As a almost 2years owner of the Lezyne I´m very pleased. Its been a great partner on long rides back home and its only downside is the weight that its noticeable while steering. Great quality all round.

Now that lights are 1000 lumens or more, I think there should be more emphasis on the pattern and how the light is used to illuminate the road ahead. Having lights with a dipped feature like a car would be good so as not to dazzle oncoming car drivers.

I’ve been using the Garmin Varia headlamp in conjunction with the Garmin Varia radar rear light and 530. Automatically adjust from a day blink to bright based on ambient light and speed. Works great and attaches cleanly with the stock mount below the head unit On night commutes to work which for me takes about 1.25 hrs, I keep a Light Motion Headlamp as a backup in my bag, which also doubles an extra light on really foggy mornings.

I'll be going for the Lezyne XXL. Great presentation. Thank you.

My Lezyne 1300XXL has just arrived. Overdrive mode is exactly what I’ve put on as just as you said it’s like having a full and dip beam on a car 👍🏻

The LIV behind you is a beauty! Giant is a strong contender in the department of frame design.

I hope to buy a bicycle light that is just right, if the light is too bright, it will illuminate other people's eyes, and if it is too dark, the road conditions will be bad.🚲

I have a Bontrager that lights up my world nicely and they actually have "customer support" if you need it, a new concept for most companies nowadays.

I have the Exposuae strata 900. Have used this for 3 years and find this very good in all conditions and is very bright to.

I am a light junkie.. on my current new bike, I came down in size and power to save a massive 1kg (big external 100wH LiPo battery) to have a Lezyme 1300 and 1000.. I run the 1000 direct from my bike battery and the 1300 from its own battery. Collectively, they are great, the 1000 does my daytime stuff and light off road stuff and in sports mode, the 1300 in the lower setting does my on-road night time stuff.. with both lights on full power, the off road stuff I do, is easy.. not quite as bright as the measured 5000 lumens I had before but still seriously bright.. well made light and attractive.. my 1300 came with different mounting options including a stem fitting to the front handlebar mount and also a Garmin 3/4 turn mount.

Love the exposure lights I have a few of them. However, I do wish they would start using USB C , this means less cables to buy.

I already own the Lezyne light and was just watching to see if I made a good purchase then I find out about race mode and that I don’t have to toggle through 10 functions. Mind blown!!!

Thanks for the reviews, though it's hard to see the beam pattern when a significant portion of the light is from other sources. I love the Knog light mount design with the thin clamp and offset position. I don't think I'd need my handlebar extension if I had the Knog. However, I am enjoying the 1800 lumen Nitecore BR35 with it's always on OLED display giving the remaining battery runtime in hours and minutes.

Just ordered the Lezyne and I'm pretty stoked to see how it performs

Just get a Victagen for $ 34 USD that has a power indicator in percent left counting down from 100% and last for my hour ride on the bright setting with time left. Mounts with a sturdy clamp. Bike shows sure love expensive things.

Shredlights SL-1000 $85 and it has a quick mount system from bike to bag to electric skateboard, helmet etc.

I got the bontrager ion 1300 and its pretty bright. have to make sure im not blinding drivers with it.

Cant understand why people think they need such powerful lights. I run my light on 400 lumens and that is too bright for most riding. Even when on a remote mountain I dont go over 600 lumens. Who needs to go though 1500 lumens in an hour?

Have you looked at Serfas lights? They have their E-Lume series with a 1750 lumen($152usd), 1000 lumen($86usd). And they have another MTB line with a 1300 lumen($110usd). Their attachment systems are easy to use and only $10usd for an oversized mount, $8usd for a regular mount and $3usd if the strap on those mounts breaks. I think they are worth a look.

I have the lezyne 1300 xxl and for $6 you can get a go pro adapter mount and do away with the rubber mount

Excellent review....just what I needed with the dark nights about to hit. Thank you

22min is too long to compare 5 similar lights. This need condensing and compressing.

Connect the Lezyne to your Garmin Mount using both a Lezyne adapter and a GroPro Mount dyouknowwhatImsayin?

I've been using the Lezyne 1300XXL which works well.

Why mount a big lump of a light on top of your handle bars? Use the GoPro mount, get rid of that rubber band and mount the light to the underside of the garmin on the out front mount. I have two lights on my bikes one is fitted with the lezyne 1800i lumen light I use the GoPro adapter instead of the rubber band and that is fixed directly under my garmin on my Canyon Ultimate. On my Cervelo R5 I use the Olight 1500 lumen light, this is attached in a similar way but the olight has a quarter turn connection the same as the garmin system. The olight can actually be used as a power bank and will charge other devices if needed. The only issue is the light is upside down under the garmin so you can't see the battery indicator but it looks so much more professional and your handlebars are uncluttered. There are some really good innovative options rather than using up precious handle bar space..

