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The Minewt 650 is a great little light. You can recharge it easily at the office using a ubiquitous micro-usb cable plugged into your computer. Gone are the days of the bulky big batteries that are separate from the light, this is about as easy as it gets, while remaining one of the brightest lights available for the money. Last year I bought the Minewt 600. Functionally, the 650 is about the same although I guess it is a little brighter. The big advantage over the 600 is in the mount. For the 600, the mount was rushed out the door without testing on actual bikes. The 650 does a good job of fitting over the now almost standard handlebar size of 31.8 mm diameter. The 600 wouldn't work out of the box and required a lot of fiddling. I will be buying one of the new mounts to use for the older 600 since I still have that one as well. Kudos to Niterider for listening to customers and redesigning the product to have an adequate mount.
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Other reviewers have said a lot more than I intend to. I will relate my personal observations.
BalasHapusThe first time I rode at night, I had not entirely planned for it. Luckily, I had a 4 Sevens light in my pack about 280 lumens. I held it in my left hand and halfway through the batteries started giving up. PRIs are important. Whoops. At any rate, the route I ride home is a dedicated MUT, no lights. I could tell right away 280 lumens would not be enough for a daily winter commute.
I ordered the Lumina 650, because it offered at its lowest brightness, output similar to the 350 lumen model with the option to step all the way up. I'm glad I got the brightest model. This week I rode with the Lumina 650 every evening. The high power mode is very useful on the darkened trail. The middle brightness setting works, but it's not yet winter. The lowest setting is definitely not enough, but would be if I were riding on lighted streets.
One gripe I have is the color temperature of the light. It's very blue. I'd much rather use a lower frequency light. Another issue is the "spot" nature of the beam. There's not much flood for the immense power of the beam. These two things combine to make an odd fuzzyness to objects in very dark conditions. Your eyes suck at blue, and the contrast between beam and the surrounding areas is substantial.
I don't know of any LED light that addresses these issues, though, so I can recommend this light.
Just got my Lumina 650 and am very impressed. It's light, compact and appears to be very well made. The light is easy to operate and really is very bright. The mounting bracket could be a bit larger. I had to remove the rubber shim to get the mounting bracket to fit the handlebar on my cannondale road bike and even then it only just flexes enough to get the nut over the lower mount clip. I live out in a more rural area and commute down some dark winding roads without any street lights. This light does a great job of throwing out a nice solid beam. Once on town the flashing mode illuminates every street sign. I am now thinking of getting a second one to mount on the helmet so that I have two for the dark rainy days. A great light that I would recommend to others.
BalasHapusUpdate - After 29 days of ownership the light has died and stopped working. Rode to work yesterday, charged the light when I got there. Went to ride home and the light wouldn't turn on. If I plug it it again the button light turns blue to show charged but the light won't turn on at all. Complety dead. Have return number from amazon and am now returning so I can try another one.
The Minewt 650 is a great little light. You can recharge it easily at the office using a ubiquitous micro-usb cable plugged into your computer. Gone are the days of the bulky big batteries that are separate from the light, this is about as easy as it gets, while remaining one of the brightest lights available for the money. Last year I bought the Minewt 600. Functionally, the 650 is about the same although I guess it is a little brighter. The big advantage over the 600 is in the mount. For the 600, the mount was rushed out the door without testing on actual bikes. The 650 does a good job of fitting over the now almost standard handlebar size of 31.8 mm diameter. The 600 wouldn't work out of the box and required a lot of fiddling. I will be buying one of the new mounts to use for the older 600 since I still have that one as well. Kudos to Niterider for listening to customers and redesigning the product to have an adequate mount.
BalasHapusI have both generations of this light, the 600 and 650. The 650 fixed every deficiency of the 600 and those were pretty minor indeed, since the 600 was a great light. The lockout mode works better on the 650. The rubber lid that covers the USB connector is robust and secure. The mount is excellent and secure. The light brightness is outstanding. The runtime is perfect reasonable given it's small size. If the battery ever goes bad, replacements are cheap and readily available from the manufacturer. Hard to get better bang for your buck than this.
BalasHapusI just got this light and am amazed at its brightness. I commute to work at "o'dark thirty" on a road without street lights. I reach speeds of 40-44 mph on the downhill sections. There is plenty of light to see what is coming at me. I can't believe how bright this little thing is, even at the lowest setting. It gives a wide beam spread that can make someone think you are an on-coming car with one headlight. The handlebar mount is tight, secure and easy to apply. I use the USB cord on my office computer to recharge and am ready to go for the ride home.
BalasHapusI highly recommend this light. There are others on the market that are brighter but for $125 (at my local bike shop) and 650 lumens, you won't need anything else.
BalasHapusThe product is awesome and so was the seller. I recommend the NiteRider Lumina 650 Wireless USB rechargeable Headlight to everyone that loves riding bikes. It has the power of a car headlight and gives you the ability to view everything in site and not have to worry about trying to focus on what you are doing with the Walmart or Target related types. This product is well worth the money.
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BalasHapusSome people say that the Lumina 650 has too much power. Not for me. When I ride on unlit bike trails at 20mph, I use the highest setting exclusively. I am by far the most comfortable while riding on the highest setting.
When passing pedestrians or other bikers who are coming towards you, you must dim the light or you will blind others.
Similar to another reviewer, I had trouble mounting the light on my oversized handlebars. I removed the rubber grommet and barely got the mount to fit. I added a bit of improvised rubber under the un-grommeted mount to keep it from shifting as I rode, and I'm good to go.
This is a very well designed bike light. It is everything I wanted: bright, compact, rugged, easily removable and long battery life. As a bonus, it is rechargable from the USB port of any computer. During the winter, I commute 7 - 10 miles each way on a dark urban bike trail (no street lights), so I need a bright, reliable light. This light is so bright that I rarely use it on anything other than the lowest setting. When I ride next to cars, my light on the low setting seems to be at least as bright as the car headlight. The beam is well shaped, with a bright central portion that projects far down the trail while a dimmer portion of the beam illuminates the area closer to the bike. I ride at about 15 mph and I never feel like I out ride the area illuminated by the light. At the end of the ride, the light is still cool to the touch, so it can be stowed in my bike bag without concern that it might damage (melt) something. The light quickly clips onto and off of a bracket that mounts on the handle bars. Because the batteries are inside the light, there are no wires or external battery pack. Having grappled with external battery packs for years, this is a huge improvement. As for the battery life, it seems to be great. My round trip commute is about 90 - 100 minutes. This is well within the capacity of the battery. On a USB port, the battery recharges at a reasonable pace, usually less than an hour (although my usage does not come close to draining the battery). At the same time I bought the light, I also purchased on a USB charger that plugs into the wall (like an iPhone charger). This $5 solution frees me from the requirement of finding a computer to charge the light. Overall, I am very pleased with this product. It is well designed by people who understand bike lights.
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