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Cateye HL-500 II "Donut light"

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  1. I bought one of these lights recently, and it seems strangely defective. It casts a ring of light -
    a completely dark centre, with a thin, but very bright ring of light. This is almost completely
    useless for seeing anything. The bottom of the ring is too close, the top is too far away, and the
    sides are, well, off to the side. The area that I want illuminated is the centre, but this is black
    black black.

    I've tried taking the bulb, lens and reflector apart, and rearranging them in every possible
    configuration, but all I get is a donut of light.

    Any experience with this?
    --
    "Naturally, the common people don't want war. But, after all, it is the leaders of a country who
    determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along. All you have to do is
    tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing
    the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
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  2. "Baka Dasai" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    I bought one of these lights recently, and it seems


    strangely

    Quoted message said:

    defective. It casts a ring of light - a completely dark


    centre,

    Quoted message said:

    with a thin, but very bright ring of light. This is


    almost

    Quoted message said:

    completely useless for seeing anything. The bottom of the


    ring

    Quoted message said:

    is too close, the top is too far away, and the sides are,


    well,

    Quoted message said:

    off to the side. The area that I want illuminated is the


    centre,

    Quoted message said:

    but this is black black black.

    I've tried taking the bulb, lens and reflector apart, and rearranging them in every possible
    configuration, but all


    I get

    Quoted message said:

    is a donut of light.

    Any experience with this?

    Mine has a little bit of that effect, but not enough to be annoying or cause problems.
    Lamp/reflector assemblies do suffer from manufacturing variances. I suggest you return your
    light and get another one. Most Cateye Micros are pretty good, but there are probably some
    "lemons" out there.

    Matt O.

  3. "Baka Dasai" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I bought one of these lights recently, and it seems strangely defective. It casts a ring of light
    - a completely dark centre, with a thin, but very bright ring of light. This is almost completely
    useless for seeing anything. The bottom of the ring is too close, the top is too far away, and the
    sides are, well, off to the side. The area that I want illuminated is the centre, but this is
    black black black.

    I've tried taking the bulb, lens and reflector apart, and rearranging them in every possible
    configuration, but all I get is a donut of light.

    Try the similarly priced Micro Halogen or MC-200 instead. We dropped the 500-II in favor of those.
    The 500-II is no longer in Cateye's new catalog.

    --
    Andrew Muzi yellowjersey.orgyellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April 1971

  4. Of COURSE the light pattern sucks. That's what seperates a $20 light from a $200 light. For $20, you
    didn't really expect to actually see anything, did you?

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