I kind of like Lezyne's idea with the battery life indication. I like to charge batteries and fuel cars once they reach half, so that's really the most important point anyway. Almost 2,5 hours is also already over twice the time of a nightly commute or ride I'm generally ready to go on, so in that way I feel I'd read that as "Green means I'll be fine for the whole ride."

£300 for a light?! Blimey! How many modes do you need? Brightest - oooo it’s running low, so I’ll turn it down and flashing for daytime. I think I’ll keep using my ancient Hope Vision 1’s for now and spend the £300 on upgrading something else

Nitecore BR35. This is seriously the good stuff - strong beam with good cut off, superb battery life, informative display, and a remote to comfortably switch modes.

Great presentation. Thank you. I've just bought the Lezyne Super Drive 1600XXL. It's very very good front light.

£300 for a light? You can buy entire bikes for that. No chance.

I always take a small spare light in my back pocket for emergencies. Doesn't take much space and gives peace of mind.

magicshine lights are good 👍

I’m sorry but you’re wrong about the exposure. The high price is not just about the modes, it’s about the build quality. They are most robust and reliable lights I’ve had. I’ve only bought one front light and it’s still going 8 years on.

I had a lezyne light that broke at the USB port a known design fault when the USB port got pushed into the body of the light breaking the connection make it useless for charging

Knog Mount is very weak for MTB. Get’s loose on the trail due to vibrations making you to tight beyond the plastic of the mount can handle. Destroyed too mounts already, will switch to Lezyne

I'd have liked to have seen the Ravemen covered - some good, well constructed options.

I know this is intended as a summary, however... The examples of light output is completely misleading. In several shots, you can't see the shadow of the lead rider, this means a large proportion of the illumination is actually coming from the lights behind! I can't comment about the other lights, however the exposure... Aside from the oled giving a time to empty, it also has green/amber/red that gives at a glance charge indication. The charging port, if multi-functional. You can get a remote button, to change mode without having to take your hands away from the handle bar, it can also be used with their battery packs, so you can massively increase the run time, these features add to the reason for the much higher costs. Feels as though, this was overly summarised.

great info. most people looking to get a decent light will have a decent bike. i cannot accept my bike with a cheap crappy plastic strap on it.

Aldi do a Bikemate branded 600 lumen version of the Lezyne Micro Drive with a nice rear light thrown in for 15 quid. I got two, perfect for my commute through the lanes. If they get nicked I wont be crying much.

I've been using knight rider and it has been great

What has happened to brackets you need screws to attach? I don't want to take my brackets in with me if I lock my bike in a public place. I want to slide my light onto an adjusted bracket at speed when the conditions get worse (i.e. an unplanned tunnel). I don't want to fiddle with rubber gaskets.

Yeah a million lumens is great, until that poor cyclist coming the opposite direction gets vaporized

Why did you bother having the two blokes there, the barely got a word in.

Outbound lights. Done.

Bike lights often have too many modes; this drives up the cost, and lengthens the charging time.

I just want a bright light that has an on/off switch.

Multifunctional Bike Light, new designed, hot sell in 2022.

Lupine...hands down

Thanks

I like olight myself. I’ve 2 exposures, but olight 1500 lumens for £50.. what’s not to like I have the exposure strada and race as well.

I don’t believe the Lezyne strap won’t slip. I’ve had a Niterider w a rubber strap and it would slip over rough roads. Sucked. Can’t imagine the Lezyne is any better. Niterider’s new straps are clamps and are great.

My 'Exposure' light lasted about 2 years before the on-off switch conked out and became a useless expensive piece of garbage. I have the 'Lezyne 1800i' ever since and no hassles.

I similarly broke the mounting strap on a Blackburn light. Flimsy/poor design.

Have you tested the NiteRider OLED 1200? I have been very happy with mine.

How much it weighs?

What saddle is that on the bike in the background?

I just use 350 lumen for a front light and I've never needed anything more for city use. (sidewalk) If i was riding on open road downhill in the dark i'd go bigger ofc.

I need a light. But I'm not buying any of them bc I have an aero flat carbon bar/stem combo. None of the will fit. Why any of the YT media address this problem? 🤔 BTW, I'll not use a front-out mount. This lights are too heavy and eventually could snap the mount screw. Damaging the handlebar. Thx

Cheapo eBay lights are so good these days I'm not sure why you'd bother with these expensive branded ones.

