Originally Posted by
Skipjacks
Flashers at night stand out to cars better than they do in the day time because the light is brighter compared to the background.
But flashers don't do much for lighting your path so you can see in front of you. I mean...unless you like that strobe lighting effect.
My Cygolite main headlight has the best of both words. It can be a solid on light for my visibility and ads a pulsing strobe once per second on top of the constant on light. So from a distance you see both the light and a flash.
My understanding is that flashers at night make it difficult for drivers to discern exactly where the bike is and which direction it's moving.
I actually use dimmer solid lights in the dark, as there's less ambient light to compete with, and brighter, flashing lights when the sun is up and they bloody well
should be able to see me. Then again, my commute is mostly rural, so YMMV.