Just used this Lezyne 2400 for an ultracycling race, it was absolutely bomb proof. Race mode is great as you can blast it on technical/fast sections and then instantly dip for oncoming traffic or for climbs, and for riding all night long I plug into a power bank in my frame bag. 2400 lumens was fantastic for descending off alps at 3am I can tell you that. Previous Lezyne lights didn't let you charge + run the light simultaneously, this latest USB-C generation allows the light to be plugged in while running and that is a huge upgrade.
@@nightfly4081 yep, I should have mentioned it’ll work with any USB-C power bank in the video. Thanks for the prompt and glad you’re stoked on your 2400 too
Great review just bought a lezyne 2400 with the strap but light moves around over bumps how do stop moving does it have be very tight? 🤔 Also I bought a hard mount kit maybe this is better? 🤔
3:30... Thank you for this... This is the best information I've found in researching bike headlights, specifically the removable rubber adapter to convert from a round bar to aero (oval) bar mounting system. This information is non-existent in all other sites UNTIL now. I was frustrated with trying to find headlight compatible with an aero handlebar, but your video perfectly answered this question!
Been using a Lezyne 800 xl for year round commuting as nearly always dark going home from work past 3 years on unlit country roads / cycle path. So far so good, One charge lasts 4 trips...approx 4-5 hours total and simple power change as weather dictates.
I’ve been using Lezyne lights for as long as I can remember doing night rides. I use a 400XL with a GoPro mount attached to my stem cap when I need a light for use in traffic on my way home from the trails in winter when it’s a bit darker but not fully night time. I use an 800XL on my bars when I’m doing XC night rides and don’t need to make the countryside look like daytime, and I combine the two (helmet GoPro mount and stem cap GoPro mount) for a quick 90 minute rip around the woods at night. If I need to make the sun rise at night I use my Exposure six pack on the bar, but to be honest I rarely use it anymore as the Lezyne combo is perfectly adequate for 99% of my riding. They are super reliable and have enough adjustment settings to suit most lengths of ride and conditions. On a side note, if it’s foggy out, I find a really powerful light to be a negative as it just reflects glare and you can’t really see very much at all…so these Lezyne lights have just the right amount of oomph to see where you’re going. Great tech talk Guy, cheers for the video 👍
I've had a Lezyne Macro Drive 1100XL since 2017 for road riding. My only real gripe has been the outdated and fiddly micro USB. Fast forward a few years and I've just ordered the Lezyne Mega Drive 2400+. It's basically twice as bright and has twice the duration of my 1100XL. I think the 1500 lumen Blast mode should be great for picking out potholes, gravel and drain covers in the dark, and it'll do that for 4 hours. Can't wait to try it out!
I've been running Lezyne lights for a decade at least....from the old 400 lumen Micro Drive years ago to a pair of 1300XL ones at the moment...Even the Strip Light rear I've got is just brilliant.....and they last for years....
Well I’ve taken a gamble on the mega drive 2400+, need to look at a helmet mount too, but start with this at first. Hope to test the light at Langsett / cut gate
@@GuyKesTV I will keep an eye out for that, I was going to take a punt at the Exposure Maxx-D Mk16 but at £450 I just couldn’t do and there must be a point diminishing returns with Mega drive at £134 compared to the exposure
The time my Lezyne leaked around the power button during a heavy rain storm, which fried the electronics, and they wouldn't warranty it. & I worked in a bike shop at the time, so talked directly to the importer about it. You're spinning rose-tinted fables, my man.
Thanks for this. I have a Moon Meteor which is rock solid. And a Fenix HM65R-T. The Fenix is a head torch and is a twin beam. One is a flood light and the other a far reaching beam. It’s amazingly versatile from 5 lumens to 1600 lumens. The 5 lumens is great for seeing things without disturbing night vision. After 18 months of regular use the HM65R-T is running like new. This on my head and Moon Meteor on the bars gives me all the light I need.
Best lights I ever had were the Cateye Stadium metal halide. 3 hour burn time, 3 hour charge time (to the minute). Turned night into a blue-ish daytime so bright you could ride as fast as you could during the day.
@@wozzupp8647 yeah I was working at Zyro when they imported the first ones. Properly insane. They used to catch fire a lot though and replacement bulbs were £80 or something!
@GuyKesTV I remember the set you sent me. From the scorch marks inside the case I worked out that all it needed was a 2nd fuse, which I soldered in. Then put some NiMH batteries inside the case, and it ran for several years no problem.
