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BLITZU 2023 Cyborg 168H Bike Headlight or 168T Tail Light USB Rechargeable LED Bicycle Lights Set Front Back Night Riding, Cycling Safety Reflector Accessories

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Color White, Red
Brand BLITZU
Material Plastic
Power Source Battery Powered
Water Resistance Level Water Resistant
Item Weight 0.07 Pounds
Mounting Type Frame Mount
Number of settings 6
Auto Part Position Front
International Protection Rating IPX4

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  • BLITZU 2023 Cyborg 168H Bike Headlight or 168T Tail Light USB Rechargeable LED Bicycle Lights Set Front Back Night Riding, Cycling Safety Reflector Accessories
  • Super Bright Day or Night - The 168 Lumen Headlight Uses the Latest Led Technology to Illuminate Your Path and Keep You Visible During Both Night and Broad Daylight. BLITZU DRLS Are Visible From Up to 1.2 Miles Away, Even During Daylight Hours, So Drivers Have More Time to See and React.
  • USA Standard - Developed by a Team of American Designers and Engineers. Weather Resistant and Durable - Rated at Ipx5 Water Resistant, These Lights Have Been Built to Withstand Adverse Weather Conditions. Constructed to Last for Years of Use.
  • Easy to Install - Take Just Seconds to Mount Without the Need for Tools, Wires, Screws, or Extra Batteries and Accessories. In Addition to Fitting All Standard Bicycles, Lights Are Also Suitable for Use on Scooters, Strollers, and Wheelchairs. They Are Easily Removable for Storing and Charging.
  • Multiple Lighting Modes - 6 Versatile Lighting Modes (High, Medium, Low, Strobe, High Flashing, Low Flashing). Enjoy Enhanced Visibility and Comfort Knowing You'll Be Safe and Secure at Any Time of the Day.

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USB Rechargeable

Recharges the bike light quickly. Ensures the tail light is ready to use when needed, providing a safer and more reliable cycling experience.

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Aerodynamic Design

Designed to reduce air resistance and enhance performance. It's lightweight, compact, with minimal protrusions that could create drag.

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BLITZU LED Technology

Provides brighter, more consistent illumination, which enhances road visibility, reduces energy consumption, and enhances sustainability.

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Built to Last

A reliable & durable choice for cyclists who want a high-quality rear light that'll last for many rides to come.

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Customers like the brightness, charging, and value of the bicycle light. For example, they mention it's fairly bright, easily visible, and charges quickly via USB. Some appreciate the ease of use, and visibility. That said, opinions are mixed on performance, quality, and battery life.

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3,580 customers mention3,377 positive203 negative

Customers are satisfied with the brightness of the bicycle light. They mention that it works fine, is fairly bright, and is easily visible during the day. The light has different levels of brightness at steady or flashing, and it shines well. Some say that it's great as a safety light.

"...It is VERY bright in general and has a modern, authoritative look on the road due to being a wide bar of solid white light...." Read more

"...I like these lights, they're very bright, visible from wide angles, and they look great on my bike even when they're not on...." Read more

"...to report it not only charges and turns on as expected, but is BLAZINGLY BRIGHT...." Read more

"The light is great and bright...." Read more

1,118 customers mention807 positive311 negative

Customers like the charging of the bicycle light. They say it's convenient, quick, and easy to recharge via a USB cable. Some mention that it uses a micro-USB style charging cable and can be topped off on their bike.

"...What's not to like?...> USB recharged, so no battery wasting or extra costs for power...." Read more

"...While I love that this has a rechargeable battery, and it recharges via USB, it seems that USB-recharged lights don't last quite as long as AA or..." Read more

"...2 -- I keep breaking the charging ports. I recently got some USB charging cables with magnetic connectors for other devices...." Read more

"...and I'm happy to report it not only charges and turns on as expected, but is BLAZINGLY BRIGHT...." Read more

927 customers mention840 positive87 negative

Customers are satisfied with the value of the bicycle light. They mention that it is an excellent product for the price, worth the purchase, and well-made. The power to price ratio is unbelievable.

