Originally Posted by
01 CAt Man Do
Pretty sure mine has one LED. Please note what the
Cygolite website says about the Hotshot 150:
Quote taken from the Cygolite website:
Is it possible that the one you have is a counterfeit / Chinese clone?
Then REI is selling Chinese clones. I'm sure REI deals directly with Cygolite for orders and doesn't get them from distributors (the point were most of the fakes enter the system).
I should be more accurate - I see 4 distinct dots when I look directly at the lens from 50' back. I could be some artifact of the lens or something too. I didn't take it a part.
To be clear, I believe all of these high bright LEDs use multiple LED die in a single package. I don't think it's possible to get a "single LED" Light that bright. But that's just being nitpicky. They mean it has one package with multiple LED die in it.
Either way, putting both side by side, I see only a marginal difference in brightness between the Flare and the Cygolite 150. Part of that is how your eyes see light (logarithmically) but I think the biggest thing is that the lens on the Flare is much better. The Flare does a better job, IMHO, of being seen than the Cygolite 150.
J.