Cateye Rapid X Rear Light Reviews
Review score: 9.3/10 – Updated September, 2024
Latest Price: £29.99 – Save 14% (RRP: £34.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Cateye Rapid X Rear Light worthy of a review score of 9.3 out of 10.
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Cateye Rapid X Rear Light features
Cateye Rapid X Rear Light
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black Other Lights found with this Spec: 6387 |
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Feature 1
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Light Source:COB LED Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Battery:Lithium Polymer rechargeable battery Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Runtime: Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 4
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Rapid mode：16 hrs Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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Pulse mode：16 hrs Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 6
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Vibration mode: 8 hrs Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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Mount Size: Rubber band mount (fits φ 12.0-32.0mm) Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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£29.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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21 |
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Review Score
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4 / 5 Average score in category: 4.0/5 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Lights. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Cateye Rapid X Rear Light.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Cateye Rapid X Rear Light is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Lights. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Lights. Brands like Cateye are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Lights category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Lights.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Cateye Rapid X Rear Light
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Cateye Rapid X Rear Light.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Cateye Rapid X Rear Light was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £29.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.3 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Lights
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Lights.
We found 327 in the Lights category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £63.00, making it below average at £29.99.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Lights. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £425.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £1.99.
With 327 products available we worked out that 185 cost more than Cateye Rapid X Rear Light and 138 were cheaper.
Cost of Cateye products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 48 products from Cateye, of which 33 were in the Lights category.
For now though we’re looking at Cateye branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £33.57 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Cateye product we found was £1.89 and the highest price we could find from them was £131.00.
Of the 48 from Cateye, 21 were more expensive than Cateye Rapid X Rear Light and 26 were cheaper.
How much are Cateye Lights?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Cateye products that are listed in the Lights category.
The average price of the 33 products that match this search was £37.00, with the cheapest coming in at £7.99 and highest price was £131.00. With the average being £37.00, Cateye Rapid X Rear Light comes in below average.
15 products that meet this search were more expensive than Cateye Rapid X Rear Light and 17 were cheaper.
Cateye Rapid X Rear Light Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Cateye Rapid X Rear Light reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Cateye Rapid X Rear Light, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.7 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Lights category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.0 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Cateye Rapid X Rear Light or another similar product, like Cateye Omni 5 Front Light reviews or Cateye Omni 3 Front & Rear Set reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Lights.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Lights. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Cateye, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Cateye Rapid X Rear Light
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Cateye Rapid X Rear Light reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Cateye Rapid X Rear Light. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.3/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 26558225191
- Product ID 2: 444998UK
- Brand: Cateye
- Model number: CA475RAPIDX
- RRP: £34.99
- EAN: 725012025932
- Description: Cateye Rapid X Rear LightThe Rapid X features superior side visibility and a Low Battery Auto Save function, providing a new level of safety.The USB Rechargeable Rapid X provides a bright, powerful glow with incredible side visibility. When the battery runs low, the low battery ‚ÄúAuto Save‚Äù function automatically changes the light pattern from the current mode to flashing, providing an additional hour of riding safety. 6 modes. 2 Hour charge time. Features: Light Source:COB LEDBattery:Lithium Polymer rechargeable battery Runtime: High mode: 1¬†hr Low modeÔºö5 hrs Flashing modeÔºö30 hrs Rapid modeÔºö16 hrs Pulse modeÔºö16 hrs Vibration mode: 8¬†hrs Recharge Time:¬†2 hrs (USB recharge) Weight: 22.5g (with¬†batteries) Dimensions:74.2 x 24.4 x 30.8mm Mount Size: Rubber band mount¬†(fits œÜ¬†12.0-32.0mm)Buy Cateye Lights from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Accessories > Lights
- Savings percentage from RRP: 14%
- Unisex
- 5
- Adult
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Cateye Volt 80 XC Front Light reviews, Cateye Volt 80 XC reviews, or we really liked the look of Cateye Volt 200 XC reviews as another alternative.