"This bike headlight is awesome! It is super-bright and well-made for the price. What's not to like?......" Read more

"...Cyborg 168H headlights, which work exceptionally well, and appear worth the money, though I have not tried them on my bike just yet...." Read more

"...Bottom line; great light, easy to use, worth every penny." Read more

"...few alleged shortcomings of this product by the fact that it's very well priced...." Read more

746 customers mention667 positive79 negative

Customers find the bicycle light easy to use. They say the instructions are useful, with clear illustrations and readable text. They also say the modes are easy to manage and can be operated easily within seconds. Customers also mention the overall installation capabilities and mounting positions.

"...any size or shape of bike frame, fork, or even a helmet, with no tools involved...." Read more

"...Update after 3 months of use - Really easy to use but the mount was a little loose in terms of the angle it holds the light...." Read more

"...Bottom line; great light, easy to use, worth every penny." Read more

"...Ease of use. Turns on in the solid mode, press and hold to enter flash/strobe mode. Not difficult to navigate. 6 total modes...." Read more

514 customers mention501 positive13 negative

Customers are satisfied with the visibility of the bicycle light. They mention that it's visible from a considerable distance, and can be seen off to the side because of the light pipe. The lights are very visible front straight-on, but also very visible from other angles. They say it makes their bike more visible to cars and that the view from the rear is good enough for daytime running.

"...I like these lights, they're very bright, visible from wide angles, and they look great on my bike even when they're not on...." Read more

"...It has three settings and on the highest you can see pretty good.I have two gripes:..." Read more

"Overall, a good but not truly outstanding product. Bought to increase my visibility on daytime rides...." Read more

"...The view from the rear is good enough for day time running and I believe it will be adequate for nighttime if set on high intensity...." Read more

1,220 customers mention726 positive494 negative

Customers are mixed about the performance of the bicycle light. Some mention that it works exceptionally well, and appears worth the money. Others say that it stopped working after a few rides.

"...I haven't fully stress tested this yet, but it works great and my math says this should get me something like 15-18 hours of both lights running..." Read more

"...Unfortunately one of the lights only lasted a few rides and stopped working, none of the lights saw any sort of rain...." Read more

"...to order two (2) of the Blitzu Cyborg 168H headlights, which work exceptionally well, and appear worth the money, though I have not tried them on my..." Read more

"...he passed me to ask me what brand of light I was using because it was so effective. He was a bike rider himself...." Read more

1,096 customers mention637 positive459 negative

Customers are mixed about the quality of the bicycle light. Some mention it has a nice solid construction, and is of good quality. The rubber band is beefy enough to last, and the mount is high quality. However, others say that the build quality is not so good, the plastic case appears cheaply made, and it's not machined properly.

"...62; The clamp is very simple but a good quality rubber strap with an articulating plastic base that has clear notch/detent positions...." Read more

"...my mistrust of their construction is unfounded, but they feel cheap in the hand, and I suspect they are only BARELY water-resistant...." Read more

"...is the durability of the attachment strap, which is a pretty durable elastic rubber band with stretching capability - granted, the more traditional..." Read more

"...My particular 168T arrived defective, so I immediately contacted the company by email (as per their own replies to earlier reviews) and waited over..." Read more

874 customers mention354 positive520 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the battery life of the bicycle light. Some mention that it has good life, while others say that it doesn't last very long.

"...The battery life started to decline to around ~3 hours and that became unacceptable to me so I finally did that battery mod I mentioned...." Read more

"...What's not to like?...> USB recharged, so no battery wasting or extra costs for power...." Read more

"...The battery life is ridiculous. My previous tail light would last months on a battery even in cold weather (granted it wasn't nearly as bright)...." Read more

"...Extends battery life and the flashing is noticeable to drivers. The slim design looks much better than a bulky square on the rear of your bike...." Read more

