Product Review: Knuckle Lights

Knuckle Lights Product Review

This is my product review of Knuckle Lights.  Friendly disclosure: I bought these lights with my own money; they were not sent to me by the company to try for a product review nor was I paid any money for this review.  I will only review products I purchase myself that I feel others might benefit from.

I purchased these lights directly from Dicks Sporting Goods through their website.  As of the publishing of this blogpost, these lights retail for $39.99.  The lights are eligible for free shipping if you purchase the lights from the company directly; Dicks may ship the lights for free depending on whether they are offering some sort of promotion that may require you spend a certain amount of money.

These lights come in a number of colors -- Blue, Pink, Silver (pictured), Black, and Yellow.  They come with AAA batteries already included but it might be best to replace them as soon as possible as mine only seemed to last for a very short time frame.  I recently invested in rechargeable batteries in an attempt to reduce the cost of constantly replacing batteries roughly every month to two months.

These lights put out good light that fully illuminates the area in front of you.  Unlike a headlamp that shines where you are looking, you don't have to worry about shining the lights in someone's eyes, which is a problem for me since I am 5'11" where people shorter than me tend to shine their headlamps right into my eyes.  The lights have three settings -- High, Low, & Flashing.

The primary reason I bought the lights was that I wanted to see where I was running as I have seen too many people that run in my group trip and fall over something.  It also makes it easier for other people, most importantly cars, to see you in low light situations.  I've even run with the knuckle lights during the day with them set to flash when I haven't gotten tired of carrying them.

They lights are not very heavy and not really noticeable while you are carrying them.  I got tired of carrying them though when I was doing my really long runs for my marathon training.  I can be really bad about clinching my fists and holding the lights will start to cause my hands to hurt.  Since I run with a Nathan hydration belt on my really long runs (13 or more miles) I got two carabiners that I used to fasten the lights to the belt when I don't want to carry them anymore.

All in all, I have been extremely satisfied with these lights and would recommend them to any runner that runs in low light situations.