Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable Rear Light Reviews
Review score: 8.8/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £44.99 – Save 10% (RRP: £49.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable Rear Light worthy of a review score of 8.8 out of 10.
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Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable Rear Light features
Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable 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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150 lumen output Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Twin COB LED strips Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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6 different light modes Other Lights found with this feature: 4 |
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Feature 4
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Up to 30 hours runtime Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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Li-ion RC battery Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 6
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3 hours recharge time Other Lights found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 7
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Battery indicator Other Lights found with this feature: 4 |
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Feature 8
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USB rechargeable Other Lights found with this feature: 40 |
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Price
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£44.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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16 |
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Review Score
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4.9 / 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 X3 Rechargeable Rear Light.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable 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 X3 Rechargeable Rear Light
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable 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 X3 Rechargeable Rear Light was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £44.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.1 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 £44.99.
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 143 cost more than Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable Rear Light and 179 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 above 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, 9 were more expensive than Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable Rear Light and 36 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 X3 Rechargeable Rear Light comes in above average.
7 products that meet this search were more expensive than Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable Rear Light and 23 were cheaper.
Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable 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 X3 Rechargeable Rear Light reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable Rear Light, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.7 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 X3 Rechargeable Rear Light or another similar product, like Cateye Duplex Front & Rear Helmet Light reviews or Cateye Orb Bar End Set Black, Black 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 X3 Rechargeable Rear Light
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable Rear Light reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable 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 8.8/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 26605574591
- Product ID 2: 607775UK
- Brand: Cateye
- Model number: CA475RAPX3
- RRP: £49.99
- EAN: 4990173031122
- Description: Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable Rear LightThe Rapid X3 is the ultimate in rear light visibility and safety. The light comes with a ridiculously impressive 150 lumens of light output and up to 30 hours of battery life. Comes with its own mounting system that allows you to easily mount the Rapid X3 to almost any application, including round and aero seatposts, seatstays, handlebars, forks and headtubes.6 Different Light ModesHigh Mode: 100 lumens – 1hr battery lifeLow Mode: 20 lumens – 5hrs battery lifeFlashing Mode: 30 lumens – 30hrs battery lifeRapid Mode: 50 lumens – 16hrs battery lifePulse Mode: 20 lumens – 16hrs battery lifeVibration Mode: 30 lumens – 8hrs battery lifeFeatures150 lumen outputTwin COB LED strips6 different light modesUp to 30 hours runtimeLi-ion RC battery3 hours recharge timeBattery indicatorUSB rechargeableBuy Cateye Lights from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Accessories > Lights
- Savings percentage from RRP: 10%
- Unisex
- 5
- Adult
Other options for Lights
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Lights. 327 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Cateye Rapid X3 Rechargeable Rear Light included,
Cateye Volt 1700 RC Front Light reviews, Cateye EL135 & Orb Front & Rear Light Set reviews, or we really liked the look of Cateye Ampp 1100 Front Light reviews as another alternative.