Guy: Understandably you need to conjure all the support your excellent channel deserves and Lezyne do indeed market great quality products, (mini pumps, bottle cages, etc). However, please consider the fatal and unforgiveable flaw of 90%+ of the bike lights industry: Virtually none utilize removable / replaceable batteries! This is outrageous as cycling is supposed to represent eco-centric living. I run a Fenix BCR21 V2 light and it has been bulletproof for 6+ years. 1000 lumens, great beam optics, a fantastic quality bar mount and, (best of all), it uses a swappable 18650 battery. This allows me to always have extra power for longer night rides, (gee, what a concept!?). It also means that I have a single light for life. I value such longevity greatly and it's why my titanium road, mtb & cross bikes are now decades old, having pedaled hundreds of thousands km while wearing everlasting parts from the likes of Chris King, Hope, XTR, Paul's Componentry, etc. I know you value such toughness and longevity, (lovin' my Hope RC pedals, which were purchased for all 3 steeds thanks to your review 🙏). The point is: Why can't Lezyne offer such sensibility? After a couple of years of usage, these lights become toxic waste, (as the internal batteries inevitably lose their rechargeability). Shame on Lezyne and most other bike light vendors for selling what essentially amounts to disposable crap!
@@BoogieBrew that’s a really good point TBH, I’m doing the lights test for MBR next month so I’ll definitely build that into my considerations if you’re OK with that? I’ll make sure I get a Fenix in for test too
@GuyKesTV: The absolutely BEST part about your channel is how frank, open and honest you are with all of your reviews. There are other TH-cam'ers who similarly exercise a good balance between supporting their valued sponsors and also being transparent about their personal experiences with all the products they sample, (sponsored or not). However, NOBODY delivers such honesty with the diplomacy and humor as GK... Keep it up, you're a rare bird and all of cycling's culture needs more of such a breed as yourself! Yes, myself and for sure plenty of other viewers would love to see you test some offerings from Fenix thoroughly! Ironically, some reports are that the latest generation of Fenix's BCR series lights do actually suffer some qc issues, (battery contacts rattling loose with subsequent and potentially catastrophic loss of light)...QC is where Lezyne tend to truly shine! (😂pun intended)....
I just found out about the lack of replacement batteries on most brands. Very unEU, considering many of these are euro companies. Where can you get chargers for the 18650 batteries?
The Fenix lights and most others which utilize removable batteries, (whether 18650 or other 'standard' sizes), support rechargeability of the battery simply by plugging into a USB C port built into the light itself. In addition, plenty of 18650 batteries utilize a direct USB Micro port which allows the battery istelf to be charged directly via any common USB outlet. This provides multiple charging options. There are also dedicated charging cases which will power 2 or more 18650 batteries at a time.
I’ve always used Lumicycle from the early twin Halogens to Halide to LED. Got lots of different Leyzne too including micro drive rears and an 1100 which is a perfect backup or helmet light to complement the lumis
I'm blind as a bat, so I always fancy myself a good light!! 😅 Yes, I have to agree, Lezyne lights are fantastic. I have the 660 lumen and 1300 lumen. Both are going strong still after years of usage, but this 2400+ is a game changer for both camping and bikepacking at night due to burn time in the lower settings!! I've used the 1300 at economy 150 lumen for ultra distance night time, and surprisingly it has worked fine!! Dang, salivating over this 2400+ now. 😊😅😅
Have a Lezyne 1600XL that I've been very happy with. Now that I'm doing some proper night riding, I just ordered a 1400+ so I have 2 lights on the bike. Don't want to be 25 miles from the car with a failed light. Buying a second Lezyne was a no brainer.
I’ve got an older Moon Meteor, still only 6-7 years, working but the last time I turned it on it got incredibly hot and I had to turn it off quickly and haven’t turned it back on since then. Might be ok but LiOn battery going off is scary. I have a bunch of Lezyne stuff including lights and they are rock solid and good value.
Good to see some alternatives, have been running exposure max d and Diablo on head for a few years but for gravel and some conditions I might try the 100 quid version of Lezyne it looks quite good
Great review just bought a lezyne 2400 with the strap but it moves around over bumps how tight does it does it have to be?🤔 I also bought the hard mount kit maybe it would be better and not move?🤔
The amount of modes on lights drives me crazy. I love my Moon Rigel Power but it has about 20 different modes! And if I accidentally select the wrong one, which is very easy to do, it's really difficult to get back to the right one. Not ideal when I am dropping in to a nice trail section. I just want low, medium, and high! Manufacturers listen up - less is more
Still got my BLT set with the water bottle battery and the quill stem mount. Not worked for years but haven’t the heart to chuck em out. An Aldi cheapie chucks out more power these days 😂
Do you tend to use a Lezyne mount or the rubber strap that came with it Guy? My 2400+ arrived today and I'm not entirely confident the rubber strap will be enough to secure the light.
Lezyne’s distribution and aspects of their support are wobbly, not sure if its a post BREXIT/UK thing or more generally. Edit: I’m putting some lights on for a long winter spin this weekend and out of the blue the on/off/mode switch on an Exposure light is misbehaving, and a mounting bracket broke (i was using a torque wrench to tighten it). Irritating.
