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CatEye HL-EL 450 Front Bike Light

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The CatEye HL-EL 450 front bike light helps you see your way home and warns other you're coming. It's great for occasional night rides and regular commuting.

This compact LED light is powerful, and the improved OptiCube™ lens focuses the beam to help find your way through dark streets; light ring provides side visibility
Lockable switch eliminates accidental on and off switching, and lets you easily toggle between high, low and flashing modes
Adjustable bracket quickly mounts to almost any handlebar, stem or helmet; the simple clip lets you attach and detach the light in seconds and without tools
Fits 22 - 32mm handlebars
Waterproof to 50m (165 ft.)
Batteries included

Imported.

Item 793804

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CatEye HL-EL 450 Front Bike Light Customer Reviews

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CatEye HL-EL 450 Front Bike Light

3.3

(based on 3 reviews)

67%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Great visibility (3)

Cons

Best Uses

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- Avid cyclist (3)

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Jan

2010

(5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Simple and effective

By bikingbill

from Carlsbad, CA

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Great visibility

Cons

Best Uses

Front headlight
Night commute

Comments about CatEye HL-EL 450 Front Bike Light:

Drivers won't have an excuse for not seeing you with this light. In flashing mode, it was illuminating street signs a good 1/2 mile away. I replaced a old gel-cell based halogen lighting system with this. It's a simple lightweight light that is excellent for a commute.

Nov

2010

4.0

Pretty good light for the price

By TJames

from Anchorage, AK

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Great visibility
Long battery life

Cons

Narrow beam

Best Uses

Front headlight
Night commute

Comments about CatEye HL-EL 450 Front Bike Light:

It's a great light for being seen. On flashing mode in the city, I always see road signs flashing so far off that I swear there must be someone else in front of me, but it's just me.

When it's pitch dark it works pretty well for seeing, though the beam is fairly narrow, and with city lights or at twilight it's not really bright enough as an only light for seeing.

The mount has been pretty solid. It's never slipped or tilted. It does rattle a bit when I ride, but I think it's the on/off switch that's rattling and not the mount. It hasn't been enough rattling to bother me. All in all I've been satisfied with this light.

Oct

2010

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

poorly designed

By SLOIAN

from San Luis Obispo, CA

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Pros

Great visibility

Cons

Noisy
Slips down

Best Uses

Comments about CatEye HL-EL 450 Front Bike Light:

This is a really poorly design light. It has the feature that allows you to turn the light left or right 90deg which makes the light vibrate on the mount when pointed straight. It sounds like I have poorly attached fenders when I bike down a normal paved road. I put some cushion inbetween the light and the mount which has helped with the vibration. Also, cateye did away with their normal attachment strap and went with a ratchet type strap which is a firmer plastic. It doesn't work as well and the light slips and points down.

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