Cateye HL-EL135 battery life

MarkAshton

Hi

I am not sure if I have a faulty unit, but my cateye HL-EL135 is getting through batteries at a rate of knots.



I use it on flashing mode, and only use it for about 2 hours a day, but reckon its sucking up a set of batteries every 3 weeks or so. (Duracells)

Does that sound wrong?

rubertoe

The cold will help to drain the batteries as well, but I have no experince of Cat eye lights so what do I know.

fossyant

3 weeks is good. Use rechargeables. My lights eat 4 AA's in 5 hours constant use - that's because they are Hope 1's and are way brighter than the Cateye.

I only let my rear 1w lights run for a few days before recharging !

pangolin

Yeah 3 weeks is fine.

Get these.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sanyo-Eneloop-Charger-Inc-Batteries/dp/B000N64EL2/ref=pd_sim_ce_7

gbsahne001

I use the same for going through town and I probably get about 5 weeks use out of it using it on solid for 1 - 1.5 hours per day on average.