I have a 1300 XXL The body is robust however I had the little rubber button disappear during a ride. It is only held in place by a flexible rubber flange. Not great design. You can see the micro switch under it once it has vamoosed. Nicked one of a cheap old Aldi light I had that fitted perfectly.
Any bright ideas on rear lights - for that tarmac drag back home after a night ride? And particularly how/where to mount them?! I've a bunch of nice rear lights but they aint much good strapped to a seat tube thats lower than the top of a 29 inch tyre, and covered in clart! Seat mounted lights seem to be brand specific or hard to find and still dont avoid the mud. Clipping something to your jacket collar and it just flops about/falls off....!?
I have an aging Exposure Toro Mk 11 (2000 lumen/3100 in Reflex) and that Lezeyne Mega Drive looks like a bit of a bargain upgrade to me, not sure I need tons of lumens even if I ride the steep off piste stuff I usually ride in the day time. Like the idea of that rubber mount on my carbon bars - I've had an exposure one fail on me down a particularly rocky Peak District footpath....
Sorry, I can ask ,Just. Bought lezyne 1400 for the bars, but I'm going to back it up with a head torch ,question, is the 1000 spot format better or can you use a handle bar mounted 1000 as a head torch.?
@@ceriway380 you could use a 1000 Lezyne but the beam is broader than you need. The Fenix I’ve got on test is a really focused beam and it works really well on a helmet
Lezyne seems to have missed a few important trends,... Mtb lights tend to get much brighter with far wider beams. If someone with a magicshine 6500, 8000 or 12000, exposure 5000, .... passes you full power your eyes addapt to the brightest light, first you ride in your own shadow or in a narrow cone and next you are left with a dark, narrow beam,... if you compare with the magicshine 8000 at 2400 lumen it's clear that the much wider beam on the bar works much better for the eyes,.. it's not a dancing spot, there is less tunnel effect,.. on most rides a helmet light is not really required with tbe 8000. The magicshine moh 55 helmet light has a pretty wide 4000 lumen output, the price is close to your lezyne headlight. The build quality and connectors are decent,.. On enduro style rides 8000 + 4000 lumen is often a big advantage, you want to see as much as possible, you want to see what are dry or wet spots/ roots, what looks loose,... i don't like to much weight on my bars but i can understand why people get the 12000 lumen barlight,... I also started 30 years ago with moonrides, a pezl, a 10+5 watt hallogen smart,... i once thougth 1500 lumen combined was all i would ever need and that lupine was crazy with the betty,... there are plenty of conditions where i am just blinding myself if i use too much light, but there are quite a few moments where full power helps to ride safer/ faster,... On the road 2400 lumen is more than plenty but if you want to get some throw without blinding everybody else you need a sharp cut-off, another trend lezyne missed,... Time for lezyne do some catching up, untill then you could maybe make a video on the lezyne pumps to thank them for their support, there they are still among the better options!
The trend of overpowering a round beam with a hot spot like magic shine does isn't great,..washes out the trail details Wider is better though, outbound lighting did it well, full on lighting is taking it a step further and compensating the beam with with more lumens to have more usable light while retaining perceived bright back There's some cheapiesnthat are wide like the Infun GT200...but it only has adequate throw, so something like a Novsight 800 to give you lots of throw all for under 100 USD What every bike light brand is missing out on is amber/selective yellow and even green led/lens options for better contrast/trail details or no light blow back on snow covered trails(green)
@MichaelRobibaro, for me magicshine hardly has a hotspot, the beam is also wider than it's high. There is a reason why most reviews place magicshine pretty high in their lists,.. For me white light works fine, also in snow. A wider beam and no hotspot helps prevent blinding. If you light for the snow you might have to little light for the dark patches,.. and sometimes you might blind yourself,.. but i didnt find a magic foglight yet,..
@@kanaalvanNIif people put magic shine on top of their list, it's because they have yet to run a good light... They do offer a couple shaped beams with cut offs, but they don't offer a good light for single track. Monteer 6 and 8k is trash Their 12k o haven't personally used yet, but looks like a continuation of over powering a crappy round beam(untill thermal overload happens) The 12k does has a shaped low beam The light itself still looks hot spotty from other people's beam shots Look into outbound lighting Evo($249) full on lighting MB6 (399), those are what I consider elite for the single track segment, but without the price of exposure(just a round beam like night rider) and insane prices like Lupine($1200) One could do two cheap lights for under 100 and outperform most other lights illumination wise Infun GT200 on helmet for nice and wide beam $65 Novsight for bar light for lots of throw $25 I personally still rock 2 amber Baja s1 WC on helmet and 2 morimoto 1 bangers amber SAE wide on bars
i use my lezyne 600xl to get to the trail, then i can turn the Gemini 4000's on, the lezyne has been great, i use it if commuting too, it must be 4 years old and still going strong, the Gemini's, not so much tho, the new battery is at least waterproof this time.....
