It was roughly unavoidable that we write about this gadget. It sits concurrently astride two long-standing Gadget Lab traditions: complex bike accessories, and newness umbrellas. And so we present the Uberhood, a bike-mounted umbrella.
First, let's attend to the without doubt flaw: It's a bike-mounted umbrella. If there's a thing umbrellas hate, it's wind. And if there's a thing bikes are great at, it's the era of sprightly breezes. The type of breezes that yank at a brolly, branch it inside-out or ripping it from your hands. And even if it doesn't collapse, it will of course slow you down.
Even when furled, the Uberhood sticks true up from your handlebars, 20 inches in to the air. If you're short, this will be correct in front of your ethereal eyes.
Fitting the Uberhood is easy, but intimidating if you have any automatic expertise whatsoever. The video shows the steel ascent bowls being clamped onto a bad handlebar. "It's not probable to over-tighten these screws," says the voiceover, ignoring the fact that it is possible, and that they're bolts, not screws.
The reason for this over-tightening is obvious. These bolts are at the finish of a long push with a cruise at the end. It's similar to regulating the pillar to a vessel with thumb-tacks: it won't hold. Instead, it will turn and scratch at your aluminum handlebar until it snaps, and you decrease eyes-first in to the wreckage.
If you do wish to float in the rain, improved to deposit in a few great waterproof clothes, or only bring a actual umbrella in your hand. This functions surprisingly well, and will let you point of view it forwards, since that's where the sleet will obviously be forthcoming from.
Then again, it's tough not to admire a product whose instructions add the line "Swing up the missile of your Uberhood until it is vertical."
Should you still wish an Uberhood, you can demand a right away for a silly $80.
Uberhood product page [Uberhood]
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