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Old July 13th 05, 11:46 AM
Mark
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Default CatEye EL-500 vs Smart Nova 1

Hi

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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Old July 13th 05, 11:52 AM
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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.


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Old July 13th 05, 04:51 PM
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Default 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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Old July 13th 05, 05:37 PM
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Default 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.

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