Can anyone recommend a reflective vest for running at night?
Any assistance is appreciated.
Can anyone recommend a reflective vest for running at night?
Any assistance is appreciated.
i got a bunch of stuff from AlertShirt last year…the highway type vest (which they only make down to medium since i guess there aren’t many small folks working hiway construction and a t-shirt with reflective stips. both have lots of reflection…not made for running, but work much better than the one-small-strip-of-refective tape that the “running” vests have…not any more inconvenient…i also add a blinking light on the back of my hat and a small white front light, usually around a hand-held water bottle…i like “active” alerting as much as the passive reflection since it doesn’t require the driver to be aiming at you to be seen…and i don’t think much of safety orange at night…i use either those round red clip-on lights from the hardware store for the back, or a mini ‘frog’ light from performance (or nashbar) which come in red and white as a set for ~$10…i have also bought bulk reflective fabric from 3m and made my own (take a rectangle and cut out a hole in the iddle to form a yoke of solid front and back panels; hold the sides with stretch fabric) in about 20 mins, which is by far the best…i run on dark, twisty roads and drivers are not expecting to see a runner…so i want to make sure they do well ahead of when they are passing me! i will aslo wear Illuminite vest or jacket with a blinking light…Illuminite seems to work well, for a year or so before it seems to fade…still not as good as alertshirt, but with a blinking light, i think they are fine because the light gets you noticed and the illuminite is enough to get located once you are seen.