Cateye questions

[Doki]

I've currently got the boggo Cateye rechargeable single halogen lamp setup.
It's very bright, but the fact that it's a spotlamp makes it a bit useless
offroad when I can either see things that are near the front wheel, too late
to do anything about them, or see things coming from a way away and hope I
time things right. Would swapping the bulb for the wide angle one do me any
good, or am I better off swapping to one of the twin lamp setups?

 

[Peter B]

"Doki" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I've currently got the boggo Cateye rechargeable single halogen lamp
setup.
> It's very bright, but the fact that it's a spotlamp makes it a bit useless
> offroad when I can either see things that are near the front wheel, too
late
> to do anything about them, or see things coming from a way away and hope I
> time things right. Would swapping the bulb for the wide angle one do me
any
> good, or am I better off swapping to one of the twin lamp setups?

For off-road you need at least a single 10watt unit. In my, somewhat
limited, experience using both wide and narrow beam 10 watters together
doesn't make a massive difference over using one or t'other.

Regards,
Pete

 

[Doki]

Peter B wrote:
> "Doki" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I've currently got the boggo Cateye rechargeable single halogen lamp
>> setup. It's very bright, but the fact that it's a spotlamp makes it
>> a bit useless offroad when I can either see things that are near the
>> front wheel, too late to do anything about them, or see things
>> coming from a way away and hope I time things right. Would swapping
>> the bulb for the wide angle one do me any good, or am I better off
>> swapping to one of the twin lamp setups?
>
> For off-road you need at least a single 10watt unit. In my, somewhat
> limited, experience using both wide and narrow beam 10 watters
> together doesn't make a massive difference over using one or t'other.

That's the current setup - a spot 10W bulb.

 

[Peter B]

"Doki" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> Peter B wrote:
> > For off-road you need at least a single 10watt unit. In my, somewhat
> > limited, experience using both wide and narrow beam 10 watters
> > together doesn't make a massive difference over using one or t'other.
>
> That's the current setup - a spot 10W bulb.

Well, like I said doubling up the wattage neither seems twice as bright nor
can you see twice as much, light propagation doesn't allow that kind of
simplicity but any extra helps when riding over technical stuff.

Pete.