Anyone using the Cateye LD1000?

nobody said:

Anyone out there using the Cateye LD1000?

Strengths? Weaknesses? Is it worth the (rather high) price?

advTHANKSance.

I know someone in the CTC who has one. He says it's very bright.

Two weaknesses as far as I can tell: no BS approval and it will use
batteries faster than something more modest.

On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:48:38 +0000, nobody <[email hidden]> wrote
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Quoted message said:

Anyone out there using the Cateye LD1000?

Me.

Quoted message said:

Strengths? Weaknesses? Is it worth the (rather high) price?

Hmmm. I am not really sure yet. It is not as bright as my RealLITE,
brighter than a TL-AU100 nut not noticeably brighter in flashing mode
than the LD600. If you have an LD600 and an AU100 I would not bother
changing, as the AU100 gives as much visibility form the side, and is
kitemarked (which the LD1000 is not, unless the kitemark is weeny and
I haven't noticed it).

It does allow solid and flashing at the same time, but since the solid
is not BS approved and there is only one set of batteries I am not
sure that is necessarily good either.

So you can colour me unconvinced at present.

Guy
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Quoted message said:

Anyone out there using the Cateye LD1000?

Strengths? Weaknesses? Is it worth the (rather high) price?

I got mine a few days ago. Very nice piece of kit, had it on this
morning even though it was semi-light since I could run it with only
one row to save power.
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Simon M.

(Simon Mason) said:

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Quoted message said:

Anyone out there using the Cateye LD1000?

Strengths? Weaknesses? Is it worth the (rather high) price?

Tried it out at the Bikemotion show. Wasn't much impressed. 2 buttons
with half a dozen modes each: takes longer to start up /shut down than
Windows! I'd rather have a single on/off switch, so I tried ordering a
TL-AU100 but couldn't. If anybody knows an on-line shop that ships to
the continent, I'd be happy to hear about it.

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Mark van Gorkom.