@@Timtheranger where did you get your Gemini from. Those were my go to light and grouptest winners for years and a lot of my mates still run the ones I used to get sent for test. Didn’t think anyone imported them anymore though?
@@GuyKesTV iride uk has some Gemini stock, but not the 4000's, just had a look on Gemini's site and it doesn't look good, no stock at all, they must be in trouble, shame really, I've had my lights so long i can't remember where i bought them, merlin probably. (update) I've just pulled out my 4000's and the battery has failed! can't find a replacement, it looks like the magicshine batteries use the same round connector, do you have any magicshine batteries to test if it works before i spend out on the battery? it might also be worth testing for your friends lights too, batteries don't last forever, as I've been reminded....
Hhhhmmm i was about to buy a magic shine 12000 but im not so sure now. I like the idea of having the battery separate so i can mount it's weight down low on the top of the downtube near the bottom bracket. What would you recommend for a separate battery style light?
@@max-eb9vi if you’re going for a separate battery with maximum power then you’re right to think Magicshine. If you meant 1200 though I’d go with a built in battery. You really won’t notice the extra weight on your bars but there’s no faff with frame straps and flapping cables
@@GuyKesTVthanks for the reply, ive gone with the lezyne 2400+ for the bars and 1200+ for the helmet. The ipx7 waterproofing and partly the price won me over in the end. Like you say fancy is nice until it doesn't work and its not something you want to let you down. Ill drop in the comments in a few months and share my experience with them
So you have go fed up of Exposure to. Far to complex and battery life is no where near their claimed battery life . Especially the smaller Trace etc lights.
Moon reigal have way too many modes,also mines a little over 12 months and has started with glitches,they only offer a very Limited 12 month warrenty, battery is only 3 month.
Their bike lights are just mediocre, same old crap as 90% of the market Round bull's-eye hot spot beam, just adequate for single track, horrible for Urban and gravel(no cut off) There's better lights that are inexpensive like infunGT200 or King kong ray 1500 And Novsight for a great supplement light And there's more expensive ones like outbound lighting or full on lighting
@@Chloe-ei9iw not really, everyone gives me ‘free stuff’ it’s the perk of being a tester. There are several more expensive lights I’ve been given but I default to the Lezyne for most rides just for reliability.
All these Lezyne bike lights are way overpriced. In Australia, the 2400+lm is a ludicrous $319.99. The Magicshine Ray 2100lm is only $199.95 for example, and the Azur Titan 3000lm is only $179.00. It's obvious this poor, so-called "review" is just a paid advertorial. If you get a bundle of free lights, you're hardly going to bad mouth them as a reviewer are you.
@@geoffrogerson6240 sorry Geoff, didn’t check Australian pricing. Are the Magicshine and Titan lights sold direct or through a distributor / shops as that’s the case in the UK. I’ve been getting boxes of ‘free’ lights from different brands for the past 25 years for magazine and website review so believe me, I’m always looking for a way to ‘bad mouth’ stuff. Otherwise what i write / say is totally pointless. I’ll admit it’s getting harder to find downsides these days as most product is pretty damn good. But thanks for your feedback and to everyone else in Aus, check the pricing before you buy!
Just used this Lezyne 2400 for an ultracycling race, it was absolutely bomb proof. Race mode is great as you can blast it on technical/fast sections and then instantly dip for oncoming traffic or for climbs, and for riding all night long I plug into a power bank in my frame bag. 2400 lumens was fantastic for descending off alps at 3am I can tell you that. Previous Lezyne lights didn't let you charge + run the light simultaneously, this latest USB-C generation allows the light to be plugged in while running and that is a huge upgrade.
@@nightfly4081 yep, I should have mentioned it’ll work with any USB-C power bank in the video. Thanks for the prompt and glad you’re stoked on your 2400 too
I liked the sound of being able to run the light off a USB bank - I think I'm gonna pick up one of the 1400 guys for the winter and see how I get on.
@@RossFinnie yeah 1400 is the one I reckon
Great review just bought a lezyne 2400 with the strap but light moves around over bumps how do stop moving does it have be very tight? 🤔 Also I bought a hard mount kit maybe this is better? 🤔
can you disassemble 1400 and 2400 fairly easy like say older 600 series to replace batteries?
3:30... Thank you for this...
This is the best information I've found in researching bike headlights, specifically the removable rubber adapter to convert from a round bar to aero (oval) bar mounting system.
This information is non-existent in all other sites UNTIL now. I was frustrated with trying to find headlight compatible with an aero handlebar, but your video perfectly answered this question!
