I've been purchasing these:

http://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10000977/1081100-2-led-3-mode-white-red-light-bicycle-fog-lights-2

3.66 per pair, and they almost always work unlike the ones we purchase through our regular supplier.

You can save a dollar per set (~2.72 per pair) if you order pairs of red and pairs of white lights, and then get volunteers to repackage the lights once you receive them.

http://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10002426/1178400-3-mode-2-led-white-light-tie-on-bike-light-keychai

http://www.fasttech.com/products/1603/10000977/1347701-2-led-3-mode-red-light-bicycle-fog-lights-2-piece-

I order them in about quantities of 40 and haven't ever had any taxes or duties on it. There's no shipping fee ever, so you can place as many small or big orders as you like. My only concern with placing a larger order in one package would be if it started to look like importing goods.

You can save money if you're doing a much larger order (thousands) and are willing to figure out how to import things, but that's too much for us. Also, I think it's probably easier in the States than up here to find the companies to handle imports/large volume purchases than it is up here. 


Regards,

Christopher Chan
Executive Director
Edmonton Bicycle Commuters' Society

edmontonbikes.ca

BikeWorks North • 9305 111 Ave • T5G 0A2 • 780-757-9100

BikeWorks South • 8001 102 St • T6E 4A2 • 780-433-2453

Cell • 780-756-7560

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

@edmontonbicycle

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On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Ryne Emory <ryne@thebikedepot.org> wrote:

We use J&B's brand, sunlite and choose one of the cheapest versions. You definitely get what you pay for, so it's pretty hard to find a cheap light that is reliable. We end up returning 10-25% of them because they're defective.

On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:59 AM, <DCoppley@intercitytransit.com> wrote:

Hello fellow bicycle do-gooders,

 

I need to order a large quantity of inexpensive bike lights to use as giveaways with bicycle we provide to youth as part of our program. Does anyone have suggestions for a good source of inexpensive lights? There seem to be a million suppliers on the internet, and I don’t want to end up with something dodgy. Thanks for reading!

 

David

 

David Coppley

Walk n’ Roll Program Assistant

Intercity Transit

360-705-5817

PO Box 659 Olympia, WA 98501

dcoppley@intercitytransit.com

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