me too, which is why some of my posts are lower case only. HA!

My Cateye light also fades out, whack, and its back, usually. Does this on 3 different style batteries. I guess Cateye quality is right down there with Performance Viewpoint.

I've had to rebuild every single Performance Viewpoint Flashpoint 9 led flasher i've bought in the past 3 years (6-8 of those suckers). I used to swap them out for new ones when I had a return to ship back. The contacts are very poorly designed. They quickly work lose from normal use, shift upwards and short out on the back of the circuit board. The flasher will then get dim or quit completely. Which is why I always use multiple rear flashers.

I use crazy glue to anchor the contact to original position and a teensy piece of electrical tape to insulate against the board. Then eventually the darn button starts acting up and won't close the circuit. The only reason I continue this exercise is the lights are cheap on sale, really bright and have a relatively wide angle of dispersion due to the lens molded into the cover.

Why can't someone make an inexpensive, durable, bright flasher?

I ran Vistalite Eclipse flashers for 3 years, and never had a bit of trouble with the 3 or 4 I owned. Of course they aren't very bright by today's led stds.

I've bought 3 cateye ld1000s from nash/perf - 2 had noticebly dimmer leds, which seemed to be the leds themselves. I returned these and kept the "bright" one. So be aware the LED quality varies (and newer more efficient leds come along without a product revision).

they should sell these in pairs, with a free tube of Forte crazy glue
http://www.performancebike.com/shop/...tegory_ID=4322