Very good horn, but no 140 decibels

I got delivery yesterday. The Hornit makes a good impression, looks wertig, feels like that at (slso no yoghurt pot housing) and is childishly easy to assemble. As a toddler, I went last night with honking expert mine on my bike on our street and down and tested the "oppressor" the position for triggering the Huptones. A decision concerning. The position is not quite so simple, because when you get into situations to honk, which fingers are usually already on the brake lever or pull even at the brake lever. Eventually, I had found the ideal position and looked forward, the next day the horn with my 35-km long drive home from work to test. For this I had to like every day across a large German city. The ruthlessness of all road users (motorists, pedestrians and cyclists) is the reason for this acquisition. I experience every night 3 - 5 dangerous situations, even though I consider myself 100% to the traffic rules, traffic lights etc. I drive very fast and extremely offensive and the horn has the same served me well.

The first situation: An Italian parks his car on the bike path and wants to carry things out of the car in his restaurant and I had thereby evade in Tempo 35 on the frequent and fast traffic road. Pressing the Hupauslöser and the high chirping sounded from the speakers. The Italian looks at me and goes his way - disappointment, who has not only even begin to flinch. This was preceded by the something at A ... over. The high tone has no 140 decibels and he does not hear like a car horn Also, more like an exotic metal bird or a lightsaber. The horn has 2 sound modes: steady high-pitched and twittering.

5 minutes later: One of these black housewife tanks with tinted windows tried to turn right in front of me on the marked cycle path on the road and had flattened me when driving straight, when I was driven on without horn. So a very typical situation. One second beep and the SUV was screeching. Toll. The effect of the horn seems then to be good if you can not see where the loud bright sound comes. If one locates the not the cause as simple Radfaherin, he loses the warning character. It works well on road users * inside if they are located in the 5-meter-environment and not see exactly where the sound comes.

10 minutes later: Resting on a wide paved road in the forest, which is only used at football matches across the parking lot and driveway -Departure, ran 2 young women on the left side of the road away from me with a big dog on a leash. With approximately 30 km / h as the I wanted to drive right past them, they left without even begin to look around, the dog off the leash, of course, immediately across the street and I ran in front of the front wheel. A Hupstoß and the two women were floating with a hysterical outcry 30 cm above the floor and the dog took to their heels. The horn would probably not have saved me from the fall. I had to brake sharply, but sometimes revenge is just sweet. On the 35 km way home I meet on average go to about 40 - 50 dogs and their owners. Some of them can jump around the animals and has not it under control. If you experience almost every day that a dog's jumping front (last week I am therefore overthrown), would you like an even louder horn and perhaps a laser gun :-)) with poison green beam. But the Hornit is useful in everyday life, even if one does not feel that when pressing the shutter button a jet is (= 140 db at 30 m distance) coming your way. It's a good warning instrument regarding. Motorists because of the city traffic, the regular ringer has no function. In addition, it also warns pedestrians, cyclists and joggers, the move for some time with huge headphones through the area and heard nothing more. Now you have to do something at the wheel, that allows itself felt. I myself am excited about the part. So again for the record :-)) It is device that produces a button a high note, with which one can warn people not to run in front of a bikes or drive. For an overkill the part is not enough.

I highly recommend this little horn would highly recommend. Oops, you may indeed after StVZO nothing more than a conventional bell attach the wheel. Of course, I have of course not done, but :-) described here only a dream). An alternative would be a louder Pressluftfanfare or an assembled car horn. There is only one little problem with the power supply in the latter.