NiteHawk Emitter (wow!)

Josh H. wrote:
|| I've been riding (road) with an Emitter for a few weeks, and I have
|| to say I'm a bit dissapointed. Although it does produce a lot of
|| bright light for a unit running on 4 AA batteries and costing only
|| $39.95 (non-digital version), I find it's just not bright enough,
|| and that the beam is too tight. I may return it and spend the extra
|| $$ on a halogen system with a bottle-battery. I'm going to ride
|| with my Emitter a few more times before passing a final judgement.

Where are you riding - dark or partically lit roads? as for beam with, I
feel the need to have an helmet-mounted light too, so I can see in places
the mainbeam isn't pointing. I'm waiting on them to release that one.

Also, I'll ask just in case: you are using the high power mode right? The
one you get after you turn the light on, then off, and then on again.

||
|| I will say this, however: the company is fantastic. I emailed
|| Nitehawk with a concern, and received an email back right away
|| inviting me to call toll-free to discuss. It turned out I needed an
|| upgraded mounting bracket, and they mailed that out to me the next
|| day.

Roger Zoul wrote -

Where are you riding - dark or partically lit roads? as for beam with, I
feel the need to have an helmet-mounted light too, so I can see in places
the mainbeam isn't pointing. I'm waiting on them to release that one.

Used mine for the first time on this mornings commute - delighted with its
primary purpose for me which is to remind cars forcefully of your existence.

Not so bad on illumination but if you were on totally dark roads I'd still
reach for the big battery halogen with dual lights - but for that exception
the nighthawk could be the all round light.

Love way you can get it out of the way (under the bars) with no cables to
secure and what seems to me will be pretty long intervals between charges
using generic (not proprietary) rechargeable AA batteries available
everywhere.

All lights are works of the devil but the creator of this was only a little
bit evil and tried very hard to keep it as simple and effective as possible.

Also, I'll ask just in case: you are using the high power mode right? The
one you get after you turn the light on, then off, and then on again.

Didn't see this in the instructions - seem to be five power settings for a
solid beam but max seems to be the top of those 5 settings?

Agree with your comments about the company - good people.

best, Andrew

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 00:06:00 GMT, "Andrew Price"
wrote in message
:

Not so bad on illumination but if you were on totally dark roads I'd still
reach for the big battery halogen with dual lights - but for that exception
the nighthawk could be the all round light.

Or a SON hub dynamo with 12V system plus a headtorch. Worked fine for
me, and my commute was mainly along unlit roads under overhanging
trees. In the new job a fair bit is still along unlit roads, and the
same setup still works. It also has the advantage that you can
actually see better on moonlit nights, because the bike lamps don't
overwhelm your night vision.

Guy
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