Bright, Attractive Light With Some Questionable Design Choices
4 Stars
Bright, Attractive Light With Some Questionable Design Choices
I have this red light in the rear, and their white light in the front. I like these lights, they're very bright, visible from wide angles, and they look great on my bike even when they're not on. I take visibility seriously as a biker, and I do not feel safe riding on the same roads with vehicles without bright lights, and I feel safe riding with these.It's not perfect, however. The overall construction of the lights feels pretty shoddy honestly. I would have paid quite a premium to get these exact lights with a hearty aluminum housing, glass lens, and rubber gaskets, but instead I paid like $13 and got this. Plastic-covered plastic with some plastic on top. I've had them for over a year, whacked them, doused them, and dropped them a few times, and they have not broken on me. Perhaps my mistrust of their construction is unfounded, but they feel cheap in the hand, and I suspect they are only BARELY water-resistant. I expect these to break any day now, but I also have another identical backup set and I'd re-purchase these the same day if they broke, so I guess I don't mind all that much.There are a few different light modes like the store page says, Solid Low/Mid/High, Dim Flashing/Bright Flashing, and Strobe. The manual included with the lights includes a little more information such as the approximate runtime for each mode, which brings me to my main complaint about these lights, which is less of a complaint than an observation: The battery life is a joke.It's not really their fault, it's a design constraint. Small lights have even smaller batteries, it's the price you pay for the slim form factor and sleek aesthetic, but it's a bummer nonetheless. When you look at the run times for the different light modes, it becomes obvious that the Dim Flash mode is the only one worth using. The steady beam and strobe modes get less than half the battery life, so don't even bother with them. Use Dim Flashing or Bright Flashing, and you can expect to run these for 4 - 5 hours on a single charge, which is honestly great for most of us most of the time.But I have had them die on me in very unfortunate times. Once on a particularly long ride they died halfway home at around 7pm on a rainy day. I was losing daylight fast and the last thing I wanted was to be on the shoulder of a busy road, in the dark, in the rain, WITH NO TAIL LIGHT. It was a harrowing experience, but again, not the light's fault really. I rode for 6 hours that day, I should have known they weren't going to last the whole time.But I have a plan. Like I mentioned, I have a spare set of these. I've disassembled one of them and plan to modify it somewhat. I'm removing the puny ~500mAh 3.7v lithium battery and running some wiring out of the USB charging port (sealing with hot glue or something) to an external battery with about 10x the capacity. I'm doing this for the front and rear lights and running the wiring as neatly as I can to a central battery, so I should be able to run these all day long on Strobe Mode without worrying about making it back before they die. I'll report back if this project is successful.EDIT: Two years later and I can comfortably recommend these, I have bought several sets now. The original set still works and I use them all the time. The battery life started to decline to around ~3 hours and that became unacceptable to me so I finally did that battery mod I mentioned. The internal battery on these is 500mAh and I removed it, soldered my own wiring in, and bought a 3,700mAh battery at the same voltage and wired both the front and rear lights into it. I haven't fully stress tested this yet, but it works great and my math says this should get me something like 15-18 hours of both lights running constantly on slow blink mode. No complaints.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2016
Style: 168h (Front Bike Light)Verified Purchase
This bike headlight is awesome! It is super-bright and well-made for the price. What's not to like?...

> USB recharged, so no battery wasting or extra costs for power. Includes a short USB charge cord.

> Good settings, including steady-burning Hi, Medium, and Lo, and flashing Hi, Lo, and a fast strobe. It is VERY bright in general and has a modern, authoritative look on the road due to being a wide bar of solid white light. You won't look to drivers like someone hokey-poking along who should be brushed off. I feel very safe riding with it and have always been seen easily and the higher settings actually significantly light the road. All settings will "get you seen." The strobe might actually be too visually distracting for you and car drivers too; I prefer steady or the slower flashing.

> The clamp is very simple but a good quality rubber strap with an articulating plastic base that has clear notch/detent positions. It seems to be a good design and can mount to frame tubes of various sizes and helmets through their vents. You can make it work many different ways and the light bar can be oriented horizontally or vertically on the mount, so accommodating all kinds of positions and bike setups is doable. There is no one correct way to mount this light, so you just make it work however is best for you. There is no clip-style mount for pack loops or fabric, but you can't have every single thing imaginable.

