Product Review / Discount Code: Safees Pedestrian Traffic Reflectors

With the advent of Fall it will gets darker earlier, and less safe for our kids children as they go to and from after-school activities, games and special events, like Halloween. They are at risk simply because visibility decreases as light decreases, and unfortunately, they may 'glow' when they are performing, but they don't when they are walking down a poorly lit street!

Did you know that a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash every 120 minutes? And that almost two-thirds of pedestrian fatalities occur when the light condition is either dark or dark with street lights? Even worse, a pedestrian is hurt in traffic every 8 minutes, and the main underlying cause is poor visibility. Doesn't make you want to let your kids walk anywhere NEAR a street or road, does it? But we so, and that's where a new reflector can keep our kids SAFE.

Safees is introducing their hard prism reflectors to the USA. Safees are manufactured in Finland, CE/Lloyds certified, and adhere to all relevant ISO standards, and the higher EU standards for environmental consideration (no waste is produced when manufacturing Safees and they are themselves 100% recyclable). So not only do they keep your kids safe, they are better for our environment!

Safees reflectors are attached by a simple pin to your clothes at knee or thigh height. By letting the Safees swing freely, facing traffic, it will reflect oncoming cars’ headlights and increase your child's (or your's) visibility, alerting drivers to your presence on the road, and giving drivers more time to stop, or steer clear and thus avoiding accidents.  Watch this video to see the difference:



Simply by attaching a Safees reflector to yourself or your child,  you will increase your visibility to oncoming traffic by anywhere between 300 and 1,000 percent (depending on distance, darkness, weather). That can be the difference between being safe or not. When you think about trick or treating on Halloween night, that can be a HUGE difference! We always carry some sort of reflector/light on our wagon, and on Kiddo, on Halloween, and we go through some barely lit areas, so I was very interested to see how the Safees work!

We were sent 2 different Safees to try out:

As you can see, they have a stretchable cord (stretches to about 11 inches), attached to a simple alligator clip, making it easy to pin onto any item of clothing! Kiddo immediately wanted the Happy Face! I was interested to see if the cat Safee, being a darker color would reflect less, than the Happy Face Safee. As you can see, no worry there!

I have to say I was REALLY impressed with HOW bright these reflectors are! It was hard to get a good picture with my camera (the reflection was giving too much light into the lens!), so we did an experiment inside, with a very bright led flashlight, that mimics the light from a car. As you can see, there are no worries about being seen! The room was pitch dark, and look how much light comes off the Safees!

Safees are available in 14 different shapes, for only $4.95! Plus they have a clip on version, that works great on sleeves (helpful for adult joggers!) at the Safees website! You can even buy replacement cords! Discounts are available for schools and nonprofit organizations, and Safees can even custom design one in your colors/design! What a great fundraising idea for teams and schools!

We will definitely be buying some more of the Safees, so we can keep them in our cars, so we always have one handy! Think about if you have to change a tire at night- wearing one of these would keep you super safe!

Check out the Safees and you'll agree with us too!

AND for all you lucky BTHM readers, Safees is giving you 15% off any order, simply by using the code 'Safeesbacktoschool2012' at check out! 

So hurry over and get YOUR Safees before Halloween and the early Fall nights start up, and keep YOUR kids safe!




Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received these products for review  purposes on this blog, free of charge, from Safees. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about them.