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Comments about NiteRider MiNewt Pro 750 Bike Light:
I use this light as my primary for riding in the dark hours where street lamps are rare. On the lowest setting, it allows me about 6 hours of light that is enough to make out pebbles and glass on the road at 25'. Larger objects are visible out a bit further, easily far enough to avoid them at my normal 17-18 mph pace.
On the highest setting, battery life drops off to about an hour and a half, but the road is lit up to 50 feet of usable illumination. This is great for bombing hills and even at 25-30 mph hill bombs, I am not out-riding it.
The whole package is fairly light weight. The lamp itself is smaller than my backup Cateye OptiCube. The battery is small and mounts easily on the frame, but the cord from the lamp is very short. I find that I have to use the supplied extension which then makes the whole thing way too long.
The lamp mounts to the bike with an o-ring. I was not too fond of this when I first started using the system, but now that I have a few miles on it with no problems...I do not see any reason not to trust it. The helmet mount is a different story. It is robust and locks positively. So far, my helmet has only been graced once by the lamp, though it worked perfectly. For trail riding, helmet mounting seems the way to go.
Great lamp, light battery with decent life. The only issue I have found is the short primary cord, but that is not a deal breaker by any means.
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Comments about NiteRider MiNewt Pro 750 Bike Light:
I read reviews that this light may fail on me in the first use, so I charged and discharged the battery twice before taking it on a night-time mountain bike ride. I was confident it would be bright and functional but when I got to the trail head and tested the light, I just got a flashing red and green indication and no light output at all. Luckily, I had a back-up light, the 110 lumen by NR, which was OK as it was a full moon too. I will be returning to REI to get this replaced because I was really impressed with the brightness of the light and will swap for a new one which I hope will work for me. My bottom line is to be prepared for failure. Luckily REI has superior customer service so I'm going to give this light another shot.
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Comments about NiteRider MiNewt Pro 750 Bike Light:
Purchased 2 of these for me and a friend. These lights are perfect for our fast paced night rides. We put in on "walk mode" for climbing and medium or high for going down. Replaced a Minewt 350 and the difference in amazing. Have never had these lights die on the trail. Very weather proof. We ride in the Pacific Northwest, this winter we've had quite a few wet rides and the rain and mud havent been an issue.
Did have some issues with the O-rings snapping in cold weather but a quick call to NiteRider resolved the issue. They have fanatastic customer service.
The O-rings snapped when we were mounting the light to a small diameter hadnlebar, so if you keep it mounted you shouldnt have an issue.
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Comments about NiteRider MiNewt Pro 750 Bike Light:
I previously used the NiteRider Digital Evolution - a halogen light that's around 9 years old (and around 150 lumens).
I've only used this as a headlamp.
This light is quite bright. I can ride climbs and some flats with the low beam. The high beam provides an excellent and bright light with the only downside being the focus of the beam is tight, so you need to point the beam toward the direction you want to see rather than having some lower level light allowing you to look with your eyes only.
I've ridden on the road over 40 mph and don't outride it.
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