> Stable on the bike and water-resistant. No exposed delicate parts or easily broken components. The charge pilot lamp is a nice touch.

I have not had it for that long, so I cannot comment on the long-term battery longevity after repeated chargings, but I highly doubt you will be disappointed with this light.
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2016
Style: 168t (Rear Bike Light)Verified Purchase
Haven't had a chance to do more than one short "test ride" with this light yet, but so far, I really enjoy it. Recently got a new bike, and my old taillight's mounting bracket doesn't fit on the new bike... so here I am, the newest owner of a Blitzu Cyborg 168T. I thought my old taillight was good, but this light has surprisingly impressed me with how it surpasses the old one.

The rubberized strap allows the light to fit snugly to nearly any size or shape of bike frame, fork, or even a helmet, with no tools involved. If you have multiple bikes, you can easily move this light from one to another in seconds, rather than minutes. (Of course, that also means it's easy for a thief to remove it in seconds... so if you park your bike somewhere, don't forget to remove this light before you walk away.

The light has several modes -- my old one was just flashing or solid. This light has three solid modes (low, medium, high) and three flashing modes (50% flashing, 100% flashing, strobe). Up close, the difference in solid modes is barely noticeable, and I couldn't tell much of a difference between the flashing modes. Maybe the differences are more noticeable from a distance. In any event, the biggest difference is going to be battery life -- as with any LED light, a blinking setting is going to extend the battery life longer than using a solid mode.

If you take longer rides, battery life may be the light's only drawback. While I love that this has a rechargeable battery, and it recharges via USB, it seems that USB-recharged lights don't last quite as long as AA or AAA battery lights. For example, with my old AAA-battery taillight, I only needed to change batteries once (or sometimes twice) a year, but with these newer USB lights, it's recommended you recharge pretty frequently. But the drawback is softened by the fact this recharges via USB connection and they included a cable. Plug it into a PC, or even any (Android) cell phone wall plug adapter. I only wish the cord provided was slightly longer; as seen in one of my photos, the cord is a bit short, so the light dangles above the shelf rather than being able to rest on it (like my headlight can). But the light barely weighs anything and the cord seems to connect well with the USB port, so the cord doesn't appear to be "strained" in any way.

Looking forward to rejoining my weekly "night ride" group as the weather gets warmer -- and to see how well the light can hold up for those rides (sometimes 2 to 2½ hours).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tail light
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2016
Haven't had a chance to do more than one short "test ride" with this light yet, but so far, I really enjoy it. Recently got a new bike, and my old taillight's mounting bracket doesn't fit on the new bike... so here I am, the newest owner of a Blitzu Cyborg 168T. I thought my old taillight was good, but this light has surprisingly impressed me with how it surpasses the old one.

The rubberized strap allows the light to fit snugly to nearly any size or shape of bike frame, fork, or even a helmet, with no tools involved. If you have multiple bikes, you can easily move this light from one to another in seconds, rather than minutes. (Of course, that also means it's easy for a thief to remove it in seconds... so if you park your bike somewhere, don't forget to remove this light before you walk away.

The light has several modes -- my old one was just flashing or solid. This light has three solid modes (low, medium, high) and three flashing modes (50% flashing, 100% flashing, strobe). Up close, the difference in solid modes is barely noticeable, and I couldn't tell much of a difference between the flashing modes. Maybe the differences are more noticeable from a distance. In any event, the biggest difference is going to be battery life -- as with any LED light, a blinking setting is going to extend the battery life longer than using a solid mode.

If you take longer rides, battery life may be the light's only drawback. While I love that this has a rechargeable battery, and it recharges via USB, it seems that USB-recharged lights don't last quite as long as AA or AAA battery lights. For example, with my old AAA-battery taillight, I only needed to change batteries once (or sometimes twice) a year, but with these newer USB lights, it's recommended you recharge pretty frequently. But the drawback is softened by the fact this recharges via USB connection and they included a cable. Plug it into a PC, or even any (Android) cell phone wall plug adapter. I only wish the cord provided was slightly longer; as seen in one of my photos, the cord is a bit short, so the light dangles above the shelf rather than being able to rest on it (like my headlight can). But the light barely weighs anything and the cord seems to connect well with the USB port, so the cord doesn't appear to be "strained" in any way.