@@cesarjom excellent, sometimes it’s the little things eh!
Been using a Lezyne 800 xl for year round commuting as nearly always dark going home from work past 3 years on unlit country roads / cycle path. So far so good, One charge lasts 4 trips...approx 4-5 hours total and simple power change as weather dictates.
I’ve been using Lezyne lights for as long as I can remember doing night rides.
I use a 400XL with a GoPro mount attached to my stem cap when I need a light for use in traffic on my way home from the trails in winter when it’s a bit darker but not fully night time. I use an 800XL on my bars when I’m doing XC night rides and don’t need to make the countryside look like daytime, and I combine the two (helmet GoPro mount and stem cap GoPro mount) for a quick 90 minute rip around the woods at night.
If I need to make the sun rise at night I use my Exposure six pack on the bar, but to be honest I rarely use it anymore as the Lezyne combo is perfectly adequate for 99% of my riding. They are super reliable and have enough adjustment settings to suit most lengths of ride and conditions.
On a side note, if it’s foggy out, I find a really powerful light to be a negative as it just reflects glare and you can’t really see very much at all…so these Lezyne lights have just the right amount of oomph to see where you’re going.
Great tech talk Guy, cheers for the video 👍
I've had a Lezyne Macro Drive 1100XL since 2017 for road riding. My only real gripe has been the outdated and fiddly micro USB. Fast forward a few years and I've just ordered the Lezyne Mega Drive 2400+. It's basically twice as bright and has twice the duration of my 1100XL. I think the 1500 lumen Blast mode should be great for picking out potholes, gravel and drain covers in the dark, and it'll do that for 4 hours. Can't wait to try it out!
Love the honest pitch about the background! Glad we can focus at not trying to buy a 800 dollars front light
I've been running Lezyne lights for a decade at least....from the old 400 lumen Micro Drive years ago to a pair of 1300XL ones at the moment...Even the Strip Light rear I've got is just brilliant.....and they last for years....
Until their internal batteries stop holding a charge...
Well I’ve taken a gamble on the mega drive 2400+, need to look at a helmet mount too, but start with this at first. Hope to test the light at Langsett / cut gate
I’m working with a bunch of similar lights ATMO (Fenix, Moon, Cateye etc.) and it definitely has the best beam for off road.
@@GuyKesTV I will keep an eye out for that, I was going to take a punt at the Exposure Maxx-D Mk16 but at £450 I just couldn’t do and there must be a point diminishing returns with Mega drive at £134 compared to the exposure
The time my Lezyne leaked around the power button during a heavy rain storm, which fried the electronics, and they wouldn't warranty it. & I worked in a bike shop at the time, so talked directly to the importer about it. You're spinning rose-tinted fables, my man.
Did they replace it, ? Poor warranty service if not.
Thanks for this.
I have a Moon Meteor which is rock solid.
And a Fenix HM65R-T.
The Fenix is a head torch and is a twin beam. One is a flood light and the other a far reaching beam. It’s amazingly versatile from 5 lumens to 1600 lumens.
The 5 lumens is great for seeing things without disturbing night vision.
After 18 months of regular use the HM65R-T is running like new.
This on my head and Moon Meteor on the bars gives me all the light I need.
Best lights I ever had were the Cateye Stadium metal halide. 3 hour burn time, 3 hour charge time (to the minute). Turned night into a blue-ish daytime so bright you could ride as fast as you could during the day.
@@wozzupp8647 yeah I was working at Zyro when they imported the first ones. Properly insane. They used to catch fire a lot though and replacement bulbs were £80 or something!
@GuyKesTV I remember the set you sent me. From the scorch marks inside the case I worked out that all it needed was a 2nd fuse, which I soldered in. Then put some NiMH batteries inside the case, and it ran for several years no problem.
Guy: Understandably you need to conjure all the support your excellent channel deserves and Lezyne do indeed market great quality products, (mini pumps, bottle cages, etc). However, please consider the fatal and unforgiveable flaw of 90%+ of the bike lights industry: Virtually none utilize removable / replaceable batteries! This is outrageous as cycling is supposed to represent eco-centric living. I run a Fenix BCR21 V2 light and it has been bulletproof for 6+ years. 1000 lumens, great beam optics, a fantastic quality bar mount and, (best of all), it uses a swappable 18650 battery. This allows me to always have extra power for longer night rides, (gee, what a concept!?). It also means that I have a single light for life. I value such longevity greatly and it's why my titanium road, mtb & cross bikes are now decades old, having pedaled hundreds of thousands km while wearing everlasting parts from the likes of Chris King, Hope, XTR, Paul's Componentry, etc. I know you value such toughness and longevity, (lovin' my Hope RC pedals, which were purchased for all 3 steeds thanks to your review 🙏). The point is: Why can't Lezyne offer such sensibility? After a couple of years of usage, these lights become toxic waste, (as the internal batteries inevitably lose their rechargeability). Shame on Lezyne and most other bike light vendors for selling what essentially amounts to disposable crap!
