![]() Okay they're not cheap at £20 but they're better value than plenty of the cheaper options out there. They're best with a big light but good enough to rely on on their own. Its pretty light and yet built with the solidity that we expect from Cateye you wont be worried about dropping it. It has ample light output for riding around town and even some longer forays into the depths of countryside darkness. They're easy to fit, bright, have a good angle of visibility and keep going for ages. The Cateye Volt 300 is a really good single-LED light at a decent price. The Loop lights are among the best emergency lights we've tried. You can get 50 for seven quid off the space-web, which should keep you flashing till they invent some kind of free power source made from air to run them from. When you do end up having to fork out for new batteries, button cells aren't always the cheapest but 2032s are among the easiest to find at your local cobblers, or online. We've been running the loops on the daily commute for the last month and left them on overnight a couple of times and they're still going strong. In fact they're so visible from acute angles that the front one can get a touch annoying on your bars I ended up fixing it to the head tube to keep it out of my line of sight. Even if you've hung it from your bag and it turns round to face your back you still get a decent amount of light coming through the base. ![]() You won't want to venture off road or anything but about town they throw out plenty enough light, and that light is visible whichever way you're looking at the Loop. Operation doesn't really require you to nose through a manual - click it once for on or twice for flashing. it'll stretch round your bars or frame - the back of the light is curved to fit - and you can use the cord lock to secure the light to buttons and zips too. The mount is a simple bungee with a cord lock that also sports a hook. The two halves clip together without any tools and have kept the elements out without any trouble though a dab of silicone grease would probably improve weatherproofing further. The lights themselves are made from two pieces of translucent plastic which house a bright LED and a couple of 2032 button cells. Easy to fit, bright enough to be properly useful around town and visible from a wide angle, the Loop lights are a class above most of their rivals in terms of performance. The CatEye AMPP 1100 Front Light Review is currently on Amazon UK with a hefty discount, costing just 67.06 (at time of writing. ![]() So why pay twenty quid for the Loop lights? Because they're really good, that's why. CatEye AMPP 1100 Front Light Review: price and availability. Emergency lights are two a penny these days, and you can pick them up for peanuts on websites like Dealextreme. ![]()
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