Two Minis arrived this afternoon.
Took time to charge the batteries and then did a couple of shots for this thread.
Nice and compact. About the same size as the DIY mini I built last summer. (Pictured for comparison.)
The strap is attached about 90 degrees from what I would think it should be. Since I probably won't be using the strap it really doesn't matter. I'll probably take it off.
The bracket for attaching to a light stand works as one would expect. Need to thread the thumb screw in a turn or two. Then tighten once the bracket is around the light stand.
The weight of the unit tends to pull it to the bottom of the segment to which its attached. Maybe it would hold if the thumb screw were really tightened down. Not my style 
As shown in the pictures it comes with charger, battery, strap, and stand bracket.
No instruction book. The on-line information isn't really an instruction book, so I charged the battery before testing. When the charger is plugged into the Mini or a battery there is a red light that turns green when the battery is charged.
The table top setup I used to make the pictures used three Einsteins. Two were at full power through EZ-Pro octaboxes with two diffusion panels They each read F22 and were about 3 feet from the Mini. The third Einstein was below the table set to about 1/8 to 1/16 power with a 7" reflector aimed up at the translucent table top.
All three were plugged into a single extension cord. When plugged into the wall the main light took just over 2 seconds to recycle. When they were plugged into the Mini it took about 4.5 seconds to recycle. When they were plugged into the DIY Mini it took about 10 seconds to recycle.
These were the times I expected.
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