Comments on: Review: Monkeylectric’s Monkey Light bike wheel spoke light

By: Anita

Anita — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:57:37 +0000

Tell those MonkeyLectric guys that if they can get their product to sync together, FAR more durable, and lower the price as much as they can. And then I might be able to consider purchasing 4.

Otherwise it would be nice if they had a more “step down” model (perhaps with less patterns and/or colors?), so that poor commuters can still pimp out their bike.

It’s an almost great as can be product, I’m glad they continue updating things. It shows signs of ingenuity. I love the idea, but I’m just a mere student. I can’t dish out $200 bucks out of nowhere.

Great review! Thanks for the info. I was looking between the Hokey Spokes and MonkeyLectrics.

By: Night Rider

Night Rider — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:44:25 +0000

I have one Monkey Light that I bought for $65.00 (compared to $29.95 for Hokey Spokes). They are heavy and when you attach them to your wheel it throws your wheel off balance. If you try using two of them to balance the wheel, you get a gibberish image because they are not in synch. Hokey Spokes use infra red to communicate with one another. You can balance the weight and don’t feel like your wheel is out of balance.
Hokey Spokes are waterproof and shock resistant. The new design addresses the IR coming on from random signals.
But the best thing to like about Hokey Spokes is the customer service. If you have a problem you can call them and they will answer the phone to address your questions. Did you ever notice that Monkey Lights do not give you a number to call or an email address to send questions. What they are saying is, “You’re on your own, kiddo!” When I call Hokey Spokes I get to talk with a real person, there to help me with the product. Before you do business with some company, make sure you can call them. Make sure they give you a phone number to call. Make sure they back up their product with technical support. As for Monkey Lights, I guess they don’t have a real office in the jungle.
I’ll stick with Hokey Spokes for a lot of reasons!

By: x-light

x-light — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:47:29 +0000

after bought anvii lights, hokeyspokes, monkey lights. I enjoy the functions of anvii lights the most. It allows me to draw own patterns. Both hokeyspokes and monkey spokes do not have this function. The installation of anvii is quick simple. Though, you need to get to know how to do it at the begining.

By: kooldoff

kooldoff — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:06:13 +0000

Hi Dan,
thanks so much for offering the coupon towards monkeylectrics! Just wanted to let you know that since they have a new model the discount is really 10% not 25% so you may want to change this posting.

By: jenni has her head in the clouds

jenni has her head in the clouds — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:36:49 +0000

I was just looking into getting the monkeylectrics, your blog was super helpful in giving me all the extra info, Thanks so much!

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By: JJ

JJ — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:35:38 +0000

I am very like anvii LED Bicycle Wheel Lights. It can program text message and draw your pattern on pc.

By: Brett Amole

Brett Amole — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:03:52 +0000

Some great points of comparison. Let me ad that after having used Hokey Spokes for several years and now having added some Monkey Lectrics that while yes, Hokey Spokes do mount with a screwdriver, they must be removed to change the batteries and I’ve found that having done this dozens of times over their lives, the screws are worn out and on three of my Hokeys, have even been lost. Therefore, like the Monkey Lectrics, they are attached with zip ties as well. I found that attaching the Monkey Lectrics to be easy, fit on wheels smaller than 26 inch and 700c and the ability to install the batteries without removing them from the wheels first to be a huge advantage. They are much brighter than Hokeys and have many more patterns and, unlike Hokeys, are able to do many colors with one unit. Hokeys require you to choose a color when you buy them, Monkeys allow you to choose your color or cycle through all the available colors (many more than Hokeys) with the simple press of a button. I’m done with Hokeys and have switched to Monkey Lectrics. No doubt, the makers of Monkey Lectrics will improve the design in the future and ad more features, but even as they are shipped today, have many advantages over Hokey Spokes.

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