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| | Product Details | | Product Weight: | 1.65 pounds | | Package Length: | 10.2 inches | | Package Width: | 6.1 inches | | Package Height: | 3.1 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 5 reviews |
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Good light for the price Oct 05, 2009
By Tom Lawson
This is at the low end (as far as costs) of lights actually bright enough with a wide enough field of illumination for use in night trail riding. My wife and I both commute by bike, and about 5 miles is on a "rails to trails" bike trail, much of it through a wooded area. Since the morning commute is well before dawn, we needed something capable of revealing both the trail and unexpected hazards (who wants to hit a turtle or a low hanging branch at 15 mph?). She uses the relatively new 1 watt Planet Bike Blaze, which is an excellent light for the price (about 1/3 of the Rover II). It's beam, however, is less bright and far more center focused than the Rover II. Since we bike together, we functionally share lighting (I know, we're cheap).
Battery life on the Rover II is fine for a commute, but (especially in colder weather) may pose a problem for trips longer than 1 1/2 to 2 hours (on high). In normal temperatures you can expect 2 to 3 hours on high. The "boost" mode adds a little more light, but results in a "low battery" warning within just a few minutes. "Low" setting gives you more than double the time and is still more than adequate lighting for paved streets (or trails if you slow down a bit). A flasher mode (a common feature) is nice when traveling in an area already lit with street lighting and you want that extra chance an idiot driver getting ready to run a stop sign on the way to work will notice you coming (but don't count on it). The standard charging unit recommends no more than six hours on charge and warns against leaving it plugged in for extended periods of time. A more expensive "rapid charger" is available and both chargers and batteries work with this and several other lights from CygoLite. The Rapid Charger reduces charging time to three hours and includes internal electronics to prevent overcharging a battery left plugged in for long periods of time.
As I mentioned, CygoLite has the advantage of several models (several of them brighter than the Rover II) that can use the same batteries and chargers. Nice if you think about replacements, adding an extra battery, or upgrading to a brighter light and still using some of your existing components.
For genuine off road or extended night trail riding, I'd probably save up for something brighter - although these tend to be significantly more expensive.
For limited night trail riding or a daily commute that includes some unlit or trail areas, this is a good balance between budget and brightness.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Very happy with this light so far Nov 17, 2009
By Walt Patterson
"Lownow"
I bought two of these lights so my wife and I could continue to ride after work during the week now that the days are shorter and we're back on standard time. We've had them for a few weeks now and so far we're quite pleased.
We needed something that would throw a lot of lumens since most of our route is in a hilly, rural area with little if any street lighting. The Rover II easily lights up the path ahead in complete darkness to safely ride our mtn bikes at a somewhat leisurely pace, say around 5 -10 mph (depending on the grade) - on rural roads, not trails.
We have the version with the battery that straps onto the bike frame (I wanted to keep the bottle cage available for water). This seems to work fine. Cygo provides an adhesive rubber strip to give a little padding between the battery and the frame. The strip is about 3/4" x 4" and I just stuck it on the side of the battery that rests against the frame. This helps get a tighter grip with the velcro strap and the battery neither rattles nor moves around while riding.
Positioning the battery can be a little tricky depending on your frame design. Mine rests on the lower side of my top tube near the front of the bike, while my wife's rides on top of the top tube due to space constraints. Each installation is sturdy and while I agree with the other commenter's remark about the strap looking a little cheesy, it actually seems to work quite well.
We don't have a lot of riding time with these lights yet, but after an initial six hour charge, I've had at least four rides of an hour or so in length without tripping the "battery low" light (except for one time when I left it in "boost" mode).
My only significant complaints these:
1) The battery charger is completely manual. You have to keep track of how long you've had the battery on the charger - six hours for a full charge. This is a pain because you can't easily charge it overnight without going over the six hours. Granted, it probably won't hurt too much to overcharge occasionally, but repeated overcharging will probably shorten the battery life (so says Cygo anyway). An automatic charger with a cut-off would be much better, but is available only on the higher end models.
2) Again the battery - why is it sealed? It would be nearly the same cost of production to have a battery pack that houses replaceable, nimh AA batteries (which I'm sure is what is in this sealed pack). You could recharge them on your nimh charger and replace them when they wear out. I sense that Cygo did this with the hope that their customers would have to come back to them every other year to buy a new battery pack. When that time comes though, I'm going to open mine and rig it with my own rechargeables. To be fair however, I looked around quite a bit and did not see any comparable bike light system with replaceable batteries - those tend to be on the lower end lights where the batteries are housed inside the light itself.
My only other nit is that the two lights I received in this order were from different production runs and the handle bar mounts were slightly different. Not a big deal, but it meant that I had to figure it out twice since the setup was different for each.
In spite of the above, I'm very happy with the Cygo Rover II lights and expect to enjoy them throughout the winter riding season. I would definitely recommend them if you need a moderately priced, very luminant lighting solution for your bike.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Buy the water bottle model Oct 15, 2009
By B. Simon
Light output is good, as advertised, and significantly better than the pair of Cateye LEDs I have been using. However, I cannot see how this newer model is an improvement over the original battery-in-the-water-bottle model. Velcro? You attach the battery pack to your top tube with a 1.5 inch strip of Velcro? You have to find a place on your tube or stem that won't interfere with cables, and on my Trek that means a mere two inches of top tube. Seems flimsy and cheap. Further, my stock handle bars (Trek 3700) are hardly exotic, but the light mounting bracket was too large even with the included spacers. I could have measured the bars before purchasing--my mistake--but I believe my bike is rather average, with average size components. I didn't anticipate there would be any problem. I had to wrap the bar with foam tape to get enough diameter for the clamp to screw down tight enough. Again, a rather cheap looking result. For $120 I expected something better than this. If you want this light, buy the water bottle model while you can.
 Good light, battery life not as claimed, reasonable value Dec 10, 2010
By Kenneth C Kovar
On high beam, this is an adequate light for a wide variety of difficult riding situations. At the time I bought it, it was a pretty good value. The low power beam is OK for visibility but not for illumination. However the first generation of this light came with a battery that would allow maybe 30 minutes of operation on high before needing to switch to low power. I bought a second generation unit and the battery is a little better, providing about 45 minutes on high.
Lights up a very dark bike path Sep 05, 2010
By Timothy J. Patton
I commute to work and take a bike path that has gotten progressively darker. I upgraded to this light so I could see better and its "boost" setting does a WONDERFUL job of lighting up a very dark bike path. I've only used it once so I don't know yet how long the battery is going to last between charges. I'm not thrilled about strapping the battery pack to the bike frame but I was able to strap it vertically just below the handlebars and it stays in place and doesn't rattle.
Update - the battery doesn't last more than 3 trips (50-55 minutes per trip) before the low-battery light starts blinking. I wish the battery lasted longer. Fortunately, at the moment, I only need it in the mornings, but when it gets to be dark going to and FROM work, I'm wondering if I'll have to charge it every day.
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