DAWAY DW-A14 Bike Loud Electric Horn 5 Modes Sound 110 DB Bicycle Cycling Alarm Bells

Bought for my sons bike. Easy to use and very loud. Good buy.

I recently bought another recumbent bike and didn't want to put an AirZound air horn on it because I didn't want the bulk of the AirZound's reservoir on this sleek "speed" bike. The AirZound is otherwise the best bike horn I've ever used because it is light, requires no batteries, is very loud, and its sound is not so high-pitched that car drivers ignore it.This electric horn uses two AAA batteries (not included). To install batteries, use the included screwdriver to open the battery compartment door on the bottom – that's right, they include a screwdriver but not batteries. The bracket goes around whatever horizontal tube you have handy (hopefully not too close to where your head will be when you're riding) and snugs up very tightly with the twist-ring. The horn itself slides onto the bracket. The trigger is easily wrapped around a spot reachable with a finger or thumb but be careful because the coiled cable between the horn and the trigger looks pretty flimsy; I wouldn't put them at much distance from each other, don't stretch it out too far. The red button on the top of the unit allows you to choose from among 5 different tones and patterns of sound.All the tones are pretty high-pitched but are all VERY LOUD. At a distance or through barriers (like car windows) where the volume won't be perceived as very piercing, one or two of them probably sound like bird calls so I wouldn't recommend using those. A small speaker just can't produce a sound that is both low-pitched and loud and this is why these small electric horns always produce these high-pitched sounds instead of something like the tone of the AirZound or a car horn. The tone I have selected sounds like a warning buzzer, with a little similarity to the alarm sound of a large truck backing up.I don't expect to get the attention of cars with this Hornit knockoff as easily or as well as I do with the AirZound: It's just as loud but not as low-pitched so it won't be mistaken for a car horn. But this electric horn doesn't take up the kind of space on my bike required by the AirZound's air reservoir plus the trigger can be mounted a little way from the horn instead of being permanently attached directly to the horn as is the AirZound's. I don't mind charging up the AirZound's reservoir regularly (I don't use it much but boy I'm glad I have it when I do need to use it) but for those for whom pumping air into a bottle is an annoyance or who run out of air during a single ride (I feel sorry for you, your traffic conditions must be truly horrible), then this battery-powered horn is a good alternative. Unless you're leaning on the trigger all the time, the battery should last for months, maybe a year.Be a good citizen and get yourself a little bell or squeeze-bulb horn to supplement this LOUD electric horn. Using something like this electric horn on nearby pedestrians, joggers without headphones, or other cyclists is just obnoxious and startling. Save it for dangerous situations involving motor vehicles or dummies who can't enjoy the outdoors without buds blasting noise into both ears.edit: I bought one of these a year or so ago and while this newer one is identical in every way in terms of its appearance and operation, the tone patterns are a little different. Not worse or better, just different.

In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to use a 100+decibel electric horn when riding your bike on designated bike trails, as it always feels a little “rude” and disruptive of the natural surroundings. HOWEVER, now we enter the REAL WORLD…. I am sure many of you have the same experiences as I do. The “bike trails” are shared with other cyclists, e-scooters and walkers, none of which I have ANY problem with; however, their is an additional factor not yet mentioned. Most of these fellow users of the bike trails seem to have adopted the ever present ear plugs pumping their preferred music, podcast or audiobook at such high volume they ABSOLUTELY DON’T hear a polite verbal “on your left” or the polite little handlebar bells. Subsequently, trying to pass even at low speed, is frequently met by the person being passed stepping out in front of you, or letting their dog suddenly run out on their retractable leash. Since I have NO DESIRE to hurt myself or others, these horns work very well in penetrating their audible oblivion. I have purchased a total of 4 of these horns and have been using the first two on my bikes with excellent results for nearly a year.Good product, good price and good solution for the predicaments described above!

As a horn, it works very well. It's loud, and the horn sound is very good for getting the attention of drivers who stray into the bike lane. Having the cabled trigger switch makes it easy to mount and use on a crowded set of handlebars. There are different sounds it can make, but most of the others would probably be too confusing to drivers or just annoying.Though I would recommend it to most anyone, there are a few caveats that keep it short of 5 stars. The mount has a slight swivel, so if you have to mount the device opposite the switch, the somewhat short cable will pull the horn to point slightly to the outside. There's a slight delay when pressing the switch, so it's hard to put out a quick burst of honks. Finally, since the mount has a release, though it isn't quite convenient enough to take off after every ride, mine was stolen after two months of use by a thief who broke the trigger cable in the process, leaving the switch behind, making it useless to both of us. That is another related issue, that since the cable and trigger are integrated, a break in the cable will render both useless, but anyone with some spare wire should be able to implement an easy fix.But it's $11, which is hard to beat, and not a big deal to replace if broken or stolen (or both!). Many more expensive models don't have a good honking sound, or no remote trigger. I'd recommend securing the device somehow, maybe modifying the screwed-in battery door with a slot for a zip-tie.

Horn arrived last night in the pictured rather sleek and well made plastic box. Note the goofy Chinese attempts at English, although "seriously loud" with a Chinese translation is priceless.I installed the horn easily and within 5 minutes after opening the rather whimsical box; it's easy and intuitive. You don't need the instructions, which are laughable, to say the least. The mistranslations and teeny-tiny pictures should provide some comic relief. It was late, and I didn't want to wake the neighbors, so I put in the batteries (taking the battery cover off and on is easy with the very sturdy mini screw driver provided, which is now in my bicycle toolkit) and let off a few beeps in several modes. This thing is freaking LOUD!!!Went out for a ride in the local park (I live in Queens, NY USA) in the afternoon about 2:00 pm today, and got the chance to test out all five sound modes. There's a couple of what sounds like high-pitched bird twittering (VERY loud), a beep or two, and what sounds like a truck backing up. I tried out several sounds in different situations. I found giving a continuous short blast of the car horn sound as I passed by on parked motorist's left was sufficient to alert anyone. I didn't get "doored" or even "attempted doored" today.Also scared the s*** out of a pedestrian walking against the light at Queens Boulevard and 75th. As he stepped into the intersection, I gave a couple of short blasts with the tweeting sound. He jumped about ten feet in the air and looked straight at me in shock as I whizzed past at the grand speed of 8 miles an hour. :-)Gave a couple of blasts to some cars that passed me too close on the left on Queens Boulevard. Got their attention, and they slowed down and gave me more room after that.The A14 Daway Loud Electric Bike Horn is a well-designed, well-made piece of cycling hardware. It's sleek and attractive, the construction is heavy and solid, and the product works as designed and advertised.DEFINITELY at least 110 decibels. This thing is LOUD, people. For the price, a fantastic deal. :-)