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CatEye EL-500 vs Smart Nova 1
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Just wondering whether anyone has had experience with either of these? I need a bright light for through the night (6-12 hours) road cycling, and can't really afford the super-expensive ones. Regards, Mark |
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CatEye EL-500 vs Smart Nova 1
On 13 Jul 2005 03:46:03 -0700, "Mark"
wrote: Just wondering whether anyone has had experience with either of these? I need a bright light for through the night (6-12 hours) road cycling, and can't really afford the super-expensive ones. Alex Rice, who I think posts here in the group, has a good write up of the Smart Nova online: http://www.ajjrice.plus.com/reviews/smart%20nova.htm It looks a very good "be seen" light, thanks to Alex for the good info. I think I might have one when I next manage to smash or lose another Cateye EL200. "Bob" -- "I will refuse to register for an ID card and will donate £10 to a legal defence fund but only if 10,000 other people will also make this same pledge." Phil Booth, NO2ID Join the Pledge !! http://www.pledgebank.com/refuse http://www.pledgebank.com/faq Email address is spam trapped, to reply directly remove the beverage. |
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CatEye EL-500 vs Smart Nova 1
Just wondering whether anyone has had experience with either of these?
I need a bright light for through the night (6-12 hours) road cycling, and can't really afford the super-expensive ones. Catete EL-500. Centre spot is bright, but too small to be truly useful. Not good for being seen as not bright from anything other than a narrow angle either side of straight on. Summary: pants for the price. |
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CatEye EL-500 vs Smart Nova 1
Mark Thompson wrote:
Just wondering whether anyone has had experience with either of these? I need a bright light for through the night (6-12 hours) road cycling, and can't really afford the super-expensive ones. Catete EL-500. Centre spot is bright, but too small to be truly useful. Not good for being seen as not bright from anything other than a narrow angle either side of straight on. Summary: pants for the price. I've got a couple of Novas and they are pretty good. There is a centre spot and a diffuse beam. Plenty good enough to see where you are going on a dark road unless there are a lot of cars with bright lights coming the other way. Good run time too and you can lengthen it if you follow the advice in the review link posted earlier. -- Tony "I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't" Anon |
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