Cateye EL500

Lewis Campbell Wrote:
Hi, Ron, your subject line is EL500 but your post is about HL500.

Actually, he talks about (4) AA batteries so he's probably indee
talking about the HL-EL500. The HL500 takes C batteries

--
Gonzo Bob

Gonzo Bob wrote:

Lewis Campbell Wrote:
Hi, Ron, your subject line is EL500 but your post is about HL500.

Actually, he talks about (4) AA batteries so he's probably indeed
talking about the HL-EL500. The HL500 takes C batteries.

--
Gonzo Bob

Right, my fingers tend toward HL when unattended.

I have an alternative of 2 HL-1500's which is what got put into
my finger memory. They also take 4 AA's, and are nice and bright,
but sometimes don't last the length of the trip, which is the
problem with them.

So anyway I have 4 EL500's now. They're okay, I guess. Brighter
would be nicer but they're tolerable. They do last the trip, in fact
several trips. Nicely made, apparently waterproof.

As I say, they dim out over a very short period when the NiMH batteries
do die, so you need an extra set of batteries, or use smaller capacity
batteries in one so that it serves as a canary in the mine and warns
you to recharge them all when you get home.

You don't want taillights going out so I use alkalines there, with
the led taillights. They just get slowly dim like LEDs are supposed to
do.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

Gonzo Bob wrote:

Lewis Campbell Wrote:
Hi, Ron, your subject line is EL500 but your post is about HL500.

Actually, he talks about (4) AA batteries so he's probably indeed
talking about the HL-EL500. The HL500 takes C batteries.

--
Gonzo Bob

Right, my fingers tend toward HL when unattended.

I have an alternative of 2 HL-1500's which is what got put into
my finger memory. They also take 4 AA's, and are nice and bright,
but sometimes don't last the length of the trip, which is the
problem with them.

So anyway I have 4 EL500's now. They're okay, I guess. Brighter
would be nicer but they're tolerable. They do last the trip, in fact
several trips. Nicely made, apparently waterproof.

As I say, they dim out over a very short period when the NiMH batteries
do die, so you need an extra set of batteries, or use smaller capacity
batteries in one so that it serves as a canary in the mine and warns
you to recharge them all when you get home.

You don't want taillights going out so I use alkalines there, with
the led taillights. They just get slowly dim like LEDs are supposed to
do.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.