Bike Light — Compact 57 g USB-C Rechargeable Headlight with 6 Modes

Small Enough That You Actually Have It With You

The best light is the one on the bike when the afternoon turns dark earlier than you expected. At 57 g and 4 × 7.5 cm this one is small enough that there is no reason to take it off, and light enough that you will not notice it on the bars. That sounds like a minor point until you have ridden home in the dark without a light because the good one was on charge in the kitchen.

USB Type-C charging is part of the same argument. It takes the cable you already carry for your phone, so topping it up at a desk or in a café is a non-event rather than a hunt for a specific lead. The IPX4 rating covers what a British commute actually delivers — splashes and rain — but it is not a submersion rating, so do not point a pressure washer at it when you clean the bike, and let the charging port dry before you plug in.

Using the Six Modes Properly

Six modes are only useful if you use them deliberately. In town, where street lighting means you are being seen rather than seeing, a flashing or lower-output mode gets you noticed and stretches the charge. On an unlit lane, where the light has to actually show you the surface, put it on steady high — a flashing beam on a dark road makes it genuinely harder to read the ground in front of you, because your eyes never settle.

UK law permits either steady or flashing lights, so both are legal on the road. A common approach among riders who commute year-round is two front lights: one steady for seeing, one flashing for being seen. That also means you are never stranded if one runs flat.

What Else You Need to Be Legal and Visible

For riding on public roads in the UK after dark, you need a white front light, a red rear light, a red rear reflector and amber pedal reflectors. This light covers the front only. Our Bicycle seat has a rear reflector built into the tail, which is one fewer bracket to find room for.

If you want considerably more front output, or you regularly ride unlit roads at e-bike speeds, look at the Bicycle Light Bar instead — it throws a wide beam and has a 130dB horn built in, though it is a bar-mounted wired unit rather than a compact self-contained light like this one. Many riders end up running both: the light bar as the main beam and this as a lightweight backup that lives on the bike permanently.

Worth adding that an e-bike or a converted bike genuinely raises the stakes here. Higher average speeds mean you cover more ground per second of reaction time, and assistance means you keep riding into the dark, wet part of the year when a pedal bike would be in the shed. Both of those make lighting less of an accessory and more of a component.

Warranty and Returns

Every bike light purchased from All4eBikes is covered by a 12-month warranty against manufacturing defects, alongside a 30-day return window.