#Catlight review Bluetooth

It’s a good looking light, and you can tell they have put time into the design. The first thing to mention is the design. We have had a lot of experience with Cateye and highly recommend many of their products. They are not a budget brand and sit much range but do produce high-end quality products. In this article, we will tell you all about this front light and why you should consider it for your night riding.Ĭateye is a great brand that makes safety products and computers for cycling. We have been lucky enough to try a lot of lights on this website, but recently we got the opportunity to try the new Cateye Volt 1700. Riding at night does require proper equipment because, without the right lighting, it can be very dangerous. It’s extremely peaceful, and there are typically very few people around. However, there’s something very special about being on quiet roads or a rough trail while it’s dark. Many of us need to cycle at night to commute to work or even because they don’t have the time to train during the day. You can find the Volt6000 and all of the related information on CatEye’s website.Cycling is a great sport during the day, but at night it also offers an amazing experience. Other companies make lights with about half the luminous output that cost ¾ of the price of the Volt6000, so if you want the brightest light, the power to blind anyone and anything you come into contact with, and you’ve got the spare cash, you’re actually getting a bit of deal. Also, while the price tag of the Volt6000 isn’t small, lumen for lumen it’s a fair deal. And I’d be lying if I said the novelty wasn’t fun.īut does the massive output make enough of a difference on the trail to justify three or four times the cost of a couple lights with lumen outputs in the 1000 range? For the average night rider, I don’t think so, but 24-hour marathoners would do well to add the long-running Volt6000 to their setup. Did it elicit “Ohhhs” and “Ahhhhs” from my night riding comrades? Totally. Did it make me ride faster and with more confidence? Nah. Candidly, it was fine, but not mind blowing.

It was easy to operate and is a handy addition, but I found it a little unnecessary.įinally, you may be wondering what it’s like to ride with a virtual sun strapped to your head versus most other lights that run in the 800-2000 lumen range.

#Catlight review Bluetooth

Lastly, CatEye has included a Bluetooth remote control that mounts easily to the handlebars. I’ll trade slight noise for a non-exploding light any day of the week, though. It’s not exactly loud, but it does remind me of sitting in a plane on the tarmac. The light unit also houses a brilliant built-in cooling fan which is always running if the light is on.

Fortunately, the actual light unit weighs in at just over 100 grams, and is what I’d consider barely noticeable weight-wise when mounted on a helmet. The battery weighs in at 550 grams, by far the heaviest unit of any lights we’re testing this season. For starters, there’s its overall weight, the vast majority of which lives in the battery pack and control unit which sit together via a slide-and-lock mechanism, attaching to your frame while the light is mounted on the bars or in your pack while the light is mounted on your helmet. The list of other things to ponder with this light is long.