Looking forward to rejoining my weekly "night ride" group as the weather gets warmer -- and to see how well the light can hold up for those rides (sometimes 2 to 2½ hours).
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Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2021
Style: 168t (Rear Bike Light)Verified Purchase
I have this red light in the rear, and their white light in the front. I like these lights, they're very bright, visible from wide angles, and they look great on my bike even when they're not on. I take visibility seriously as a biker, and I do not feel safe riding on the same roads with vehicles without bright lights, and I feel safe riding with these.

It's not perfect, however. The overall construction of the lights feels pretty shoddy honestly. I would have paid quite a premium to get these exact lights with a hearty aluminum housing, glass lens, and rubber gaskets, but instead I paid like $13 and got this. Plastic-covered plastic with some plastic on top. I've had them for over a year, whacked them, doused them, and dropped them a few times, and they have not broken on me. Perhaps my mistrust of their construction is unfounded, but they feel cheap in the hand, and I suspect they are only BARELY water-resistant. I expect these to break any day now, but I also have another identical backup set and I'd re-purchase these the same day if they broke, so I guess I don't mind all that much.

There are a few different light modes like the store page says, Solid Low/Mid/High, Dim Flashing/Bright Flashing, and Strobe. The manual included with the lights includes a little more information such as the approximate runtime for each mode, which brings me to my main complaint about these lights, which is less of a complaint than an observation: The battery life is a joke.

It's not really their fault, it's a design constraint. Small lights have even smaller batteries, it's the price you pay for the slim form factor and sleek aesthetic, but it's a bummer nonetheless. When you look at the run times for the different light modes, it becomes obvious that the Dim Flash mode is the only one worth using. The steady beam and strobe modes get less than half the battery life, so don't even bother with them. Use Dim Flashing or Bright Flashing, and you can expect to run these for 4 - 5 hours on a single charge, which is honestly great for most of us most of the time.

But I have had them die on me in very unfortunate times. Once on a particularly long ride they died halfway home at around 7pm on a rainy day. I was losing daylight fast and the last thing I wanted was to be on the shoulder of a busy road, in the dark, in the rain, WITH NO TAIL LIGHT. It was a harrowing experience, but again, not the light's fault really. I rode for 6 hours that day, I should have known they weren't going to last the whole time.

But I have a plan. Like I mentioned, I have a spare set of these. I've disassembled one of them and plan to modify it somewhat. I'm removing the puny ~500mAh 3.7v lithium battery and running some wiring out of the USB charging port (sealing with hot glue or something) to an external battery with about 10x the capacity. I'm doing this for the front and rear lights and running the wiring as neatly as I can to a central battery, so I should be able to run these all day long on Strobe Mode without worrying about making it back before they die. I'll report back if this project is successful.

EDIT: Two years later and I can comfortably recommend these, I have bought several sets now. The original set still works and I use them all the time. The battery life started to decline to around ~3 hours and that became unacceptable to me so I finally did that battery mod I mentioned. The internal battery on these is 500mAh and I removed it, soldered my own wiring in, and bought a 3,700mAh battery at the same voltage and wired both the front and rear lights into it. I haven't fully stress tested this yet, but it works great and my math says this should get me something like 15-18 hours of both lights running constantly on slow blink mode. No complaints.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Bright, Attractive Light With Some Questionable Design Choices
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2021
I have this red light in the rear, and their white light in the front. I like these lights, they're very bright, visible from wide angles, and they look great on my bike even when they're not on. I take visibility seriously as a biker, and I do not feel safe riding on the same roads with vehicles without bright lights, and I feel safe riding with these.

