Another interesting light

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:13:40 +0000, [email hidden] (Nick Kew)

Quoted message said:

Does this sound familiar to anyone? LEDs that cast a useful beam?
What would I ask for in the LBS, and how much would it cost?

Sounds like something from the Cateye EL series.

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Quoted message said:

Does this sound familiar to anyone? LEDs that cast a useful beam?
What would I ask for in the LBS, and how much would it cost?

There are quite a few LED lights that cast a useful beam these days. I use two
Cateye HL-EL 300 and they are fine for when I pootle the unlit lanes of Norfolk
in the dark. As well as having a Cateye light as above, Nathan also has a S-Sun
SS-L120 LED, and that is very, very bright with an *excellent* beam - better
than the Cateye even.

You can get the Cateye above from Cycle Express for £26.39 (free postage )

http://www.cyclexpress.co.uk/products/Cateye_HLEL_300_570.asp

The Sun light is £19.99 from St John's Street Cycles + £5 delivery charge (a
tad expensive for a delivery charge methinks) - Nathan's one was from
Specialised Cycles in Norwich - my local bike shop - and as his dad bought it,
I haven't a clue what he paid for it :-)

Cheers, helen s

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Nick Kew said:

Does this sound familiar to anyone? LEDs that cast a useful beam?
What would I ask for in the LBS, and how much would it cost?

You'd ask for one of the LED front lamps that casts a useful beam and
meets British Standards for front lamps. These generally have focused
clusters of white LEDs and are a completely different ball game to the
old greenish ones. Cateye EL300 is an example.
Things like the EL200 are miles better than Never Ready type battery
lamps but don't actually conform to BS.

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Richard Bates said:

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:13:40 +0000, [email hidden] (Nick Kew)

Quoted message said:

Does this sound familiar to anyone? LEDs that cast a useful beam?
What would I ask for in the LBS, and how much would it cost?

Sounds like something from the Cateye EL series.

Quite likely an EL-500. I've been using one for a week now and it's
clearly an improvement over the EL-300: better focussed (but with
usefull sidespill) and noticably brighter. The first no-excuses LED
bikelight. I do recharge my batteries after 6-8 hours of use, same as
with the -300. (Like to have plenty of reserve.)

Mark van Gorkom.

Peter Clinch said:

You'd ask for one of the LED front lamps that casts a useful beam and
meets British Standards for front lamps. These generally have focused
clusters of white LEDs and are a completely different ball game to the
old greenish ones. Cateye EL300 is an example.

I think that is the *only* BS approved one, at least from Cateye. Not a
patch on a dynamo lamp or even a 2.4W halogen battery lamp if you ride
in unlit lanes, but quite good for being seen.

Zog The Undeniable said:

Peter Clinch said:

You'd ask for one of the LED front lamps that casts a useful beam and
meets British Standards for front lamps. These generally have
focused clusters of white LEDs and are a completely different ball
game to the old greenish ones. Cateye EL300 is an example.

I think that is the *only* BS approved one, at least from Cateye.
Not a patch on a dynamo lamp or even a 2.4W halogen battery lamp if
you ride in unlit lanes, but quite good for being seen.

For unlit roads I use a 2.4W halogen and a EL-300. My halogen is not BS.

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers said:

Quoted message said:

Does this sound familiar to anyone? LEDs that cast a useful beam?
What would I ask for in the LBS, and how much would it cost?

There are quite a few LED lights that cast a useful beam these days. I use two
Cateye HL-EL 300 and they are fine for when I pootle the unlit lanes of Norfolk
in the dark. As well as having a Cateye light as above, Nathan also has a S-Sun
SS-L120 LED, and that is very, very bright with an *excellent* beam - better
than the Cateye even.

