Customer Reviews

Cateye HL-EL135/TL-LD130/VEL05 Headlight, Rear Light and Bicycle Computer Combo Pack

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The lights in this package are very decent. However, the plastic mounting thing for the headlight is too long, and it sticks out. Only a little annoying.

The computer actually works surprisingly well. The thign is, it's the cheapest possible bike computer with the least functionality. It has current speed, trip odometer, trip max speed, lifetime odometer, and a clock. That's it.

If you're looking for real data, and very high quality, this is not it. If you want two very decent lights, and want to see your current speed for fun, this is a great value.

great lights. good battery life. bright. If you do any riding at night these are a must. computer is pretty decent as well and easy to install. would recommend.

The setup and install is simple. I commute on my bicycle and have a halogen headlamp for seeing where I am going in the dark (early mornings and late nights). The LED headlamp is great (I installed it on the fork, so the flashing doesn't bother my vision at all) and with the rear light, allows for great visibility. The LED headlamp doesn't penetrate the darkness far enough for me to use it as my sole light (it's usually pitch black when I ride to work) though for trail riding, the beam width is nearly perfect and quite bright enough. Riding on paved trail (in a hurry) the light simply is less focused than my other headlamp and doesn't allow me to see as far in advance. the computer is adequate- with speed and trip distance shown. Mostly I use it to see what my current speed is and it's perfect for that. Downhill when I hit 35 mph, it's fun to know I'm "speeding."

Overall, a great price on a very visible set of lights with a "bonus" computer.

I have now bought bike lights for the whole family, so I have the lower-priced gamut of lights (Bell, etc.) These lights are wonderful - the only problem I have is a piddling one: I wish it was three clicks (on full, on blink, and off) instead of click on, click to change, hold to click off for several seconds. Not a big deal, though. I did have to do some fussing to make them secure to the bike, more so than other products, but this amounted to scratching my head for a few minutes, rummaging through my spare parts, and finding a good solution 5 minutes later. Lights are great, but clips are cheap! The inclusion of the computer makes this a no-brainer great deal, and the Cat Eye lights are very much superior.

We received our cateye spedo package on time and well packed.
It was quick and easy to install. My son loves it, thanks.

This is a good package for lighting so others can see you. The headlight allows you to see some of what is ahead of you but I would not want to be going very fast, you can outrun the headlight but just for a slow ride it works fine. Computer works well and tailight seems bright enough for others to see. Glad I got it, have been using it for my evening rides that I get started a little late on. This set gets me home safely.

I just got these lights for night riding yesterday. They work well. I use to ride without lights and I never knew what I have been missing until these bad boys were place on my bike. My night ride was so much more enjoyable. I am glad I opted for the three LED headlight. I think the two or one LED would have been a bit weak on pitch black streets. I would recommend this product. Two thumbs up!

It took me a while to figure out the best way to run the wiring, but after I got it set up it seems to work fine. I just took a 20 hour bike ride and I had no problems. I had to park my bike in a public place for a couple of hours and it was really nice that each component had a quick release feature to be able to easily remove them from the bike. I feel like I got my money's worth.

The packaging was a bear to get through. Then came the instructions! Oh my gosh, I just put it all in a box for later. Too complicated. The instructions are in eleven languages, including Magyar. But the English is not good. The installation "diagrams" have no words at all, just pictures that make no sense with arrows pointing in directions that mean nothing to me.

I guess I won't be riding my bike at night until I can get somebody else to put these things on it. Computers and such come with a Quick Start users guide to let you know how to quickly get something going, and I would appreciate something like that on this product set. I'm not mechanical, but I can follow instructions, as long as they are well written. This was just overwhelming. What were they thinking?

I realize this is not a review of the product. However, installation is part of usability. It's useless to me until my son visits and I can get him to install it for me. Assuming he can make sense of it.