Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light Reviews

Review score: 9.0/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £139.99 – Save 7% (RRP: £149.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light worthy of a review score of 9.0 out of 10.

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• Brand – Blackburn
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Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light features

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 Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front 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 Blackburn 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.

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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 Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front 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 Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £139.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.5 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 above average at £139.99.

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 38 cost more than Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light and 287 were cheaper.

Cost of Blackburn products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 22 products from Blackburn, of which 14 were in the Lights category.

For now though we’re looking at Blackburn branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £55.23 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Blackburn product we found was £17.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £139.99.

Of the 22 from Blackburn, 0 were more expensive than Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light and 21 were cheaper.

How much are Blackburn Lights?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Blackburn products that are listed in the Lights category.

The average price of the 14 products that match this search was £52.85, with the cheapest coming in at £17.99 and highest price was £139.99. With the average being £52.85, Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light comes in above average.

0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light and 13 were cheaper.

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Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front 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 Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.8 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 Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light or another similar product, like Light and Motion Imjin 800 Onyx Front Light reviews or Nite Rider Sabre 80 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.

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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 Blackburn, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front Light reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front 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 9.0/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010790283
• Product ID 2: 602637UK
• Brand: Blackburn
• RRP: £149.99
• EAN: 768686055133
• Description: Blackburn Countdown 1600 Rechargeable Front LightHigh impact visibility for passionate MTB riders who are looking for the best in visibility for the darkest of nights.6 Light ModesThe light comes with 6 different light modes to suit your changing environments or battery life. The toggle button that allows you to change the mode works downwards from Blitz in a countdown fashion to help you get the mode you desire quickly without having to remember what mode does what. The modes include:Blitz: 1600 lumens output, 1.3hrs battery life, 131m+ visibilityHigh: 1200 lumens output, 2hrs battery life, 131m visibilityMed: 600 lumens output, 4hrs battery life, 98m visibilityLow: 300 lumens output, 8hrs battery life, 69m visibilityPulse: 300 lumens output, 12hrs battery life, 60m visibilityStrobe: 300 lumens output, 12 hours battery life, 60m visibility  Side VisibilityThe Countdown 1600 comes with excellent side visibility at a professional level. The light has a built in channel that helps spread the light of the beam to create a bright hit of light out of each side. This allows you to not only be seen from the side but also allows you have a better view of your surroundings which is important with the precision involved in MTB racing.USB RechargeableThe light is Micro USB Rechargeable making it easier and cheaper than ever to keep your bike light going. You can recharge your light from any normal USB port which can easily be found as part of any laptop, or computer, or as part of your smartphone phone charger. The light takes just four hours to fully charge with the 2amp USB port.RobustFully waterproof the closed off, aluminium construction of this light also protects against debris such as grit and dirt that could come flying at you during your ride. The body of the light has been purposefully designed to keep up with all the rough and tumble of MTB. The included mount has been specifically built to securely attach to your bike with aluminium thumb screws to any handlebar with a diameter of 22.2-35mm and to have excellent stabilisation for however rough your track.FeaturesTool-free designLithium-ion batteryWaterproof designAluminium constructionIncludes off-road handlebar mount4 hour recharge time6 different light modesWeighs 240gBuy Blackburn Lights from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Accessories > Lights
• Savings percentage from RRP: 7%
• Size: One Size
• Unisex
• 10
• Adult

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