Customer reviews from bioliteenergy.com
BioLite - PowerLight Mini Flashlight - Yellow
Average customer rating
4.8
(138 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 138 reviews
5 Stars
116
4 Stars
20
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Star
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95%of customers recommend this product.
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19 out of
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Customer Reviews for BioLite - PowerLight Mini Flashlight - Yellow
Posted by: Sean
from Ravenna, Ohio
Length of ownership:1 month
Verified Purchase:Yes
I was very impressed with how bright the light is...it should be bigger! I have used it so many times already. After fishing at night so I could load my car...just clipped it to my shirt so I could keep my hands free. Camping in the Allegheny National Forest in the fog...still was able to get around! One of these days I will put it on the bike and go for a night ride!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted by: Angie
from Oklahoma
Length of ownership:1 month
Verified Purchase:Yes
This is a small easy to carry light with some major brightness! I love the options of flashing and red flasher. Am carrying in my car for road emergencies, but it would be awesome as a bike light or camping/hiking light as well..
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com
Posted by: Annie
Verified Purchase:Yes
Great “everything” light. I bought it for hiking but I’ve been using it everywhere.
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com
Posted by: JK Chicago
from Chicago, IL
Length of ownership:1 year or longer
Verified Purchase:Yes
They thought of everything when designing this light for the outdoors. Now, working from home due to COVID-19, and you need some extra lighting to show yourself well on your computer camera. These are great. Pull out the stand and hang them off your monitor. 135 lumens of light just where you need it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com
Customer Rating
5
Excellent Pocket Lantern, Emergency Re-Charger
on February 4, 2020
Posted by: TomESD
from Roselle, IL
Length of ownership:1 year or longer
Verified Purchase:Yes
The Powerlight Mini is a versatile pocket lantern, coming equipped with a bracket for bicycle riders to mount as tail light. It is definitely pocket sized, easy to take anywhere, slip into a pocket in your pants or shirt or most notebook portfolio cases, waist packs, and gear carriers.
The bail design affords "slide-grip" for wearing attached to your shirt pocket or even between buttons of your shirt, but also provides a more traditional stand for setting on a table or night stand.
Dimmable white and red light modes with memory make for setting up for later use so not be blinded with brightness in the middle of the night. The lensing provides an amazingly smooth illumination across the face for lantern mode output. A bright spot mode ("Point") adds a stronger beam for finding things or illuminating a path. Strobe modes for white and red are good for drawing attention, maybe a good choice for use when bicycling.
The primary design goals for this were likely size, performance, and versatility, which BioLite engineers achieved. Surely some would want a brighter max output, and surely some would want a higher capacity battery pack to charge their power hungry SmartPhone, but I can report that the PowerLight Mini's 1350mAH battery and circuitry does initiate standard rate charging for my Samsung Galaxy Note 8, something other products with even hight capacity do not. The 135 Lumens is more than enough white light for most needs, and the brightest red output is bright enough to actually see things at night; The 1350mAH capacity, even when a bit depleted from lantern use, can certainly recharge your SmartWatch and Kindle PageWhite, and should give enough juice to recharge your SmartPhone to make an emergency call.
Maybe as battery tech continues to evolve a PowerLight Mini II may provide even more charge for other than lantern run-time.
The bail design affords "slide-grip" for wearing attached to your shirt pocket or even between buttons of your shirt, but also provides a more traditional stand for setting on a table or night stand.
Dimmable white and red light modes with memory make for setting up for later use so not be blinded with brightness in the middle of the night. The lensing provides an amazingly smooth illumination across the face for lantern mode output. A bright spot mode ("Point") adds a stronger beam for finding things or illuminating a path. Strobe modes for white and red are good for drawing attention, maybe a good choice for use when bicycling.
The primary design goals for this were likely size, performance, and versatility, which BioLite engineers achieved. Surely some would want a brighter max output, and surely some would want a higher capacity battery pack to charge their power hungry SmartPhone, but I can report that the PowerLight Mini's 1350mAH battery and circuitry does initiate standard rate charging for my Samsung Galaxy Note 8, something other products with even hight capacity do not. The 135 Lumens is more than enough white light for most needs, and the brightest red output is bright enough to actually see things at night; The 1350mAH capacity, even when a bit depleted from lantern use, can certainly recharge your SmartWatch and Kindle PageWhite, and should give enough juice to recharge your SmartPhone to make an emergency call.
Maybe as battery tech continues to evolve a PowerLight Mini II may provide even more charge for other than lantern run-time.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com
Customer Rating
5
perfect to keep in purse
on May 27, 2020
Posted by: Greengables20
from Anchorage, AK
Length of ownership:1 year or longer
I love how tiny this little lamp is and how effective it is in giving off light. I've used in backpacking to light up my tent and to light up the path, not just for me but for others. I use it walking with my dog, it stays in my back pocket and I can have the red flashing light blink on and off for cars to see me. My favorite feature is that you can use it as a phone charger, so I keep in in my purse for just in case and it's small enough that I can do that.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com
Customer Rating
4
Nice little area light.
on April 16, 2016
Posted by: John
Search YouTube withe the guy giving the review in the snow. It will show you all the functions of this light. His video is very good. Why 4 and not 5 stars? Two reasons. First, the USB/Power catches on the wire stand and pops out to often. Second, you cannot charge devices that use the micro 3.0 (Galaxy S5 cable). I used the same phone with the micro 2.0 and I was able to charge the phone. I think that the 3.0 cable is trying to draw more power than the microlite can put out. Like, if you were trying charge a laptop (not what it was intended for) with this power source. Overall, I like this little guy, it's a good addition to the 2 Biolite stoves that I use. Thanks
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Posted by: Steve C
from Tacoma, WA
Length of ownership:3 months
Verified Purchase:Yes
My wife carries 3 of these in various bags and backpacks because she experiences photo phobia in hotels when we travel. Compact, lightweight, intuitive controls and a long battery life make them indespensible. The best feature is that they are dimmable so she can control exactly the amount of light she needs.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com