@@BoogieBrew that’s a really good point TBH, I’m doing the lights test for MBR next month so I’ll definitely build that into my considerations if you’re OK with that? I’ll make sure I get a Fenix in for test too
@GuyKesTV:
The absolutely BEST part about your channel is how frank, open and honest you are with all of your reviews. There are other TH-cam'ers who similarly exercise a good balance between supporting their valued sponsors and also being transparent about their personal experiences with all the products they sample, (sponsored or not). However, NOBODY delivers such honesty with the diplomacy and humor as GK... Keep it up, you're a rare bird and all of cycling's culture needs more of such a breed as yourself! Yes, myself and for sure plenty of other viewers would love to see you test some offerings from Fenix thoroughly! Ironically, some reports are that the latest generation of Fenix's BCR series lights do actually suffer some qc issues, (battery contacts rattling loose with subsequent and potentially catastrophic loss of light)...QC is where Lezyne tend to truly shine! (😂pun intended)....
@@BoogieBrew thanks mate, that’s really appreciated 🙏🏻
I just found out about the lack of replacement batteries on most brands. Very unEU, considering many of these are euro companies. Where can you get chargers for the 18650 batteries?
The Fenix lights and most others which utilize removable batteries, (whether 18650 or other 'standard' sizes), support rechargeability of the battery simply by plugging into a USB C port built into the light itself. In addition, plenty of 18650 batteries utilize a direct USB Micro port which allows the battery istelf to be charged directly via any common USB outlet. This provides multiple charging options. There are also dedicated charging cases which will power 2 or more 18650 batteries at a time.
I’ve always used Lumicycle from the early twin Halogens to Halide to LED. Got lots of different Leyzne too including micro drive rears and an 1100 which is a perfect backup or helmet light to complement the lumis
I'm blind as a bat, so I always fancy myself a good light!! 😅
Yes, I have to agree, Lezyne lights are fantastic. I have the 660 lumen and 1300 lumen. Both are going strong still after years of usage, but this 2400+ is a game changer for both camping and bikepacking at night due to burn time in the lower settings!!
I've used the 1300 at economy 150 lumen for ultra distance night time, and surprisingly it has worked fine!!
Dang, salivating over this 2400+ now. 😊😅😅
They make a great mini torque wrench kit , that's been absolutely brilliant.
@@kevindean9613 test on that coming up too, thanks for the feedback
Have a Lezyne 1600XL that I've been very happy with. Now that I'm doing some proper night riding, I just ordered a 1400+ so I have 2 lights on the bike. Don't want to be 25 miles from the car with a failed light. Buying a second Lezyne was a no brainer.
@@CrabgrassFarmer if you twist the mount 90 degrees the 1400 should work as a helmet light too
I’ve got an older Moon Meteor, still only 6-7 years, working but the last time I turned it on it got incredibly hot and I had to turn it off quickly and haven’t turned it back on since then. Might be ok but LiOn battery going off is scary. I have a bunch of Lezyne stuff including lights and they are rock solid and good value.
Good to see some alternatives, have been running exposure max d and Diablo on head for a few years but for gravel and some conditions I might try the 100 quid version of Lezyne it looks quite good
Great review just bought a lezyne 2400 with the strap but it moves around over bumps how tight does it does it have to be?🤔 I also bought the hard mount kit maybe it would be better and not move?🤔
The amount of modes on lights drives me crazy. I love my Moon Rigel Power but it has about 20 different modes! And if I accidentally select the wrong one, which is very easy to do, it's really difficult to get back to the right one. Not ideal when I am dropping in to a nice trail section.
I just want low, medium, and high! Manufacturers listen up - less is more
@@joekindred7901 my thoughts exactly. Having to panic scroll through a ton of strobe modes when you overshoot the max is a nightmare!
Still got my BLT set with the water bottle battery and the quill stem mount. Not worked for years but haven’t the heart to chuck em out. An Aldi cheapie chucks out more power these days 😂
That's helpful. Plus I don't do enough night riding to justify a big spend .keep the Honest reviews coming.
I see they also have an 1800+ version. Can you show that in the future?
@@comedyman112 if I get one I’ll feature it for sure
Do you tend to use a Lezyne mount or the rubber strap that came with it Guy? My 2400+ arrived today and I'm not entirely confident the rubber strap will be enough to secure the light.
Lezyne’s distribution and aspects of their support are wobbly, not sure if its a post BREXIT/UK thing or more generally. Edit: I’m putting some lights on for a long winter spin this weekend and out of the blue the on/off/mode switch on an Exposure light is misbehaving, and a mounting bracket broke (i was using a torque wrench to tighten it). Irritating.
