Off Topic » Brake Free Helmet brake light

Here is a review of an interesting safety device that seems useful: My daughter bought a Brake Free helmet light for my birthday at the recent Northern California Motorcycle Show during a visit to the company's exhibit. It connects to the back of your helmet via a permanent stick-on clip and is easily removable by pulling upward to remove or pushing down to connect. It is completely self-contained and does not need any sort of transmitting device to be connected to the motorcycle as was the case with a similar brake light that was on the market a few years ago. It contains a non-replaceable rechargeable battery that is said to last for 9 hours of operation on a charge. Recharging takes 2-3 hours via a USB port.

The device lights up when you slow down with a large series of 100 red LEDs. It is sensitive enough so that it will flash on at a walking pace and then coming to a stop. You can also purchase two additional helmet clips for $13. You get one clip with the Brake Free light and I was given a package of 2 extra attachment clips. I now have the clips fastened to three of my helmets so that I can move the brake light from one helmet to another. There is a mode button at the top of the Brake Free light, which allows you to turn it on and then cycle through three modes: all LEDs on; all LEDs blinking; and a "stealth" mode with just 16 LEDs when steadily riding but with all 100 LEDs flashing when slowing down, which is the one that I like to use. Pushing the button again will turn the light off for storage or recharging.

The light seems like a good safety device for my type of riding, which can be in heavy fog at times and when slowing down while riding my Zero electric motorcycle and using its regeneration feature, which does not turn on the bike's brake light unless you operate bike's brakes to come to a stop.

If you are interested in checking out this brake light, here is a link to the company's website: brakefreetech.com.

Unfortunately, the device is not cheap. Its price is $170 USD. But I don't think there is anything else like it on the market and it seems to be well made and it does function as claimed.

Thanks for the review. I been looking at it, my bike shop is sells them. It seem light enough
in the hand, how is it on the helmet?

Zitat von Mark im Beitrag #2

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Thanks for the review. I been looking at it, my bike shop is sells them. It seem light enough
in the hand, how is it on the helmet?

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BTW, I just weighed the Brake Free light on an electronic scale and it weighs exactly 7 ounces, or 198 grams.

I really appreciate you posting this. After seeing your post I visited their web site, did a little research and placed my order for one today. Anything to keep that clown in the SUV, on his/her cell phone from rear ending me. I understand they're back ordered. They expect to ship by August 20th. That's no too bad.

Can you activate the light by head movement?

I ordered one too- shipping date Aug 20.

I'm thinking about this, but I also installed Cyclops LED turn signal boards and I'm pretty happy with them. The the rears are going through an EZCan so they blink on braking.

cyclopsadventuresports.com/Evolution-safety-turn-signal-inserts_p_204.html

Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #6

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Can you activate the light by head movement?

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #6

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Can you activate the light by head movement?

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I just got mine in the mail. The base plate that you stick on the helmet fits my Shoei RF800 well but not my Schuberth R2, which is more angular. My Shoei also has DOT and Shoei stickers on the back where I stuck the base plate and I hope they won't get in the way of the bonding. I managed to stick the base plate on a little crooked because the hole in the paper template is larger than the plastic plate and because I'm a little clumsy. Per instructions, I'm letting the adhesive cure for 12 hours before clipping the flashing unit on. Overall, not bad. BrakeFreeTech does recommend reading the instructions carefullyThe idea is innovative- ride reports soon.

Zitat von gc141x im Beitrag #11

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I just got mine in the mail. The base plate that you stick on the helmet fits my Shoei RF800 well but not my Schuberth R2, which is more angular. My Shoei also has DOT and Shoei stickers on the back where I stuck the base plate and I hope they won't get in the way of the bonding. I managed to stick the base plate on a little crooked because the hole in the paper template is larger than the plastic plate and because I'm a little clumsy. Per instructions, I'm letting the adhesive cure for 12 hours before clipping the flashing unit on. Overall, not bad. BrakeFreeTech does recommend reading the instructions carefullyThe idea is innovative- ride reports soon.

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My Brake free light arrived today. They had quite a back log. Super easy to install and very bright when it should be. Many thanks for the original post. I'd never seen such a thing and I believe it will do what they say; get people's attention. I mounted mine on my Arai Defiant. The fit is pretty good. I did add a couple of those disk furniture pads to the back of it to stop a minor wiggle. One of the reviewers on Brake Free had done so and posted about it or I don't know if I'd have thought of it.

I like to keep my light on the "stealth" (third) mode where you only have two short LED bars showing while riding but the big bright lights (as shown above) are activated when you slow down. I think that makes more of an attention-getter during stopping, like the third (upper) stoplight on a car, plus it makes the internal battery last much longer than when using the lights-on-all-the-time setting.

I can't thank you enough for posting the original post. I'd never heard of them nor do I think I'd have thought to look for something like that. I haven't had a chance to ride since installing it but I'll feel better knowing it should get folks attention when I'm slowing down or stopping.