You can get the Cateye above from Cycle Express for £26.39 (free postage )

http://www.cyclexpress.co.uk/products/Cateye_HLEL_300_570.asp

The Sun light is £19.99 from St John's Street Cycles + £5 delivery charge (a
tad expensive for a delivery charge methinks) - Nathan's one was from
Specialised Cycles in Norwich - my local bike shop - and as his dad bought it,
I haven't a clue what he paid for it :-)

Cheers, helen s

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I've been using an EL-200 for a couple of years now. They are [censored] for
seeing but pretty good for being seen. I wouldnt mind a set of
lumicycles or similar but cant justify them.

Didn't one of the REALLY REALLY expensive companies use LED's? I cant
remember what the company was but they were claiming burn times of over
8 hours or something. Prices were well over £200 though.

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I've been using an EL-200 for a couple of years now. They are [censored] for
seeing but pretty good for being seen. I wouldnt mind a set of
lumicycles or similar but cant justify them.

Didn't one of the REALLY REALLY expensive companies use LED's? I cant
remember what the company was but they were claiming burn times of over
8 hours or something. Prices were well over £200 though.

Lupine (www.lupine.de) are rather pricey, I bought their "budget" 26
LED light and that was € 300 ! Seems they discontinued the
top-of-the-range LED light, but there's a combination 25W krypton / 20
LED light now. I didn't dare check the price...

Mark van Gorkom.

Helen said:

Quoted message said:

Does this sound familiar to anyone? LEDs that cast a useful beam?
What would I ask for in the LBS, and how much would it cost?

There are quite a few LED lights that cast a useful beam these days. I use two
Cateye HL-EL 300 and they are fine for when I pootle the unlit lanes of Norfolk
in the dark. As well as having a Cateye light as above, Nathan also has a S-Sun
SS-L120 LED, and that is very, very bright with an *excellent* beam - better
than the Cateye even.

You can get the Cateye above from Cycle Express for £26.39 (free postage )

http://www.cyclexpress.co.uk/products/Cateye_HLEL_300_570.asp

The Sun light is £19.99 from St John's Street Cycles + £5 delivery charge (a
tad expensive for a delivery charge methinks) - Nathan's one was from
Specialised Cycles in Norwich - my local bike shop - and as his dad bought it,
I haven't a clue what he paid for it :-)

Specialised sells them for GBP 20 too.
I bought an S-Sun a few weeks ago and it's much better than the Cateye
that I bought last year. It's brighter and more importantly, it has a
proper bracket instead of the ridiculous strap and dodgy clamp on the Cateye.

Cateye used to be the Bee's Knees, but they're going downhill fast nowadays,
(and their current lights don't project cat faces on walls anymore:-(

Surely you've got a more local bike shop than Specialised? Not that
I'd want to put you off patronising Steve and Andy's wonderfuleporium, but even Apple Pie is closer to you and that's still in
Norwich!

I find that a combination of a Lumotech dynamo lamp and an S-Sun
LED light seems to give a much clearer view than you'd expect after
trying just one or the other. In fact I've done some off road
riding this week with this combination - on a reasonably familiar
bridlepath. There seems to be a synergistic effect between the
yellow light of the Lumotech ad the bluish LED light.
It's not a patch on my 5/10W Cateye dual headlight, but it doesn't
need a a heavy accumulator:-)

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Jan

Quoted message said:

Surely you've got a more local bike shop than Specialised? Not that
I'd want to put you off patronising Steve and Andy's wonderfuleporium, but
even Apple Pie is closer to you and that's still in
Norwich!

There is a a LBS in Dereham - Paul's Cycles and it's cr*p - mostly off-roads
stuff, where, based on personal experience you are ignored/sneered at if you
are A. female and/or B. Don't want to immediately part with lots of toonas on
an expensive MTB. I really, really don't like their attitude. Then there's
H*lf*ds, where the staff are friendly, willing, but less than knowledgeable and
the quality control of stock is cr*p. If I require anything locally I will
*always* go to Specialised first - again based on personal experience. Steve &
Andy know their stuff, they are honest, fair, and if they haven't got something
I need, will get it for me *quickly* and the quality of their workmanship on
bikes is second-to-none. I happily recommend Specialised Cycles to others.

Cheers, helen s

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