Motrax Ring Light
 

This is supposed to be a device that you stick to your bike and it detects when your phone rings and flashes.

I bought 2 cos I thought they sounded like a good idea. I have a bluetooth helmet device so I can take calls but with wind noise etc I don't hear or feel the phone ringing.

Anyway, when they arrived they were flashing randomly. I put my phone next to one, walked some distance away then phoned it from another mobile. Nothing. Tried the other one - same result. Thought it might be interference from the wireless network so tried them outside - same again.

Conclusion - they don't work. Avoid.

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What sort of bt helmet thingy do you have?

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It's a BlueAnt Interphone. Quite good. Bought and fitted it mainly for its bike-to-bike intercom feature, but i've hardly actually used it.

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my wife got me the sony bike kit some time ago, helmet mic & speaker and a button on the handlebars, all very nice, but soon found it was all pointless, I really don't want to take calls whilst riding, these days I just use voicemeil or txt to recieve call or stop for a brew and make them then.

Cheers Mark.

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well yeah i agree, but its nice to know someone is phoning cos otherwise i wouldn't bother to check. I commute an hour each way down the m62 and with wind noise and battering and vibes etc I can't always tell if its ringing. So this device looks ideal - costs a fiver, sticks to the bike and lights up when someone rings - apparently :confused:

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Some of them do work. But the problem is they don't just work with your phone, they work with everyone else's too. Waste of time

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I got the Motrax Ring Alert - same thing I assume.

As said above, mine would set off as I rode past motorised shop doors etc. I had a little play around with it, and got reasonable results by adding resistance into the circuit.

I've found more use for it since then though, detecting something else. :mrgreen:

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do tell :)

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mine sets off for everything except the phone! even waving a hand over it, off it goes. Put a phone next to it and ring it... nothing...