Weebot presents its range of lighting and signaling systems.
Just like other types of vehicles, it is important to equip your electric scooter or bike with a suitable lighting and signaling system. These accessories ensure the rider's safety, especially when riding at night. They also help you be more visible once on the road. Weebot tells you more.
Why use lighting and signaling systems?
According to the highway code, lighting on electric scooters and bikes is now mandatory. It is essential that you are visible while being able to see your surroundings when riding at night. In other words, this type of accessory can help you to:
- Avoid road accidents by making yourself visible on the road.
- Ensure your visibility both day and night once on the road.
- Ensure your visual comfort.
- See in the dark without any problem.
- It is easy to install lighting on your vehicle.
What are the different types of lighting and signaling systems?
There are different types of lighting and signaling systems on the market. To know which one suits you, it is important to learn more about them. Here are the different types of lighting and signaling available:
- The lamp or headlight: allows you to ensure your visibility on the road to drivers and pedestrians while being able to spot obstacles on the road. On high-end vehicles, this type of accessory is pre-installed.
- Signal lights: These accessories are necessary to ensure your safety with your two-wheeler. They are the equivalent of brake lights or turn signals. Indeed, they allow you to indicate to other drivers when your vehicle is stopping or the direction you are heading.
- Light strips: Not mandatory, this accessory is both aesthetic and useful. Indeed, light strips make your scooter more visible. This accessory greatly reduces the risk of collision.
- Wheels with lighting: Like light strips, these accessories add both aesthetic and practical value. They are not mandatory but this equipment allows you to be visible from several meters away.
How to choose your lighting and signaling system?
If your scooter does not come with a default lighting and signaling system, you need to consider several criteria before making this purchase.
Power
You must check that the light intensity of the scooter lights suits you. It is expressed in "lumens". You should know that the higher this value, the greater the brightness:
- 500 lumens: this is a very effective power to illuminate the path you are riding on for a few meters. These lamps are the most common on the market.
- 1000 lumens: If a lamp has this power, it can easily light the road for about ten meters. These are the best lamps on the market.
Battery life
It is important that your lighting and signaling system lasts a long time. For this, you should choose the type of recharge that suits you best, whether replaceable batteries or rechargeable battery. The average battery life of such accessories is between 3 to 5 hours. But there are also products that can reach more than 10 hours of autonomy.
Durability
It is essential that a lighting and signaling system for an electric vehicle is robust in all circumstances. It is preferable that it is resistant to corrosion, shocks, and if possible, weather conditions. Indeed, some models have optimal water resistance and meet waterproof standards.
Our selection of lighting and signaling systems
There is a wide choice of lighting and signaling systems on the market. We also offer many options on our sales platform. To better guide you, Weebot presents its selection of the best lighting and signaling systems available on our site.
USB Rear Light Flash
The USB rear light allows you to remain visible in all circumstances. This lighting system is very easy to install on your two-wheeler. This LED lamp has a power of 100 lumens and will allow you to be seen and see the road.
Its Lithium-Polymer battery has a capacity of 500 mAh. It has a maximum autonomy of six hours. You can choose from six different brightness modes: standard, medium, strong, slow flashing, fast flashing, or strobe.
This lamp is easily adaptable to different types of electric vehicles. This rear light is designed to be all-terrain, even in the rain. This lamp is waterproof and meets the IPX4 waterproof standard.
Front lamp with handlebar torch mount
Easy to install, the front lamp with handlebar torch mount has a power of 600 lumens and allows you to see up to 100 m. Thanks to its 4000 mAh battery capacity, you will have an autonomy of 3-6 hours. It has 5 different brightness modes: low, medium, high, flash, and SOS.
Very versatile, this lamp has a universal mount and can rotate up to 360 degrees. This torch lamp charges via USB, taking 3 hours for the front lamp and 1 to 2 hours for the rear lamp.
This lamp installs quickly thanks to its quick release system. The front lamp with handlebar mount is waterproof and meets the IPX6 waterproof standard.
Front lamp with magnetic handlebar mount
Do you want to move around safely? Then opt for the front lamp with magnetic handlebar mount. It installs very easily on your electric vehicle. This lamp is equipped with 2 rechargeable batteries of 2000 mAh each, for a total capacity of 4000 mAh. This lamp allows you to see up to 150 meters thanks to its power of 500 lumens.
Its six-hour autonomy will allow you to stay illuminated over long distances. It has three brightness modes: medium, strong, or flash. It easily adapts to the diameter of your electric vehicles and can be rotated 360 degrees.
You can use this lamp in any weather as it is waterproof: it meets the IP65 standard.