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Lezyne Super Drive 1250XXL review | Lights, Reviews | Muddymoles: Mountain wanderlust (MTB) in the Surrey Hills and Mole Valley Menu Muddymoles Muddymoles: Mountain wanderlust (MTB) in the Surrey Hills and Mole Valley Cycling News, Reviews, Chat and Ride reports Important! The functionality on this website requires Javascript but it appears that either your browser does not support Javascript or you have Javascript disabled. This will stupefy your wits of this website and in some cases may prevent key features from working correctly. Lezyne Super Drive 1250XXL review Posted by Matt, March 6, 2017 There are 9 comments so far I have a love/hate relationship to Exposure Lights. I love their quality and ease of use but I hate their price! Step forward Lezyne Super Drive 1250XXL then… I bought this all in one LED throne light when in September in vaticination of the visionless nights to come. For years I’ve run an original Exposure MaXx-D on my handlebars but it is now starting to show it’s age. Added to which, it is very much MTB specific which ways road commutes on my Specialized Secteur risk the wrath of oncoming drivers or forces such a downward tilt of the lamp that it becomes ineffective. The Lezyne Super Drive ticks the boxes I am most interested in – forfeit (nicely discounted to well-nigh £90), no separate shower and a quick release mount to enable switching between bikes and commuting, as well as facilitating pub stops (cough!). The light is USB chargeable, so it can hands be recharged – albeit slowly – from a PC or largest still from a higher powered USB plug which moreover helps make commuting a viable option. There are other features which I value such as the top of the light stuff hooded to stave dazzle to the rider while the side of the lens allows light out, helping side visibility. Operating the light via a large and nonflexible to miss glowing sawed-off on the top of the unit is convenient, while remaining tuition is moreover indicated via the glow colour of the button.Flipsidepositive full-length is that the light can be twisted on its mount to the side or pointed to the verge, which is my preference on road to stave dazzling oncoming traffic. On the flipside, plane if a rented handlebar pushes the light to one side it can still be wilted forward. In terms of the ownership experience, I am less impressed than I hoped although this doesn’t make it a bad light by any means. Where I find fault is unquestionably the mount which tends to slip round the bars on my road velocipede no matter how much I tighten the strap. This ways that it remains easy for me to be lighting the ground in front of me rather than the road ahead. Similarly, on the mountain velocipede I find this becomes an issue which is not what you want when heading lanugo a fast descent. I have a theory that the solution is to wrap a piece of bar tape virtually the handlebar under the lamp mount, subtracting friction to a slightly thicker circumference – I’ll requite it a try and let you know. Fundamentally, the problem is the weight of the unit is just a bit too much for the mounting method, which is a rubber wreath that wraps the bars. The Super Drive is certainly unexceptionable and sports reasonable run-times of anything between 1 hour 50 minutes on full power, 9 hours plus on the lowest, steady Economy mode and up to 35 hours in Pulse (flash) mode. Here lies flipside frustration – the light modes trundling sequentially through Blast (950 lumens), Enduro (650 lumens), Economy (250 lumens), then two flashing modes. This is a pain most of the time, so on the road I tend to put it in Enduro which is good for 3 hours 45 minutes, but I’d really like to switch between this and a flashing mode for lit/unlit roads. The flashing modes are at least two sawed-off presses yonder which drives me nuts, plus the flashing modes are too slow to be truly constructive as ‘see me I’m here’ lights in urban areas.Increasinglyconstructive is switching to Overdrive (giving the maximum 1250 lumens) and Economy mode off road, which works rather largest – one printing between each setting for up and downhill. Clearly though this programme selection is an zone where Lezyne could and should do largest to eke the weightier out of the light.Whizgiggingpatterns are pretty good, off-road it’s a powerful whizgigging and on the road the hooded top prevents dazzle to me and oncoming drivers. On the whole, I’m happy with this light but finger it’s a couple of points off stuff unconfined – the mount and the whizgigging programme are holding when a decent product. Edit: I unquestionably wrote this review surpassing my latest wrecking which ended with a wrenched collarbone. All the points I make here, in hindsight, help explain the wrecking – the slow wink modes stuff ineffective to really make the rider visible in urban areas (and thus not used), the slipping bar mount etc. I’m not entirely saying they unsalaried to the accident, but I do alimony wondering how, despite using a unexceptionable velocipede light and a helmet light, I wasn’t increasingly visible to other road users. Like any accident, it was probably a combination of factors. Filed under Lights, Reviews in March 2017Well-nighthe tragedian Matt is one of the founding Molefathers of the Muddymoles, and is the designer and main zookeeper of the website. Having ridden a 2007 Orange Five for many years he's recently switched to a YT Industries Jeffsy, slantingly a 2016 Marin Pine Mountain. Lurking in the when