Customer who just got his TapTurn had this to say after throwing away his generic LED compatible flasher CF18-08, and installing TapTurn flasher. He didn't really need the one touch signaling feature he just wanted a flasher that works well with LED signals.
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via email catsspat says:
> I originally bought a cheap $12.95 CF18-08 unit from SuperBrightLEDs
> (nothing against that company by the way). It sort of worked, except:
>
> 1) It does not immediately light up on activation. Timing depends on
> what on/off rhythm it's in at the time. This causes weirdness with
> lock/unlock indication blinks as well as general usability problems
> when switching directions quickly, such as trying to change lanes
> right after turning.
> 2) [it has] No Tap Turn, obviously, but I don't require it.
> 3) With ignition in OFF position, when I turned on hazards,
> *something* in the engine gets power. I could hear some sort of
> pump activating, and one of the red indicators in the dash
> half-lighting in inverse cadence to the blinkers. I believe
> electricity was flowing to wrong places.
>
> #3 is unacceptable. Who knows what it could be doing to the car?
> I bet it isn't an isolated case, but since most people don't use
> hazards often, they don't even notice.
>
> I haven't found a single nit to pick with your TapTurn flasher. Great
> engineering!
>
> By the way, this is on a 2013 Subaru BRZ.
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catsspat asks:
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people using the cheap flasher see what
happens when they turn on flashers with car completely off.
Watch for weird noise from the engine bay, or an unexpected blinking light
on the dashboard ... with the cheap LED flasher.
Tapturn obviously does not do anything weird like that.
Then again, it's always possible that the one I got is defective somehow.
I do vaguely recall someone complaining about the hazards not working
with the cheap flasher when car was off, or something like that.
Different symptom than mine, but there does appear to be some logical
problem with OFF and Hazards with some of these cheap units.
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He's happy now! Anyway, these are some things to check for if you have an LED flasher.