Originally Posted by nitroRoo
...went for the HL 500 II instead (as suggested) and I've VERY impressed with this light. For only $10 (clear model at nashbar right now) i think it was a steal. I'd highly reccomend this light to anyone who is on a tight budget. My friend just bought a 3 led light and this one blows it away. Thanks for the suggestion!
I second that.
I'd like to get something a little brawnier, but I can navigate the unlit (
dark) greenway paths here up to 10 mph with my Cateye HL500 II (2.4W Halogen), which I've been super happy with for the past two years. I've been using it almost daily and I've never had a problem. I've dropped it several times and gotten it soaking wet once or twice and I'm still on the original bulb.
The Cateye is good for about 3.5 hours, the cheapie for at least 30 hours (much longer on blink). I use the HL500 II as my "to see" light and a super cheap 5-LED thingy as my "to be seen" light, and as a backup. On lit streets, I just need to be seen, so I run the cheapie on blink, and I flip on the Cateye if I need to see in the dark.
Here's a link to my super cheap 4-aaa light on eBay, if anyone's interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/5-LED-BICYCLE-HE...temZ8710792871
And here's the HL500 II at Nashbar:
http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...eid=&pagename=
Like I say, brighter lights are on my wishlist, but until I decide I'm ready to fork out the serious $$ (or to embrace my true geek nature), these'll do me.
BTW,
allgoo19, I'm in the process of making the handlebar camera mount (using the HL500 II's mounting bracket) as you suggested in this post:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...79&postcount=9
Are you still using yours?