Roger Zoul said:Peter Cole wrote:
:: Joe Faust wrote:
::: On High the Vega runs 2 hours on internal Nicad, vs the Cateye 30
::: hours on 4 AA.
:::
::
:: Something sounds a little fishy. If a 2.5W (halogen) light runs for
:: 3 hr on 4 AA's, how can a 1W light run 30 hr on the same batteries?
::
:: I have had a Nitehawk Emitter for about 6 months, which is a 1W LED
:: lamp. Its rated for 8 hr with 4 AA batteries.
May I ask why you got ride of it? I bought one last winter that I never
really have used because I don't like having dark to the sides and also due
to the fact that I can't see my bike on a really dark night.
I still have it, I bought it for my son, who crashed and broke the mount
(oddly, the light was not on the bike), I've been debating whether to go
through Nitehawk's reportedly crappy customer service to get a new one.
I've been using it as a work light, unfortunately I found that exposure
to automobile brake fluid (don't ask) caused the lens to crack. It still
works fine though. As a matter of fact, last week it allowed us to pick
our way through a narrow 3/4 mile harbor channel when we got caught out
after sunset on our sailboat in a very dense fog.
Quoted message said:I have been testing my Nitehawk
Emitter since the night before last....so far it's still going on high beam
for over 24 hours....sounds fishy to me, perhaps this unit is defective and
my high beam is not what it should be. I have no means for comparison,
since I don't have another Emitter.
I'm still on my original batteries, I'm guessing my total time used so
far is several hours, although I haven't been keeping track. I'd be
surprised if the light's burn time was really that much longer than
Nitehawk's own spec of 8 hr -- which relates roughly to a 1W electrical
load. My concern with the lights that claim 1W and 30 hr is that they're
using some kind of "incandescent equivalent" rating, like some of the
florescent bulb makers do.
During your lifetime test are you sure you're on the "high" setting?
When I first got the light I did a comparison with the Cateye MicroII
and felt that the Emitter was perhaps slightly dimmer and narrower, but
had a more even and much whiter beam. I judged them to be about equal in
usability, with the big Emitter advantage primarily being much longer
battery and bulb life, the low beam and whiteness over battery life
being a bonus. I like it well enough that I'll probably get another when
I can find it for $30-35USD.
