So, the other day I got home without my light, it fell off somewhere along the way. I didn’t leave the bike unattended, wasn’t riding off-road or on rough terrain, just a casual ride. My guess is it either popped off while riding or somehow came loose when I was folding the rear triangle during a stop. Pretty frustrating, considering the price.
As for the light itself, it’s bright, has plenty of modes, good battery life, and charges via USB-C. But the mount is poorly designed and unreliable. There’s basically no locking mechanism, it relies on a tiny magnet and a bit of friction.
It lasted me less than a year. I won’t be buying it again and just hoping for better luck, at this price the mount should be as reliable as possible.
Given that it got lost for no real reason, I can’t recommend it to fellow riders anymore. Time to look for an alternative.
by DonnyMug
3 Comments
Knogg lights have flimsy or terrible mounts, but the lights themselves are decent.
Knog lights are great, their mounts are absolutely appalling, years ago I had one of their fixed rubber mount lights, it snapped within a year
I had the light snap in the mount when rolling it on the rack – had to rebuy the light, then the mount snapped not long after from the same problem.
Knog replaced the mount the second time.
I then had it fall off the seat rail mount on a ride with my other bike. Stupid thing.