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Just bought one of these. Small, super bright, decent battery life, and USB recharging. Feels quite robust, but I’ve not had a brilliant track record with Lezyne reliability in the past so will defer judgement...
Also, the strap is stretch enough to fit on aero bars on a road bike.
Cycle to Work discount brings it down to less than £20.
I had a Lezyne light die on me after about 18 months, and they sent me a brand new one. So I wouldn't worry on that front 8)
I have a few of their lights, front and rear, been pretty impressed. Much more expensive Exposure Maxx D was never right, always having issues.
I've just sent a rear light back to Wiggle. Seals have broken down and it's full of water, and one LED is permanently on. Not very good.
Given up on Lezyne lights. Badly sealed, got to the point where I simply didn't trust them after 2 failures, so ran multiple lights! Poor backup and attitude from UK importers was disappointing too.
The Microdrive 500XL is a superb little light. I had one of Lezyne’s early lights and yes, it was crap, but these ain’t they. It’s a perfect commuter light, see with and be seen (the pulse mode is excellent) all year round. Battery life is good - the button goes amber to warn you it’s getting low, but mine lasts well over half an hour in full mode, even when it’s amber.
Only crap bit is it has too many modes to click through to get the one you want. But then I only run mine in full or pulse.
If I didn't have the new See.Sense on order I’d get one!
Only crap bit is it has too many modes to click through to get the one you want
If you use a long press to turn it off and on it comes back on in the mode it was last in.