Originally Posted by
stephtu
A lot of lights are intended for commuters, who may only be riding for say half an hour a night. Charge once a week for 4 commutes or whatever, and a lot of them will be using flashing modes which last a lot longer. If you wanted a light for long group rides in daytime, using steady, then you simply bought the wrong light. My Niterider Solas claims 4:30 on high steady, and 36 hours on low steady.
Your Nightrider light looks pretty good. I have one of their headlights that I like. Interesting that they say twice the run time on low steady vs blinking.
Edit- Many complaints on Amazon of the mount & USB jack breaking. That could also be rant-worthy.