The deep-sleep mode turns off Bluetooth broadcasting, and it instantly wakes on movement with the battery level LEDs lighting to signify awakeness. The sensitivity here is considerable, meaning the light needs to be really still – leaning your bike against a cafe frontage with the door being opened and closed will be enough to keep the light awake. The lights go into a 'deep sleep' mode after 15 minutes of total inactivity. The Icon2 turns itself off after three minutes of zero movement – and it's really sensitive, so no fear of it doing this at a set of traffic lights. You can quickly assess charge level with the light on or off, with a brief press of the button – the red one being last to stay lit when you're below 20%. With a charge capacity of around 970mAh, you can see why at that charge rate equates to a longer-than-advertised duration.Ĭharge level is shown by four green LEDs and one red embedded across the top of the light. This was from a USB port tested as capable of 2.1A, but the lights only ever drew 210mA. ChargingĬharging is via a provided Micro USB cable into a very well-waterproofed port at the back – the light is rated IP67, meaning it'll survive anything up to and including riding your bike underwater at bog-snorkelling depth – but for no longer than 30 minutes, OK? Charge time from empty is about four and a half to five hours – considerably longer than See.Sense ’s advertised three hours. Performance-wise the standout is the 400-lumen front and 300-lumen rear, driven out by a combination of two LED types – the 'CoB' LED panel that wraps around the light giving genuinely-bright 270-degree visibility, and the more traditional single CREE LED that blasts rearward via a lens for long-distance reach – but more on that later. My own experience bashing about very rough trails on gravel and mountain bikes confirms the Icon2 isn't going anywhere. See.Sense has a video of the light fixed to a poor bike that is then hurled off a two-storey building – but stays attached. I used this config to get a horizontal mount on a rear rack, to good effect.Īt first blush, the clip-in mount with a single thin O-ring seems far too weak to hold such an expensive light firmly – but don't be fooled, it's tough as boots. The curved rubber block at the back of the mount is removable to re-orientate the bracket, meaning you can mount it vertically or horizontally on bars or seatposts. There's an optional GoPro mount for £9.99, and two aero post mounts along with half a dozen O-rings of varying diameters to dial in the fit. The old Icon used a rubber ladder strap, whereas the new Icon2 uses a clip-in bracket secured by a rubber O-ring, into which the light clips. The major physical difference is in the mount system. Five years on, the Icon2 builds on that success, with a host of new features and improved performance. When Northern Ireland-based See.Sense launched the first Icon light back in 2015 Caroline gave it a whopping 4.5/5 – it was a genuine game-changer in the smart-bright-compact light space. There are still a few niggles and it's not bright enough for fast, dark roads, but overall it's a good package, and is likely the best 'smart light' offer on the market today. Compact, bright, and very intelligent, the Icon2 has a flexible yet very tough mounting system that easily adapts to different bikes. The See.Sense Icon2 light set is a worthy update to the Icon, which was an instant classic at launch.
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