Cateye HL-EL530 LED Bicycle Headlight
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Manufacturer: CateyeBrand: Cateye
Release Date: 2007-05-23
Model: HL-EL530
Color: Black
Product features:
- Extra-bight 1-LED headlight produces 1,500 candlepower
- OptiCube? technology for optimal lens/reflector brightness
- Side visibility
- 90 hours run time
- Uses four AA batteries
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Sports reviews of Cateye HL-EL530 LED Bicycle Headlight
Customer Review: Considering its goals? It's great
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
Have read a lot of negative comments about this light, but I rarely see somebody commenting about how it performed when compared to its design goals.
Before purchasing this headlight, I fully knew this had a very bright, but narrow beam. I knew that battery life was exceedingly good, that it has a fantastic mounting system, that it is waterproof, that even with large thick mittens in zero degree F temperatures, it's got a fantastic on/off switch.
And yes... for all those tremendous attributes, which I was aware of... it still has a very narrow beam.
For me, this was easily solved. I've got a couple of bikes and this is the headlight I love. **IN PAIRS!!!**
Since I have two main bikes I have two of these lights. By purchasing an extra LOW COST mount for each bike, there are two brackets on each bike so I ride with two headlights.
This allows me to:
1) Adjust the beam width and greatly expands the field of view. I've got them set up like hi/lo beams on a car. One on or both on. Adjust one up, one down. One farther left or right.
2) If the batteries die on one I've still got the other to get home with.
3) If I am riding with a guest on my other bike at night (VERY rare!) we can each limp by on one headlight a piece.
For a very reasonable price, this system covers all my needs and since I have ridden different times this winter in zero degree (F) temps, battery life and the 2-light system is critical since cold weather destroys battery durability.
So far, just as designed, this system has kept me safe, out of trouble, and given me the light I need to ride with safety and confidence. Oh yeah... and I use rechargeable batteries and they STILL last a long time!
Description of Cateye HL-EL530 LED Bicycle Headlight
1 LED. 1 Mode. 90 Hour runtime constant. Flex Tight mounting bracket. Magnetic switch.Fifty percent brighter than Cateye's HL-EL500 model, this extra-bright one-LED white headlight generates 1,500 candlepower thanks to Cateye's OptiCube technology that optimizes lens and reflector brightness. It runs on four AA batteries and produces 90 hours of run time. Other features include side visibility and a tool-free mounting bracket.
About Cateye
Founded in 1946 in Osaka, Japan, CatEye is the leading manufacturer of cycle computers, lights, and reflectors to cyclists in the world. In 1964, CatEye was the first in the industry to create a flashing lamp for bicycles, followed by their first battery headlamp in 1982, and the very first bicycle head lamp using white LEDs in 2001. The company's Opticube lens and reflectors make the brightest and most efficient LED headlights. while their LD500 remains the only rear safety light that can meet the rigorous CPSC standards for reflectivity.
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