Criteria to add is design. Some of the lights out there look awful & with all the money spent on bikes then people pop ugly lights & accessories on. Love knog lights for not just the best looking design but practicality & ability to plug into a computer to programme to suit my needs AND doubles as battery pack. The mount is good for putting under the handlebars and can get the light pretty much centred under the stem. To solve the multiple bike situation I bought a second mount for my other bike.

What No Magicshine ???

If you're going to rate lights for precisely road use, you should make sure lights aren't ones blinding other road users! Unless you wish all other road user to blind you with their lights...

A like a light to have a GO-Pro mount option so I can mount it under my computer. This puts the light right in the centre, removes clutter from the handle bar and makes for a good clean look when riding as you are basically only seeing your computer when looking down at your bars. I fund the Bntrager lights very good. Currently using the 1100Lm one.

They all suck, because they still use micro USB to charge, not only will they charge a long time, the connector breaks easily and then you have a 100€ dead weight. The Exposure Strada isn't as bad because it uses a barrel connector, but it's also ridiculously expensive. I personally use an olight warrior mini 2 which can pull double duty as EDC flashlight and in my opinion anything over 800 lumens is anti social anyways, even on un lit roads. If they update the Knog to USB c it would be the best light, from any of these by far.

I did not see and aero bar being fitted. Do these lights come with adapters?

Any of these lights connect to a bike computer for control and have a go pro type connector ? How about a comparison to the Bontrager Ion headlight?

Great presentation, thank you! Can we invite you to do review for Victagen bike light? let me know if you are interested. 😄

Is it just me or did they cheat on the Exposure examples by riding in front of other riders to make it seem brighter?

I;ve a cateye ampp 800, I think it's great. Roast me.

DO YOU REALLY NEED ALL THE DISTRACTION OF COUNT DOWN TIMERS AND BACK LIGHT AND THE STUPID PIN CONNECTOR NOT WORTH £300 ONLY TO A CYCLE SNOB

why isn't Olight not on this list?

Over 1000lm can blind someone close and blind the rider himself… unless u ride in area without any street lights, otherwise u need 400lm only just to let drivers to spot u on road

Towild 800 aliexpress is cheap and excellent... Better than all these. Especially with additional higher capacity batteries and external charger

I felt the Exposure Light didn’t receive a proper review. It uses a completely different LED design with the added addition of focal lenses which give the rider a much wider field of view. You never mentioned that Exposure lights will allow you to charge your iPhone if it’s dead or near dead. It’s on a whole other league with the ones you compared it to. I was disappointed.

Paying $400 just for lights is a bit odd.

Is it possible to use a battery pack (eg. 20.000 mAh) to extent the battery life on long rides with the Lezyne?

Like is ur srilanka

Excellent review. I could not listen to the guy in the middle though as his excessive vocal fry is unbearable for me.

Your lights are, in the most takes here, set up extremely high, meaning that you are blinding the traffic coming in your direction. So it's not about "sensible car drivers" that are flashing their lights at you in anger - you will also hear me groan and curse at you if I am on my bike and you completely blind me with your badly set up light. You are actually reducing your own safety with a light set up like that.

These "tests" never mention how screwed you are if your bars arent round...

No two piece reviews? Separate power supply. And the female rider needs to take a look at her Q factor.

Smart Bike Lights Sorry to say, the quality, reliability and service leaves a lot to be desired. They also have long waiting times and do not say when they are out of stock but still take your money, with 3 month long waiting times. I have not had a good experience at all. Faulty under warranty lights are not replaced.... but full of fake promises😟

Is anyone here aware of Velocitized drivers seeing cyclists in slow motion? At night wear white. Your lights help, but the driver who came off the highway - is hallucinating, so the white helps you be seen by this hallucinating driver. The lights help, but Max Vis needs help for the slow motion danger. Wearing blacks makes gauging relative speeds difficult for these drivers. Cyclists are immune to advice, so this is for the newbies!!

The price of exposure😂😂 what a joke

1000 lumens minimum ? one of my best flashlights give 300 lumens for 9h30min and its more then enough light. 1000 lumens maybe for very fast downhill. this will need an external battery pack, for sure.

You lost me after 30 seconds. Why do you need >1000 lumens to ride "carefree after dark"? I've been doing solo rides/commutes for years after dark on suburban streets with a 200 lumen light and haven't had any issues with unseen pot holes or not being seen by drivers. You can now get 500 lumen lights for $50 so why pay twice as much for light you don't need? Requirements for lights will vary a great deal depending upon where you expect to be riding.

Australian made bike like not reliable!!

Why don’t you review products readily available in the United States?

Does anyone reading this obey traffic laws? Does your family? How about Max Vis?