Totally agree and endorse Lezyne, road and off road. Knog the worst lights for UK.
Like Exposure Joysticks and Hope too.
I have a 1300 XXL The body is robust however I had the little rubber button disappear during a ride. It is only held in place by a flexible rubber flange. Not great design. You can see the micro switch under it once it has vamoosed. Nicked one of a cheap old Aldi light I had that fitted perfectly.
Currently can pick up the 1400+ for around £80. 👍
Any bright ideas on rear lights - for that tarmac drag back home after a night ride? And particularly how/where to mount them?! I've a bunch of nice rear lights but they aint much good strapped to a seat tube thats lower than the top of a 29 inch tyre, and covered in clart! Seat mounted lights seem to be brand specific or hard to find and still dont avoid the mud. Clipping something to your jacket collar and it just flops about/falls off....!?
@@sholehan I normally go for back of the helmet but that often means putting the light sideways so the strap works
I have an aging Exposure Toro Mk 11 (2000 lumen/3100 in Reflex) and that Lezeyne Mega Drive looks like a bit of a bargain upgrade to me, not sure I need tons of lumens even if I ride the steep off piste stuff I usually ride in the day time. Like the idea of that rubber mount on my carbon bars - I've had an exposure one fail on me down a particularly rocky Peak District footpath....
Sorry, I can ask ,Just.
Bought lezyne 1400 for the bars, but I'm going to back it up with a head torch ,question, is the 1000 spot format better or can you use a handle bar mounted 1000 as a head torch.?
@@ceriway380 you could use a 1000 Lezyne but the beam is broader than you need. The Fenix I’ve got on test is a really focused beam and it works really well on a helmet
Lezyne seems to have missed a few important trends,...
Mtb lights tend to get much brighter with far wider beams.
If someone with a magicshine 6500, 8000 or 12000, exposure 5000, .... passes you full power your eyes addapt to the brightest light, first you ride in your own shadow or in a narrow cone and next you are left with a dark, narrow beam,... if you compare with the magicshine 8000 at 2400 lumen it's clear that the much wider beam on the bar works much better for the eyes,.. it's not a dancing spot, there is less tunnel effect,.. on most rides a helmet light is not really required with tbe 8000.
The magicshine moh 55 helmet light has a pretty wide 4000 lumen output, the price is close to your lezyne headlight. The build quality and connectors are decent,..
On enduro style rides 8000 + 4000 lumen is often a big advantage, you want to see as much as possible, you want to see what are dry or wet spots/ roots, what looks loose,... i don't like to much weight on my bars but i can understand why people get the 12000 lumen barlight,...
I also started 30 years ago with moonrides, a pezl, a 10+5 watt hallogen smart,... i once thougth 1500 lumen combined was all i would ever need and that lupine was crazy with the betty,... there are plenty of conditions where i am just blinding myself if i use too much light, but there are quite a few moments where full power helps to ride safer/ faster,...
On the road 2400 lumen is more than plenty but if you want to get some throw without blinding everybody else you need a sharp cut-off, another trend lezyne missed,...
Time for lezyne do some catching up, untill then you could maybe make a video on the lezyne pumps to thank them for their support, there they are still among the better options!
The trend of overpowering a round beam with a hot spot like magic shine does isn't great,..washes out the trail details
Wider is better though, outbound lighting did it well, full on lighting is taking it a step further and compensating the beam with with more lumens to have more usable light while retaining perceived bright back
There's some cheapiesnthat are wide like the Infun GT200...but it only has adequate throw, so something like a Novsight 800 to give you lots of throw all for under 100 USD
What every bike light brand is missing out on is amber/selective yellow and even green led/lens options for better contrast/trail details or no light blow back on snow covered trails(green)
@MichaelRobibaro, for me magicshine hardly has a hotspot, the beam is also wider than it's high. There is a reason why most reviews place magicshine pretty high in their lists,..
For me white light works fine, also in snow. A wider beam and no hotspot helps prevent blinding. If you light for the snow you might have to little light for the dark patches,.. and sometimes you might blind yourself,.. but i didnt find a magic foglight yet,..
@@kanaalvanNIif people put magic shine on top of their list, it's because they have yet to run a good light...
They do offer a couple shaped beams with cut offs, but they don't offer a good light for single track.
Monteer 6 and 8k is trash
Their 12k o haven't personally used yet, but looks like a continuation of over powering a crappy round beam(untill thermal overload happens)
The 12k does has a shaped low beam
The light itself still looks hot spotty from other people's beam shots
Look into outbound lighting Evo($249) full on lighting MB6 (399), those are what I consider elite for the single track segment, but without the price of exposure(just a round beam like night rider) and insane prices like Lupine($1200)
One could do two cheap lights for under 100 and outperform most other lights illumination wise
Infun GT200 on helmet for nice and wide beam $65
Novsight for bar light for lots of throw $25
I personally still rock 2 amber Baja s1 WC on helmet and 2 morimoto 1 bangers amber SAE wide on bars
the 2400+ is listed with a weight of 280g on their official website. which weight is true?
