Lezyne Macro Drive 1300XXL review

A quality option that offers up a greater battery life than the competition and produces a wide beam that helps keep your peripheral vision informed

Lezyne Macrodrive XXL
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Cycling Weekly Verdict

Lezyne's Macro Drive 1300XXL offers up a wide beam, with an additional central LED which puts a focus on the situation when needed. In terms of build quality and features, it's impressive - the overall package was only surpassed by Exposure's Strada MK10, but it's also less than a third of the price.

Reasons to buy
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    Solid construction

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    Reliable mount

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    Wide beam

Reasons to avoid
  • -

    Takes up quite a bit of space on handlebars

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Lezyne has been producing LED bike lights for close to a decade now. I was actually able to test one of the very first incarnations. I wasn’t impressed, the light was fairly heavy and its mount insufficient, the result being that I sent it flying off into a ditch somewhere. But that was - if my memory serves me correctly - seven years ago now, and Lezyne’s lights range has come on in leaps and bounds, to the point that I’d consider them one of the best bike light options on the market.

The Macro Drive 1300XXL emitted a notably more ‘floodlit’ beam when compared to the competition, and comes with a rubber mount that ensures it doesn’t budge. 

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Bike light tests 2021/2022: the grouptest comparisons
LightLeyne MacroDrive XXL1300Knog PRW Trail 1100Exposure Strada MK10Blackburn Dayblazer 1500
Lumens1300110015001500
Weight226g (claimed 208g)220g228g (claimed 230g)143g (claimed 140g)
Battery life (claimed)2.5hrs1.7hrs2hrs2hrs (lasted 2hrs+)
Modes76205
MountRubberClampAlloy bracketRubber
RRP£90/$99.99£119.99£300/$411£89.99/$95

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