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Old 08-18-11, 03:10 AM
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Originally Posted by rekmeyata
The Rapid 3 light is not as bright as newer models from other companies. Their using less then 1 watt total light output while there are other lights that use 1 and 2 watt led's.

I own a Blackburn Mars 4 and it uses a 1 watt main LED plus a regular LED on each side of the light for side illumination.
The Cateye is a little brighter than the Mars 4, and the flash pattern is more attention grabbing (I have both).
LED wattages and claimed runtimes are often quite optimistic.
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