CatEye Hl-EL135 Led Bright Front Light - Black

Here is a summary of the bad reviews for this product in case you do want to read them...This is my second Hl-EL135 from Cateye: . It is not as bright as a real headlight: It offers enough light to feel safe at night, but I cannot for example see details like tree roots along the canal towpath. . Flimsy mounting mechanism: Personally, I think Cateye have the best mounting mechanisms on the market. They are very secure, but are also ultra convenient when removing accessories. This unit uses the exact same mounting mechanism as my main headlight the Cateye volt-800. . Not waterproof: I took one of these on a 4 month cycle tour around Scotland and the northern isles. The bike was mostly left outside often with the light on the handlebars. It died after about 3 months of use in very wet weather. But I feel that it has enough water resistance to cope if stored inside when not in use. . Not designed to last: Other than the waterproofing, I've not experienced any issues with this item. The plastics, the LEDs or the mounting mechanism. . Battery life short: I use this as my backup light in part because it has very long battery life, more than 100 hours It has a far greater battery life than USB-chargeable options. . Stopped working shortly after purchase: I've not experienced that with either of the units that I've purchased. . Cover is not secure: I've never had the cover come off and I've easily ridden more than 10K miles with this unit attached. . The battery cover doesn't make a full seal: I can see a little gap where the battery cover meets the base of the unit if I examine it, but not big enough to allow water directly through. But they are right it does not have the finish as high-end Cateye products like the Volt-800 for example. But in summary: It is a good quality budget option with a long battery life to use as your primary light. It is a great backup option if you have a USB light. I highly recommend this light if you have a product like the volt-300,400,800 since they share the same mounting mechanism and can be interchanged in seconds.

Very bright and quite long lasting. Easy to put on and off the handle bars that can be of different sizes. Most important that the light is good for making the bike conspicuous to all roadusers. Uses batteries, and replaced easily.

pluses: - so very easy to attach to bike - uses AA batteries (so you can carry a spare set) - bright enough for the road and cycling slowly along unlit paths - batteries last reasonably well - angle can be adjusted minus: - not quite bright enough for cycling quickly along unlit paths; but I guess the batteries wouldn't last long if so hence 4 stars from me

Great light. Much smaller than the one I used to have. Seems well built but time will tell! I wouldn’t leave it in the rain as water can get into the batteries I guess but that’s not an issue for me personally! Good buy. Recommend Ah! Nearly forgot. I didn’t have to install the light fitting as it fitted my old cat eye fitting which is nice.

Excellent bright light

It is a great light running light in the same way that motorcyclists display lights in daytime. I rarely use it in anything except flashing mode but I have observed drivers coming out of a junction suddenly braking. When driving , because I cycle regularly, I reckon to be very aware of cyclists but I have found myself that a flashing light on a cycle really does draw the eye immeadiatley. I would not say that this light would be adequate for cycling on unlit roads as can happen at the end of a winter ride but then it really isn't intented to be. Having said all the above my light exhausted it's batteries VERY quickly , for the moment I am giving it the benefit of the doubt and have installed new duracells and we will see. If it does exhaust my batteries quickly again I will obviously contact the supplier for a replacement - if that happens I will update this review.

good

It does the bare minimum to be a satisfactory bike light – Acceptably bright and stays put once positioned on the bike. Beyond that minimum though it is obviously designed to a very very low manufacture cost – The case is horribly flimsy with poor to non-existent battery compartment weather sealing, it turns on too easily if knocked when being stored and only a child would have small enough fingers to unclip it from the mount without frustration. Given the likely short lifespan of this light it’s quite plausible that a more expensive and better designed light could end up costing less in the long term. I considered returning it but in the end its cheapness won me over, but only just.

Doet het prima als vervanger.

Great value and excellent product + value-delivered 100% by Amazon!

Avevo già precedentemente acquistato questo prodotto da Decathlon e ne ero rimasto molto soddisfatto, purtroppo nel periodo invernale ho lasciato le pile (quelle fornite in dotazione) nell'alloggiamento e quando d'estate sono andato a riprendere la bici una era esplosa. Ho trovato in commercio modelli più performanti (almeno secondo le schede tecniche) ma proibitivi a livello di prezzo. Ho ricomprato questo modello in quanto illuminava sufficientemente e funziona con due comuni pile AA; trovo infatti molto scomodo dover ricordare di ricaricare la torcia quando ho bisogno della bici ed ho optato quindi per un modello che funzionasse a pile (2 AA) per averla sempre 'pronta' (al limite mi porto un paio di pile di scorta)

Iluminação prática e funcional. Facilidade de troca de baterias (pilhas comuns que podem ser compradas em qualquer lugar.

Son unas buenas luces, a un buen precio, iluminan lo necesario para ser visto. Las baterías AA que incluye son normales, no recargables, tendrás que comprar las recargables y el cargador, pero es una ventaja ya que puedes cambiarlas por unas estándar que compras en cualquier tienda o bien traer unas de repuesto sin esperar lo que tardan en cargar las usb