It takes 3 minutes of inactivity for the lights to go into sleep mode, and then a small movement will turn them on again. Or if you let the lights turn off by themselves, then simply moving your bike will turn them on. They simply turn on and off with the rubber button on the front of each unit. Of course, the lights don’t need to be connected to a phone to use them, but you lose the extra features and can only choose from either constant or whichever flash mode you last selected. Update the firmware, and see the current version number on each light. Turn the crash alert on and store the emergency number to be notified. Turn the brightness up or down to conserve battery life. Select a flashing mode, or constant mode. I’m still on the TestFlight version because the newest release is the most interesting one yet and it’s not made it on to the full version yet. The app is now available on Android and is out of Apple’s TestFlight programme, and into the Apple store. The main selling point of these lights is the smart factor. The ones I have are bright enough that you wouldn’t want to look at them for too long and on flash they are blinding. The ICON+ are 250 lumens and 420 lumens respectively. I have a set of the standard lights, they are 190 lumens at the back and 320 lumens at the front. The standard SEE.SENSE standard front and rear set, all you need to do is download the app to access all their features The twin Cree LEDs have special Lexan lenses to make the most of them. The lights are visible around 270 degrees and very visible even in daylight. In a pinch you would be able to manage with even the lowly standard 320 lumen front light if all of a sudden you went down a bit of unlit road, or the street-lights went off for some reason. I’m not sure I’d want to rely on it for long, for off-road, or badly made roads, but that’s not what it’s for. I had the old faithful light just in case, but the ICON set to constant mode didn’t fare too badly. When I commute to work at 4am this means that a good mile or so of my journey is on almost completely unlit roads. My local council decided a few years ago that to save money they would switch most of the street lights off at night. SEE.SENSE recommend that you use these as a ‘be seen’ light and add a brighter, dedicated light if you need ‘to see’. The SEE.SENSE creators of the ICON lights have very sensibly chosen to activate features little by little, testing and improving the function of each one before activating the next one. It’s got to a stage now, on Version 28 of the firmware, that most of the features are now live and working so I can test it properly. I’ve been sitting on this review for a while because I’ve seen lots of other reviewers get in early and review the lights before all of the mentioned features were active. SEE.SENSE front and rear lights, could they revolutionise your ride? The lights communicate and can be controlled by your phone via an app. Built in sensors adjust flash pattern and speed to your changing environment. The SEE.SENSE ICON lights are intelligent and connected cycle lights. Review of the SEE.SENSE ICON Front and Rear Set
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