My car broke down as we were driving through the red center of the Australia Northern Territory on route back from Alice Springs. As we sat worried on the shoulder of the long road waiting for help, we wondered if many of these huge delivery trucks on the desolate road could actually see us in the diming dusk light. We also then started to wonder if the tow truck we had had called, would be able to see us on the side of this dusty road. We did eventually receive our help from the tow truck and we also survived the ride back after the tow truck eventually found us. That was not a great place to be stuck in the Northern Territory of Australia. After we sorted things out and we got home safely, we looked into getting proper safety signal lights for our car and motorbike for any possible future breakdown.
We had a few important essential requirements when it came to the safety lights. These safety lights had to be dependable, easy to mount on our car door or boot, and had to be tough. In design as they had to be used in all road and weather conditions like rain & hail and strong wind. We started by looking at LED safety flares, as these were non incendiary and were smokeless
Turned out that Secure-Aware had an LED safety device used by cars and motorbikes, called the E-L-F 2 Emergency LED Flare: Type-2. I thought it looked good for two reasons: they’re bright orange LED lights with a magnetic backing, which means you can stick them on the roof or boot of your car. We however wanted to test these ELF’s to see how they performed when travelling at moderate speed.
A deeper look didn’t disappoint. The Emergency Beacons have nine lighting modes, flashing S-O-S and steady lighting, so they’re ideal for roadside safety signalling. These ELF’s also 100% sealed, so they will not stop working in bad weather. They will continue working even if a truck or bus runs them over, so you don’t have to worry about cracking or breaking them. The ELF’s rechargeable battery efficiency makes them very dependable. ELF’s last around 24 hours on special flashing mode using one of nine different flashing modes.
At $50.00 for a roadside safety beacon, this ELF-2 will not break the bank.
Buy these emergency LED beacons from Secure-Aware-Sydney: S-A-S.
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