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 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.
For Christmas 2018 each family member got one of these small lamps and the joy was great. It is a constant companion for all kinds of activities, I always have mine with me in my small backpack. It also replaces my headlamp, if necessary, you can hang it everywhere. Just looking into the light is not very clever, it is very bright...
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.
Used this as both a bike light and clipped to my backpack as a way for others to see me at night. I was worried it wouldn’t be bright enough to let me see at night with my bike and I might hit a tree or something but it’s BRIGHT! Works perfectly and I can charge my phone on bike rides.
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.