It's not perfect, however. The overall construction of the lights feels pretty shoddy honestly. I would have paid quite a premium to get these exact lights with a hearty aluminum housing, glass lens, and rubber gaskets, but instead I paid like $13 and got this. Plastic-covered plastic with some plastic on top. I've had them for over a year, whacked them, doused them, and dropped them a few times, and they have not broken on me. Perhaps my mistrust of their construction is unfounded, but they feel cheap in the hand, and I suspect they are only BARELY water-resistant. I expect these to break any day now, but I also have another identical backup set and I'd re-purchase these the same day if they broke, so I guess I don't mind all that much.

There are a few different light modes like the store page says, Solid Low/Mid/High, Dim Flashing/Bright Flashing, and Strobe. The manual included with the lights includes a little more information such as the approximate runtime for each mode, which brings me to my main complaint about these lights, which is less of a complaint than an observation: The battery life is a joke.

It's not really their fault, it's a design constraint. Small lights have even smaller batteries, it's the price you pay for the slim form factor and sleek aesthetic, but it's a bummer nonetheless. When you look at the run times for the different light modes, it becomes obvious that the Dim Flash mode is the only one worth using. The steady beam and strobe modes get less than half the battery life, so don't even bother with them. Use Dim Flashing or Bright Flashing, and you can expect to run these for 4 - 5 hours on a single charge, which is honestly great for most of us most of the time.

But I have had them die on me in very unfortunate times. Once on a particularly long ride they died halfway home at around 7pm on a rainy day. I was losing daylight fast and the last thing I wanted was to be on the shoulder of a busy road, in the dark, in the rain, WITH NO TAIL LIGHT. It was a harrowing experience, but again, not the light's fault really. I rode for 6 hours that day, I should have known they weren't going to last the whole time.

But I have a plan. Like I mentioned, I have a spare set of these. I've disassembled one of them and plan to modify it somewhat. I'm removing the puny ~500mAh 3.7v lithium battery and running some wiring out of the USB charging port (sealing with hot glue or something) to an external battery with about 10x the capacity. I'm doing this for the front and rear lights and running the wiring as neatly as I can to a central battery, so I should be able to run these all day long on Strobe Mode without worrying about making it back before they die. I'll report back if this project is successful.

EDIT: Two years later and I can comfortably recommend these, I have bought several sets now. The original set still works and I use them all the time. The battery life started to decline to around ~3 hours and that became unacceptable to me so I finally did that battery mod I mentioned. The internal battery on these is 500mAh and I removed it, soldered my own wiring in, and bought a 3,700mAh battery at the same voltage and wired both the front and rear lights into it. I haven't fully stress tested this yet, but it works great and my math says this should get me something like 15-18 hours of both lights running constantly on slow blink mode. No complaints.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Parfait !
Reviewed in Canada on July 15, 2022
Style: 168t (Rear Bike Light)Verified Purchase
Parfait à tout point de vue, satisfaction totale !
Gerald
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb quality
Reviewed in Canada on October 24, 2021
Style: 168h (Front Bike Light)Verified Purchase
I purchased these lights a few years ago,
Red for the back white for the front.
The quality is outstanding but to my surprise the white light in the front suddenly stopped working after about one season of use.
Probably the rechargeable battery is the problem but I am disappointed that it is not serviceable.
Also noticed the price of these lights have gone up incredibly high compared to what I paid for them.
I do recommend this light but shop around you can find lights of the same quality at a lower price.
Gek Chai
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, I love it
Reviewed in Singapore on February 13, 2022
Style: 168t (Rear Bike Light)Verified Purchase
Excellent I love it
John
1.0 out of 5 stars Poor battery life
Reviewed in Australia on May 15, 2021
Style: 168t (Rear Bike Light)Verified Purchase
Barely take charges after only a couple of months
Avinash M
5.0 out of 5 stars Stands out during day time as well!
Reviewed in India on February 19, 2017
Style: 168t (Rear Bike Light)Verified Purchase
Simply amazing! Although you need to be patient since this is shipped into India from another country (US or China?). Mounting it is a breeze.
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