Had to choose between a cheaper bike light set and a pricier one for my morning commute

Last month my old light died on me during a dark ride to work in Portland. I picked a $25 set from Amazon over a $60 one at the local shop because I was short on cash. Three weeks later the mount broke and the light fell off into a puddle on Sandy Boulevard. Now I'm out the money and I still need to buy a real light. Anyone else had a cheap light fail on them like this?

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hugow3010h ago

Read somewhere that cheap light mounts are pretty much designed to fail.

laura_ross8h ago

And it's not just the mount itself that's the problem, it's the screws and bolts they use. I had a cheap set where the thumb screw stripped after like three uses, so the whole thing basically became useless. The metal is usually super soft too, so overtightening just deforms the whole thing. You end up paying more in the long run when you have to replace them every few months.