USB Rechargeable LED Collar - Seen From 400m in the Dark

A dark dog on a dark road is invisible until a car is far too close. Reflective strips only work once headlights are already pointed at you — which, on a bend, is the moment it is too late.

This collar makes its own light. It glows along its whole length and is visible from roughly 400 metres, long before a driver could pick out a reflector.

Three modes

• Steady glow — for walking beside you on a pavement
• Slow flash — harder for a driver's eye to ignore
• Fast flash — for a dog off the lead, so you can track them across a dark field

Practical bits

• USB rechargeable. No coin cells to keep buying, no dead collar at 5am
• Several hours per charge, which covers a week of ordinary walks
• Adjustable to fit a range of neck sizes
• Weather resistant — rain is fine, swimming is not

Where this earns its keep

Winter mornings, evening walks after work, and load-shedding, when the streetlights go and your dog disappears into the garden. It also makes a bolter far easier to find.

Worth saying: this is a visibility collar, not a walking collar. Keep their normal collar and ID tag on as well — attach the lead to that one.