Originally Posted by
01 CAt Man Do
Well the Cygolites look to be the better for daytime, no doubt about that and that's pretty much what I would have expected ( given the lamps you have ). The Vis 180 doesn't even look like it's on. I've never seen the Hotshot 80 in action before so I'm impressed with that. I have a feeling the when the Hotshot 150 comes out in a couple weeks a lot of people will be springing for those.
Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
Cameras are odd in how they represent stuff but don't represent the way the human eye actually sees it. I have the VIS 180 (not the micro as tested) and that light is extremely noticeable in bright full sun daylight.
The VIS 180 Micro was on. I triple checked that all lights were on the highest setting. But in fairness to the VIS 180; this was one of the lights(along w/ the Knogg & Cateye) that was loaned to me. The other lights were mine and had pretty good charges. Charged capacity on the borrowed lights were unknown. I was in the park for a volunteer training class by BikeNY. I was early and bored. So I decided to line up all the lights and take some photos. When I got home later and charged the borrowed lights; they all needed a while to charge completely.
One other point VIS 180 Micro's claimed lumens is 25, standard VIS 180 is 70 and the Hotshot Pro 80 is 80.