Reflective shirts/pants? (Read 753 times)

Jen, Here are some links to recent discussions of the same topic which as some good information: http://www.runningahead.com/forums/post/5dd2133231eb44d1a9e70093330f4269#focus http://www.runningahead.com/forums/post/b25180af54bf4157af717e756b5c35d2#focus Personally, I use one of those common orange, reflective jogging vests -- the mesh ones that have reflective stripes across your chest and back. I also make sure that my pants have reflective stripes down the sides of the legs which make me show up when running across an intersection. As someone who logs a lot of running time in the dark from Oct to April, I always think that between the vest, the hat with reflective trim, the moving hands in gloves with reflective patches, legs with reflective stripes on the sides and lower hem, and shiney running shoes that there is NO way someone could NOT see me. I think that until some asshat drives right at me and forces me to dive off the road...

I do at least half my runs in the dark. My solution is homemade - a package of relective strips and velcro from the fabric store. I bought different widths of the material and made a band for each ankle and one with elastic for one upper arm. Then I added a blinky light to the arm band. I had gotten the light at a running store, but got tired of switching it from shirt to shirt (it was a pin-on type) The reflective material was the iron-on kind so I cut up an old t-shirt for the backing. And with all of that, I still wear a light colored shirt.