Peter Cole wrote:
:: Joe Faust wrote:
::: On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:18:12 -0400, "Rich Clark"
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:::: "David L. Johnson" <
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::::: Has LED lighting come of age yet? Are these 3-watt LED lights
::::: adequate to light the road --- to see as well as to be seen?
::::: Anyone use these yet? My Nightrider battery is dying and
::::: irreplaceable, and I am looking for something as usable.
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:::: I ordered one that I expect to be delivered tomorrow or Friday.
:::: The test I read indicated that it might well be sufficient for
:::: standalone road use, and it certainly looks convenient to use.
:::: Reviews are good; see:
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=tech/2005/reviews/light_and_motion_vega
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http://www.bikefriday.com/main.cfm?fuseaction=news.article&ID=453&Category=Shop
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:::: I'll follow up next week after I've had a chance to use it.
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:::: RichC
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http://www.cateye.com/en/products/viewProduct.php?modelId=47&catId=7&subCatId=2
::: Cateye has a less expensive alternate to the Light & Motion Vega
::: LED Headlight. The cateye HL-EL510 costs about $60 or £40, and
::: ouptuts 800 candlepower or approximately 62 lumens, vs Vega's $175
::: and 95 lumen on high.
:::
::: On High the Vega runs 2 hours on internal Nicad, vs the Cateye 30
::: hours on 4 AA.
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::
:: 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. so I'm thinking
of getting a helmet light too, and maybe adding a second light on the
handlebar, just to get a wider beam. 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 find it to be
:: comparable to a 2.5W halogen like the Cateye MicroII (I have 3 of
:: those). I paid about $30 for the Nitehawk, the Cateyes are as low as
:: $8 recently. The current generation of white LEDs are somewhat more
:: efficient than halogen, perhaps 2x, but not 10x.