Gen3 LED headlight

[Mark Stone]

Sorry about the crosspost, but there were threads in regards
the Performance Viewpoint Gen3 light in both wreck.bicycles.
tech and misc
--

I got one at the Perf website (I do a lot of business with this
company), and I'm very happy with the light. It's as bright as a 10W
halogen as claimed, but it's -- umm -- different, sort of eerie, but
it lights up the road very well. The beam is very directional (I can
read the year minted on a quarter at 40 meters) so much that at first
you don't think it's gonna light up anything else, but when you ride
down a very dark street the spread is nice. I recommend it.

--Mark

[R.White]

birdhead3@juno.com (Mark Stone) wrote in message news:<7fba8525.0407110742.70c4fde8@posting.google.com>...
> Sorry about the crosspost, but there were threads in
> regards the Performance Viewpoint Gen3 light in both
> wreck.bicycles. tech and misc
> --
>
> I got one at the Perf website (I do a lot of business with
> this company), and I'm very happy with the light. It's as
> bright as a 10W halogen as claimed, but it's -- umm --
> different, sort of eerie, but it lights up the road very
> well. The beam is very directional (I can read the year
> minted on a quarter at 40 meters) so much that at first
> you don't think it's gonna light up anything else, but
> when you ride down a very dark street the spread is nice.
> I recommend it.

"Eerie" as in the color of the light it throws?

I use a Ray-O-Vac 3-in-one

<http://www.rayovac.com/products/flashlights/LED.shtml> (http://www.rayovac.com/products/flashlights/LED.shtml)

for hiking at night but usually run the krypton bulb in it
as I'm just not used to the different light from the LED.

[Collin]

Mark Stone wrote:

> Sorry about the crosspost, but there were threads in
> regards the Performance Viewpoint Gen3 light in both
> wreck.bicycles. tech and misc
> --
>
> I got one at the Perf website (I do a lot of business with
> this company), and I'm very happy with the light. It's as
> bright as a 10W halogen as claimed, but it's -- umm --
> different, sort of eerie, but it lights up the road very
> well. The beam is very directional (I can read the year
> minted on a quarter at 40 meters) so much that at first
> you don't think it's gonna light up anything else, but
> when you ride down a very dark street the spread is nice.
> I recommend it.
>
> --Mark

Thanks for the review. I was wondering how these lights
stack up, since the "10-watt" claim seemed pretty iffy. Most
LED's have a higher color temperature - shifted toward the
violet end of the spectrum, is that the "eerie" feel?
Incidentally, it's ten bucks cheaper if you buy it straight
from Night Hawk.

-Collin