Cat eye volt 300 front official

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It seems the Cateye volt 300 is the new official Brompton battery front lamp (see on Brompton Bike builder page):

it has a fork/brake mounting bracket so as to remain in place when folded, although I would also fit a handlebar bracket for when using the lamp (and use the fork one for storage....)

I think other cateye lamps might fit*: so perhaps one of their German approved 2AA cell models would allow full law-abiding-ness for the keen  ...

*assuming fork bracket sold separately.

[Martin]

It's a very good light with stonking battery life and I use one for my commute; but hasn't it been superseded by the Volt 400 (which is much the same light certainly not 33% brighter) ?

it has the same mount as all the recent Cateyes I think mine came with a Velcro helmet bracket which could be adapted for a front fork quite easily

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Is the beam shaped//cutoff like a dipped headlamp / German approved bike lamp style?

[Kim]

Is the beam shaped//cutoff like a dipped headlamp / German approved bike lamp style?

Beam pattern shown on http://road.cc/content/review/108798-cateye-volt-300-front-light suggests not

Oh wait, that's for the 400.  Still, those optics look pretty conical to me...

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Beam pattern shown on http://road.cc/content/review/108798-cateye-volt-300-front-light suggests not

Oh wait, that's for the 400.  Still, those optics look pretty conical to me...

I have an Axa German approved lamp with conical Internal reflection optics: the beam is roundish but when shone at ground becomes dimmer closer to cyclist to avoid over exposure of near field.
 

[Kim]

Yeah, it's hard to tell without a proper comparison.  That's why those road.cc reviews are good - it's just a shame that they only seem interested in reviewing battery lights with mostly symmetrical beams.

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Cateye  of course offer the  Germans a nice Stzvo approved beam Volt:

http://www.cateye.com/de/products/detail/HL-EL560G-RC/

why can't they sell them here (due to EU equiv clause...) too
Bahhh

[Karla]

They won't sell them here because they want to wind up  paranoid obsessive cyclists who are disproportionately concerned about blinding motorists with their puny lights.  You should use a conical beam, it'll be good for your soul. 

I've got a Volt 300 which is still going strong after 2.5 years.  It's an excellent light. 

[Cudzoziemiec]

I like the way German has adopted "clever" as an adjective with not quite the same meaning as it has in English. Also "Frontlicht".

[Bledlow]

Cateye  of course offer the  Germans a nice Stzvo approved beam Volt:

http://www.cateye.com/de/products/detail/HL-EL560G-RC/

why can't they sell them here (due to EU equiv clause...) too
Bahhh

95.60 euros including P&P from bike-discount.de.