Thought I would post a 3-week review of the Shining Beam S-mini. It's been a pretty good light so far. The beam pattern is good, it's quite light, and seems well-made. I kludged together a mount for my helmet consisting of several zip ties and a pad made out of craft foam to raise the angle a bit. I planned to use this "mount" only until I figured out something better, but it actually works quite well and it's very secure. I might find some black zip ties and craft foam to make it a bit less obtrusive.

I've been using it on morning and evening commutes nearly every day. In the morning when it's light out, I use it on high as a "see me" light. It's quite visible during the day (though I think it would probably wash out at high noon in July). I've been running it on medium at night, except a couple times when my handlebar light got a low battery and needed to be switched to a lower mode. On high, it's not much dimmer than my 500-lumen handlebar light, so it's a good backup. I wish it had slightly more output on medium, but it's bright enough to be a useful supplement to the handlebar light. I haven't tried to test run times in any accurate way, but I think it will run longer than 2 hours on high using a 3,100 mAh Orbtronic 18650.