NiteRider MiNewt and SolMate - Helmet Mount Installation

[chainsmokers]

Thanks for the video. Just put me off buying one of your lights as the production is so cheap, with bits of copy on printed paper, I can only imagine what the actual product quality is like! Hope or Light and Motion for me I think.

[nickguitarsw]

I have 2 of these lights, they turn night in to day! Only problem is I've had mine for quite a few years now and the rubber bands that you use to connect to your handle bars have became worn and are about to snap! I can't find any replacement bands.

[jah1138]

Neither is absolutely correct.It's clockwise if you're looking at it from the base. It's counterclockwise if you're looking at it from the top.

If there's no front or back to the base, it doesn't matter which direction you turn it.

[1highwayranger]

Thanks for the instruction vid...I was fumbling with it for half an hour before I tried YouTube.

[patagnew1]

Thanks for this post. The instructions in the MiNewt were just a puzzle. NiteRider should update their instructions with a link to this video. Without it, I would have returned the product.

[MusiciansTime]

The problem with these lights like many is the design. Here in New England where it snows and rain - why would you make the top with groves in the top exterior case? The snow sits on it, the rain runs in it - sits in those grooves. The actual cable connectors need redesign also. If you use these daily, pulling it out, plugging it in, sooner or later it either loosens or the rubber gets frayed. These like other light companies need to think daily commute design and year round

[NiteRiderLights]

@MusiciansTime Thank you for the input. I will be sure to pass along your comments to our product design department. We love the feed back!

[jah1138]

@MusiciansTime: a "finned" design acts as a heat sink, and is common in heat-generating devices like LED lights. The grooves maximize the amount of surface area exposed to the air, which dissipates heat generated by the light. It keeps the light from getting too hot, which makes the light work better and extends the life of the LED.

[91Bear]

The slide says to turn the mount a quarter-turn clockwise and then the demonstration video turns it a quarter-turn counter- (anti-) clockwise. I guess I will go by what I see, rather than what I read.

[NiteRiderLights]

@91Bear Thank you for pointing that out. I will inform our Rep to look into fixing that. Happy riding!