I received a Cateye HL-EL500 yesterday. Went for a ride down a dark street nearby. Usually the cars use their high beam there and dazzle me. I had the light pointing towards the ground about 7m in front of me. A car came around a bend, immediately switches to low beam, then a few seconds later flashes his high beam as if he's telling me that I have high beam on.
And I was worried that drivers might not be able to see a single LED light. Not bad.
It is like all LEDs though, not the full spectrum of light so sometimes hard to recognise objects.
I received a Cateye HL-EL500 yesterday. Went for a ride down a dark street nearby. Usually the cars use their high beam there and dazzle me. I had the light pointing towards the ground about 7m in front of me. A car came around a bend, immediately switches to low beam, then a few seconds later flashes his high beam as if he's telling me that I have high beam on.
And I was worried that drivers might not be able to see a single LED light. Not bad.
It is like all LEDs though, not the full spectrum of light so sometimes hard to recognise objects.
Peter
-- Peter McCallum Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA
I had a guy, in a 4WD, coming down a hill towards me, change to high beams once. Wish I had Lotte with me.
I received a Cateye HL-EL500 yesterday. Went for a ride down a dark street nearby. Usually the cars use their high beam there and dazzle me. I had the light pointing towards the ground about 7m in front of me. A car came around a bend, immediately switches to low beam, then a few seconds later flashes his high beam as if he's telling me that I have high beam on.
And I was worried that drivers might not be able to see a single LED light. Not bad.
It is like all LEDs though, not the full spectrum of light so sometimes hard to recognise objects.
Peter
A friend of mine was waiting at an T junction one night for a "very slow motorbike" to pass by. The "slow motorbike" was me with my twin 5 watt luxeons. 🙂
The thing I like about it (apart from the brightness) is that the batteries last for a long time. ie. with my halogens, I was recharging every other day. I'm doing this like once every few weeks.
What I dont like? Like u said, not the full spectrum, and the lack of a focussed beam, like all LEDs.
