Cateye EL530 4 x aa battery front light

iclestu

So my Cateye EL530 front light has finally died.

No shame to it. I reckon it served me well through 3 winters 2 crashes and countless accidental 'droppages'. I loved that light. Nice and bright on 4 aa batteries that always seemed to last for ages.

I was just going to buy a direct replacement but can't find one anywhere. Seems Cateye have discontinued it (why?!). So I then looked for a similar one (4 aa batteries, single led, similar candlepower, etc.) but it seems the world has moved on to rechargeables in the time that I have been happily using my EL530.

So my question is two-fold:

1. Anyone know where I can get hold of a EL530 (or similar)? (ideally from Cateye but would consider other brands)
2. Should i trust that Cateye knew what they were doing when they discontinued it without another similar product, embrace a bit of change, and start looking at different designs? If so what?

dork_knight

Looks like an old model;
http://www.cateye.com/intl/products/det ... /moreinfo/

But there seems to be a HL-540;
http://www.cateye.com/intl/products/det ... /moreinfo/

http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/cate ... ountry=190

iclestu

Dork Knight wrote:

Looks like an old model;
http://www.cateye.com/intl/products/det ... /moreinfo/

But there seems to be a HL-540;
http://www.cateye.com/intl/products/det ... /moreinfo/

http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/cate ... ountry=190

ahh - I don't know how I couldnt find that.

Thank you very much :-)