{"id":342,"date":"2012-09-24T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/24\/review-niterider-solas-rechargeable-rear-light\/"},"modified":"2012-09-24T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T16:15:00","slug":"review-niterider-solas-rechargeable-rear-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/24\/review-niterider-solas-rechargeable-rear-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Niterider Solas Rechargeable Rear Light"},"content":{"rendered":"
The NiteRider Solas is the best rear blinky light you can buy. It is incredibly bright at 2 watts, USB rechargeable, and has a bolt on mount. It is bright enough to be visible in the day light and as a result of the amount of light it produces I have had never had cars give me more room when passing.<\/p>\n
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The Solas uses a bolt on mount, not the rubber band style mount that was all the rage for the last few years. This is great for those of us who ride on rough roads or singletrack. The light clicks in to the mount very securely and has not had any issues on my dirt road and singletrack rides on my CX bike.  It includes a seat post and seat stay mount.<\/p>\n

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The Solas has 4 modes, the default blinky mode which has a run time of 18 hours, a slightly different blink (which looks like it uses pulse width modulation to fade in and out) runs for 7 hours, Low power on (group ride) 36 hours and full steady of 4:30. <\/p>\n

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The Solas charges a LiPo (lithium polymer) battery over USB. The charge time is about 1.5 hours for my first  2 charge cycles. The light indicates charge by turning from a red LED to a blue LED.<\/p>\n

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The rubber part on the bottom there is the charging port.<\/p>\n

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At 4x times the power of the Planet Bike Superflash and only $15 more you would be foolish to not buy this light. Seriously for $40 this light is incredibly bright and well made. You will save that much on not having to buy batteries for you old blinky with this rechargeable light.<\/p>\n

This rear light is great.<\/p>\n

Niterider says: http:\/\/www.niterider.com\/solas-2-watt-rechargeable-tail-light-2013-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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