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The Knog Blinder 1300 continues Knog’s habit of producing well thought-out lights.
It has a clip-in design that can be mounted on top of the bar or the right way up under the bar in the included GoPro mount.
There’s a broad spread of light with good peripheral lighting, enabling you to pick your way and identify hazards on twisty roads and trails.
The Knog Blinder 1300 is priced at £100 / $100 / €100 / AU$170.
Knog Blinder 1300 specifications and details
The Knog Blinder 1300 has a compact metal body with a square section. At its front are six LEDs providing the 1,300-lumen peak output.
There’s also a control switch on the top and a USB-C charge port on the bottom, with two side illumination ports.
Knog provides both rubber strap bar-top and GoPro-style mounts, both of which clip into the recessed sections at the sides of the Blinder 1300.
The GoPro mount includes a cam that tightens the bracket and holds the light in place firmly. Knog doesn’t include a USB-C cable.
Rather than a series of evenly spaced holes in the rubber strap mount, Knog has placed the four holes in the right places to fit properly around different bar diameters and provides a helpful guide to which hole to use for each.
The single control button is illuminated around its edges to indicate both battery level and the selected light mode.
Six modes are on offer, with claimed runtimes between 1hr 30mins at peak constant and 120 hours for the 150-lumen eco flash.
A short press toggles between the three constant or three flashing modes and a double press switches between constant and flashing menus.
Knog Blinder 1300 performance
It’s increasingly common for lights to come with a GoPro mount, enabling them to be slung under a cycling computer, freeing up bar space.
Knog’s mounting system enables you to clip the light into either the top or the bottom of the light and avoids the main problem with this – namely, that the light ends up upside-down, so you can’t easily operate the controls or see the battery level.
Even if you do choose to top-mount, the Blinder 1300 is slender and takes up less space than other lights I've tested. It has sharp edges to the side indents though and I skinned a knuckle removing it from the mount.
On the top constant mode, there’s a broad spread of light, with the Blinder 1300 offering better peripheral illumination than many rival lights.
That makes it a good option for anyone who might ride on trickier roads or off-road.
Despite the nominally lower 1,300-lumen output than many of the best bike lights, the Knog didn’t feel underpowered and didn’t restrict how confident I felt riding.
The beam is very even, without a pronounced central spot, and it’s slightly yellow in colour rather than blindingly white, which I liked (of course, you may prefer white).
The three flashing modes include an always-on with flash, as well as a really bright rapid flash that should get you noticed even in the brightest sunlight, and a less aggressive, dimmer, slower flash.
The Blinder started to indicate a low battery level after around 1hr 30mins at peak output, but nevertheless kept running for around two hours.
Knog Blinder 1300 bottom line
The Knog Blinder 1300 provides a bright high beam with a good spread of light; there’s a very aggressive flashing mode too.
It’s compact, feels robust and offers flexible mounting solutions, but watch out for the sharp edges.
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Product
| Brand | knog |
| Price | 170.00 AUD,100.00 EUR,100.00 GBP,100.00 USD |
| Weight | 162.0000, GRAM () - |
Features
| br_lightType | front |
| br_integratedBattery | yes |
| Features | Claimed run time (full beam): 1:30 hours IP rating: IP67 Battery capacity: 5000 mAh Modes: 6 |
| br_outputLumens | 1300 |