@@comedyman112 just double checked and my scales definitely say 334g
True is on website. It's Light only, without Strap. I supose because of plenty variants of Mounting.
i use my lezyne 600xl to get to the trail, then i can turn the Gemini 4000's on, the lezyne has been great, i use it if commuting too, it must be 4 years old and still going strong, the Gemini's, not so much tho, the new battery is at least waterproof this time.....
@@Timtheranger where did you get your Gemini from. Those were my go to light and grouptest winners for years and a lot of my mates still run the ones I used to get sent for test. Didn’t think anyone imported them anymore though?
@@GuyKesTV iride uk has some Gemini stock, but not the 4000's, just had a look on Gemini's site and it doesn't look good, no stock at all, they must be in trouble, shame really, I've had my lights so long i can't remember where i bought them, merlin probably.
(update) I've just pulled out my 4000's and the battery has failed! can't find a replacement, it looks like the magicshine batteries use the same round connector, do you have any magicshine batteries to test if it works before i spend out on the battery? it might also be worth testing for your friends lights too, batteries don't last forever, as I've been reminded....
Is the 1400 strong enough for a blast round glentress with an additional head torch on? Or is the 2400 needed?
@@TheScramble8 1400 isn’t going to be like daylight but with a lid light it’ll be fine
Hhhhmmm i was about to buy a magic shine 12000 but im not so sure now. I like the idea of having the battery separate so i can mount it's weight down low on the top of the downtube near the bottom bracket. What would you recommend for a separate battery style light?
@@max-eb9vi if you’re going for a separate battery with maximum power then you’re right to think Magicshine. If you meant 1200 though I’d go with a built in battery. You really won’t notice the extra weight on your bars but there’s no faff with frame straps and flapping cables
@@GuyKesTVthanks for the reply, ive gone with the lezyne 2400+ for the bars and 1200+ for the helmet. The ipx7 waterproofing and partly the price won me over in the end. Like you say fancy is nice until it doesn't work and its not something you want to let you down. Ill drop in the comments in a few months and share my experience with them
@@max-eb9vihow you finding the 2400? I’m looking at getting one just wondering how it is
No, Lezine 2400 don"t work as a powerbank.
So you have go fed up of Exposure to. Far to complex and battery life is no where near their claimed battery life . Especially the smaller Trace etc lights.
I've found exposure to be very accurate with run time.
try the MOON RIEGEL PRO. 1000 lumens and only 109 grams
@@maciejweremko6189 got one of the bigger Riegel lights on the way 👍🏻
@@GuyKesTV MOON RIGEL lights are amazing very high tech. motion sensors, USB-C Garmin mount ETC. love them
Moon reigal have way too many modes,also mines a little over 12 months and has started with glitches,they only offer a very Limited 12 month warrenty, battery is only 3 month.
They have rubbish mounts. Moon lights are just as good, cheaper and have much better mounts.
@@markianross TBF I’ve not had a Moon on test for a few years and you’re the second person recommending them so I’ll try and get some
Their bike lights are just mediocre, same old crap as 90% of the market
Round bull's-eye hot spot beam, just adequate for single track, horrible for Urban and gravel(no cut off)
There's better lights that are inexpensive like infunGT200 or King kong ray 1500
And Novsight for a great supplement light
And there's more expensive ones like outbound lighting or full on lighting
Is it because they gave you free stuff
@@Chloe-ei9iw not really, everyone gives me ‘free stuff’ it’s the perk of being a tester. There are several more expensive lights I’ve been given but I default to the Lezyne for most rides just for reliability.
All these Lezyne bike lights are way overpriced. In Australia, the
2400+lm is a ludicrous $319.99. The Magicshine Ray 2100lm is
only $199.95 for example, and the Azur Titan 3000lm is only $179.00.
It's obvious this poor, so-called "review" is just a paid advertorial. If
you get a bundle of free lights, you're hardly going to bad mouth them
as a reviewer are you.
@@geoffrogerson6240 sorry Geoff, didn’t check Australian pricing. Are the Magicshine and Titan lights sold direct or through a distributor / shops as that’s the case in the UK. I’ve been getting boxes of ‘free’ lights from different brands for the past 25 years for magazine and website review so believe me, I’m always looking for a way to ‘bad mouth’ stuff. Otherwise what i write / say is totally pointless. I’ll admit it’s getting harder to find downsides these days as most product is pretty damn good. But thanks for your feedback and to everyone else in Aus, check the pricing before you buy!