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Today I received a NiteRider Pro 1400 (more on this later), a new bike light for trail riding. NiteRider lights typically have a textured indicator on the connectors to make blind connections easier, such as when plugging in the light behind one’s head or while in the dark. When setting up this unit I noticed that the cables on the light and battery pack have this textured piece opposite the flat side of the connector, but the extension cable (so that the light can be helmet mounted) has it on the flat side of the connector.
This inconsistency means that when using the extension cable one has to be sure that one cable has the texture on one side and the other is the opposite. I’ve contacted NiteRider via their contact form and hopefully I’ll hear back from them soon.
Pictured on the left above is the extension cable, which has the textured keying indicator on the same side as the flat part of the keyed connector. The battery pack’s cable (on the right) and the light’s cable (not shown) has it on the left. It only seems logical to me that the keying indicator would be on the flat side which is opposite how the Pro 1400’s light and battery pack are set up. It’ll be interesting to see what NiteRider’s response is. Maybe this first run of Pro 1400s (it is a newer product, after all) have their keying indicators inadvertently backwards?
UPDATE: NiteRider has sent me the proper, and much better fitting cable as a replacement. Per Davilynn over at NiteRider:
Some of the systems were packaged with our older extension cords by mistake.