Just out of curiosity, how much $$ did it run you?
That’s not bad as lights go. I was just looking at some this past weekend… Will have to give this one strong consideration. Thanks!
Yeah, it looks pretty good. Martin turned me on to it a little earlier. I am going to swing by the shop and check it out on my way home. I will report back… Thanks again Martin.
Jim
You might want to periodically pop it open and check the soldering of the main wires to the board. Mine just broke (wire became disattached) after ~4 months of commuting 1-2 times per week.
The new MiNewt X2 has more power on low beam than the original has on high… They also have a new light called the tri newt that has 3 led’s together in a lens. It is supposed to be their brightest light ever, brighter than their HID lights which shows how far LED technology has come. I am looking at the tri newt for ultra and 24hr MTB racing as their employee discount program is pretty good.
Kevin
Did you send it back? How have they been about warranty? I have one and love it though I don’t get to commute as much as I’d like it makes the ride home simple.
Kevin
Luckily my resolder job worked and I did not have to send/take it back. Before I figured out what was wrong (thought somehow the LED had “burnt out”) I talked to the local REI rep who informed me the NiteRider main shop was just around the corner. When i spoke with NR on the phone they said, sure no problem bring it by and they’d fix it. I didn’t actually use them but they said all the right things on the phone.
Edit: speeling
Just my 2 cents:
These systems may be perfectly fine for the occasional long ride and intermittent use… like once a month or so or if you leave it on the bike all the time.
I mount/remove my lights relatively often (commuting), and in the process ride some rough roads and even trails.
I am not gonna buy any light anymore that requires a cable connection to a battery.
I have been through several cabled lighting systems (including NiteRider - which supposingly has the best quality), and all of them developed cable problems sooner or later. Not to speak of the cracked connections when the battery strap became loose (yes, it loosens over time on rough roads).
I switched to a light that has the rechargeable battery and lamp in one unit.
With the arrival of XXXXX LED bulbs, battery size/running time is not an issue anymore.
Doesn’t look that “fancy” but is way less hassle to mount/use too…
Don’t you mean “with the arrival of LED bulbs?” Halogen sucks up battery power and loses much of it through intense heat - and requires large batteries because of those factors. Halogen lighting systems were the way of the future 5 years ago. Now it’s all about LED.
Halogen sucks batteries dry, and any unit that has a self-contained battery is not very powerful. Maybe powerful enough for smooth roads with good lighting, but for off road or bad roads with no lighting you need something pretty powerful. I’ve used them off-road and in pitch-black conditions and the MiNewts are pretty awesome for what they cost… especially the new model.
I meant to say LED. My bad!
And without advertising a particular brand, my single LED headlight is brighter and has a better beam than my 4-5 year old Halogen NiteRider.
At a fraction of the cost and with a longer runtime.
I am disappointed by the bike light manufacturers. The cost of bike light is way out of line.
I have two small flashlights that I would like to mount on my bike that would beat any bike light.
One is a Dorcy 1 watt Luxeon LED (Walmart $19.99), the other is a Cabelas 3 watt luxeon LED ($20).
The magic of these lights is that they use easy to buy standard batteries, 3 -AAA for one and 2 AA for the other. They throw a beam of light 200 feet easy.
A big cost for the bike lights today is the batteries they use.
With AAA and AA you can easily carry extra batteries with you without a great weight problem. Not to mention the $$ factor.
Why the bike people cannot have such a light is beyond me.
Each of the above lights is only 4 inches long.
I need to find a method to mount them, PVC or such, or adapt some other bike mount to them.
The word on the above LEDs is the ‘Luxeon’ LED. It outshines any other LED. Each of the above only has ONE LED in it.
So I would like to see a 3 watt Luxeon LED light made for a bike with a proper reflector to widen the beam and a handlebar and helmet mount.
I don’t think the Cabelas is a Luxeon… but agreed on the point…
luxeons are on the way out, the new player in town is the cree, twice the output of luxeons for the same current draw, and newer still is the Seoul, which is brighter still.
I got to demo a set of lux driven ayup lights at a 24 hr race and man they are strong (even though under driven!!) I am now waiting for delivery on my cree powered version. not the cheapest, but right up there in bang for the buck status.
My vote is for Cateye Double Shot…
I am disappointed by the bike light manufacturers. The cost of bike light is way out of line.
I have two small flashlights that I would like to mount on my bike that would beat any bike light.
One is a Dorcy 1 watt Luxeon LED (Walmart $19.99), the other is a Cabelas 3 watt luxeon LED ($20).
The magic of these lights is that they use easy to buy standard batteries, 3 -AAA for one and 2 AA for the other. They throw a beam of light 200 feet easy.
A big cost for the bike lights today is the batteries they use.
With AAA and AA you can easily carry extra batteries with you without a great weight problem. Not to mention the $$ factor.
Why the bike people cannot have such a light is beyond me.
Each of the above lights is only 4 inches long.
I need to find a method to mount them, PVC or such, or adapt some other bike mount to them.
The word on the above LEDs is the ‘Luxeon’ LED. It outshines any other LED. Each of the above only has ONE LED in it.
So I would like to see a 3 watt Luxeon LED light made for a bike with a proper reflector to widen the beam and a handlebar and helmet mount.