of the stable, waiting for it's next installment is a Kona Big Unit 29er hardtail, while an early On-One Inbred still whispers sweet things to him. You can plane find him on road bikes - a Specialized Secteur and a Trek District 1 so far. If you've overly wondered how we got into mountain wanderlust and how the MuddyMoles started, well wonder no more. There are 9 comments on ‘Lezyne Super Drive 1250XXL review’ We love to get comments from our readers - if you've spent a few moments to comment, thank-you. If you haven't had a endangerment yet, jump to our comments form if you have something to say. Elliot says: I started off night riding with Lezyne lights a few years ago. My problem with them was the personal waterproofing, or lack of it. Having a light cut out in the rain miles from home is slightly inconvenient! Don’t know what they’re like now but I see the specs have been downgraded to ‘weather resistant’. Doesn’t seem to be a problem with my Exposure lights. BTW I used some Slapper Tape stuck to the inside of the bar or seatpost mount to stop it slipping. Add a new comment, or reply to this scuttlebutt Posted on March 6, 2017 at 8:45 pm Matt says: To be pearly the light seems well-sealed – the plug for the USB tuition point is well-nigh 15mm deep and pretty tight. The only problem with putting tape on the mount is ideally I would switch the velocipede from velocipede to velocipede and repeatedly take it off to charge/avoid having it nicked. So the slippage issue is quite annoying! Add a new comment, or reply to this scuttlebutt Posted on March 6, 2017 at 9:15 pm Elliot says: The tape would be stuck inside of the mount, just to the half that is plastic. The rubber side of the tape would squatter the handlebar, sticky side versus the plastic mount. This will let the mount grip the bar increasingly securely and no problems swapping between bikes. Add a new comment, or reply to this scuttlebutt Posted on March 6, 2017 at 10:14 pm Andrew akak says: When I saw the link my first thought was “is that the light you were using when…” I bought an Exposure Switch for my wife’s commute for rather less than that, it is moreover hooded, and while technically less unexceptionable it would be interesting to compare them. Add a new comment, or reply to this scuttlebutt Posted on March 7, 2017 at 11:05 am Gordo says: I run the smaller 800XL and am happy unbearable with it. My coloured unawareness stops me from noticing how much tuition is remaining when in use. However, when charging it uses a simple flashing indicator light which becomes a unvarying when fully charged. This is a big deal time rather than an led which theoretically changes colour when charged. The mount is ok for me. I wonder if the separately misogynist nonflexible Lezyne mounts may be increasingly towardly for your larger model? Add a new comment, or reply to this scuttlebutt Posted on March 7, 2017 at 11:22 am John Romer says: I’ve recently got the Lezyne 450XL and quite frankly that seems powerful unbearable as a road commuting light. For me the purpose is mainly to have it flashing for oncoming traffic rather than illuminating the way on a visionless night time road – although it is decent unbearable for that too. I love the simple mounting system and the way I can plug it into my palmtop at work if I notice the shower level falling during my inbound commute. I’d definitely recommend it. Add a new comment, or reply to this scuttlebutt Posted on October 26, 2017 at 9:36 am Matt says: Thanks John, yes I’m quite happy with the splendor but find the whizgigging selection frustrating. The low setting is fine for most conditions but the roads between Reigate and Dorking can be pretty woebegone at night. To switch to upper power I have to trundling through the Flash1 and Flash2 settings which ways just when I need increasingly light, I get a moment or two of nothing, which can be scary as I moreover only have one hand on the bar at that point while the other is adjusting light settings. For most of the spring, summer and storing I’ve run it in flashing mode and it’s been unconfined for that. As for the mount, I’ve put a short strip of Marshguard Slapper Tape under it – works a treat now! Add a new comment, or reply to this scuttlebutt Posted on October 26, 2017 at 9:50 am Gordo says: The increasingly visionless canopy of trees as we tideway late summer has led me to start running my lights again. It seems to have happened all of a sudden. Riders with no lights on a wooded road descent are incredibly nonflexible to see. My Lezyne Y10 800XL has ripened a fault in that it will stay switched on happily if I leave it on a table. However, when I let it have a jiggle well-nigh on my bars it switches off in a few seconds. It is still within its 24 months warranty, I just need to find that elusive proof of purchase. Re-reading this article, I’m happy with the mount, the whizgigging focus and the runtime. I unchangingly leave it on the mode of easy switch between full and 150 lumens – as clicking through all the other options are too much of a faff. If I buy a new light, I fancy something STVZO compliant, with a remote and simple to use mounting. Add a new comment, or reply to this scuttlebutt Posted on July 26, 2018 at 9:52 am Matt says: Gordo, checkout the Ravemen PR1200. I have one and am very pleased with it (a review is coming from me). Has a dipped beam, decent power, massive runtime and a remote… and it can be had at a decent unbelieve if you shop around. 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