SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter Review

SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter Reviews

Review score: 9.3/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £48 (RRP: £48)

Take a look now to discover what makes SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter worthy of a review score of 9.3 out of 10.

SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter Review


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SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter features

SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter specs

SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter
Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Gear Shifters found with this Spec: 6387

Spec 2

Option: Rear

Other Gear Shifters found with this Spec: 19

Spec 3

Speed: 8 Speed

Other Gear Shifters found with this Spec: 58

Feature 1

Recommended Group: SRAM Red® eTap®

Other Gear Shifters found with this feature: 2

Feature 2

Speed: 8-Speed

Other Gear Shifters found with this feature: 5

Feature 3

Recommended group: SRAM EX1

Other Gear Shifters found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

Tuned for Single shifts only

Other Gear Shifters found with this feature: 1

Feature 5

Technology Highlights: X-Actuation™, MatchMaker X™

Other Gear Shifters found with this feature: 1

Price

£48

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Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Gear Shifters. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter.

The first thing is material. Looking at what SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Gear Shifters. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Gear Shifters. Brands like SRAM are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Gear Shifters category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.


Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Gear Shifters.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £48 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.6 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Gear Shifters

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Gear Shifters.

We found 184 in the Gear Shifters category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £114.04, making it below average at £48.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Gear Shifters. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £389.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.99.

With 184 products available we worked out that 111 cost more than SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter and 72 were cheaper.

Cost of SRAM products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 302 products from SRAM, of which 57 were in the Gear Shifters category.

For now though we’re looking at SRAM branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £186.89 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest SRAM product we found was £2.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £2300.00.

Of the 302 from SRAM, 187 were more expensive than SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter and 114 were cheaper.

How much are SRAM Gear Shifters?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at SRAM products that are listed in the Gear Shifters category.

The average price of the 57 products that match this search was £93.01, with the cheapest coming in at £4.99 and highest price was £369.00. With the average being £93.01, SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter comes in below average.

30 products that meet this search were more expensive than SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter and 26 were cheaper.


SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.6 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Gear Shifters category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter or another similar product, like SRAM R2C TT 10 Speed Shifter reviews or SRAM Red HRD Shift-Brake Control reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Gear Shifters.


Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Gear Shifters. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with SRAM, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.3/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25010915529
  • Product ID 2: 572029UK
  • Brand: SRAM
  • Model number: 00.7018.311.000
  • RRP: £48
  • EAN: 710845793592
  • Description: SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger ShifterSRAM’s EX1 Trigger Shifter is specifically tuned for use with E-MTB bikes power assisted drivetrains, and as it’s equipped with SRAM’S X-Actuation technology, shifts are precise, fast, and efficient. It’s also specifically tuned to deliver one accurate shift at a time, so you avoid over shifting to the wrong gear, thus extending your E-MTB’s battery life and decreasing component wear and tear.Features: Recommended Group:¬†SRAM Red eTap Speed: 8-Speed Recommended group: SRAM EX1 Tuned for Single shifts only Technology Highlights: X-Actuation, MatchMaker XTechnologies:X-Actuation: Developed specifically for SRAM 1x, X-ACTUATION keeps shifting sharp and consistent across the entire cassette.MatchMaker X Integrated: The MatchMaker X clamp is more than just a clamp as it’s the ideal way to put everything in easy reach. Since each clamp accepts up to three controls, you can put everything from your XLoc suspension lockout, your SRAM shifters and brake levers as well as your Reverb XLoc remote, all on to two clampsBuy¬†SRAM Components¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Components > Gear Shifters
  • Size: Rear
  • Unisex
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  • Adult

Other options for Gear Shifters

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Gear Shifters. 184 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching SRAM EX1 X-Actuation Trigger Shifter included,
SRAM Red ETAP HRD Shift-Brake Control reviews, SRAM Red ETAP Shift-Brake Control reviews, or we really liked the look of Campagnolo Centaur Power Shift 11 Speed Ergos reviews as another alternative.

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