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Submitted by
manuel714
a Cross Country Rider
from Anaheim, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: November 11, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Santiago Oaks - The Chutes | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | performancebike.com | | Strengths: | Bright as the sun, very durable headlight with great hard plastic protection, | | Weaknesses: | Very heavy weights, short battery life, brand new battery unproven battery connection | | Similar Products Used: | Niterider Tri-Newt, Dual-Pro, Light & Motion Seca 700, | | Bike Setup: | Sworks Epic & Stumpjumper, Beach Cruiser, Tandem Mtb | | Bottom Line: | Niterider has lost thier edge over the competition.
This complete light weighs more than 800+ grams claimed on the box and the battery life started to deplete quickly to the last bar on a cool 45-50 degree nightride in less than 1hr on full power.
Also you cannot easily tell what setting you have it on since there is no indicator to show which of the bulbs is on, ie., the spot, the flood or both. Even thier past generation 12Pro-E had two tiny optical lights that lit up above the corresponding bulb.
On full power the light output is impressively bright and even over the trail in front of you. The sides are also lit up.
I returned this light today and ordered the Seca 900 at 1/3 the weight, as well as the 240Lumen Focus Joystick (3hr burntime) for the helmet at only 100grams.
Get this light if you need the brightest without any regard to weight and your night rides are in warmer weather.
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Submitted by
JimLovewell
a Weekend Warrior
from San Leandro
Date Reviewed: November 6, 2009 | | Favorite Trail: | Palomares | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$541.00 | | Purchased At: | www.bikeman.com | | Strengths: | Two size beams, set the exact amount of light you need and for the ride you are doing, lots of light at low settings. | | Weaknesses: | Must keep the battery case straps very tight or the light might go off when you hit a bump at 25mph or above. | | Similar Products Used: | Flight, MiNewt, TriNewt, Light & Motion HID | | Bike Setup: | I have two Calfees, a Specialized Roubaix and a Waterford. All are road bikes with Shimano triples and Mavic Kysirum SL wheels | | Bottom Line: | I have ridden 150 mi. in the dark with the Pro 1200 already. I commute 30 mi. to work (one way) in the dark and need great lighting as I have a five mile down hill (Palomares) with no street lights and lots 15-20 mi/hr corners and my speed approaches 40 mi/hr. I never felt conferrable riding Palomares until I had five 500 lumens lights, four on the bike and one on my helmet. I have replaced the four 500 lumen bike lights with the one Pro 1200 AND have better visibility. I am thrilled. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
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