of all trades. And the lights that will last for a long time, and cover most riding scenarios. I did still include a best overall rear bike light but other than that, I narrowed things down to three simple categories; the best overall, the best value, and an honourable mention. If you are looking for the best bike light, keep reading to see what I picked.
Best overall
In the above intro where I talk about the needs of most people vs my needs, this is the light I was thinking about. The Magicshine isn’t the absolute best light on the market, I’d probably give that distinction to the British brand Exposure Lighting. Alternatively, if we are talking about the best commuter light, I might give that to…
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