Brand-X Switch Lever Reviews
Review score: 9.0/10 – Updated September, 2024
Latest Price: £4.99 (RRP: £4.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Brand-X Switch Lever worthy of a review score of 9.0 out of 10.
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Brand-X Switch Lever features
Brand-X Switch Lever
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black Other Quick Releases found with this Spec: 6387 |
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Spec 2
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Size: NA Other Quick Releases found with this Spec: 2 |
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Feature 1
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Compatible with both 12mm and 15mm Brand-X Thru-Axles Other Quick Releases found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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HEX M8 (6mm) fitment Other Quick Releases found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Ride with it attached or removed Other Quick Releases found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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£4.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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5 |
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Review Score
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4.8 / 5 Average score in category: 4.2/5 |
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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 Quick Releases. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Brand-X Switch Lever.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Brand-X Switch Lever 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 Quick Releases. 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 Quick Releases. Brands like Brand-X 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 Quick Releases 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 Quick Releases.
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 Brand-X Switch Lever
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Brand-X Switch Lever.
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 Brand-X Switch Lever was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £4.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.9 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Quick Releases
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Quick Releases.
We found 30 in the Quick Releases category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £25.52, making it below average at £4.99.
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 Quick Releases. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £49.50, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £4.99.
With 30 products available we worked out that 29 cost more than Brand-X Switch Lever and 0 were cheaper.
Cost of Brand-X products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 75 products from Brand-X, of which 3 were in the Quick Releases category.
For now though we’re looking at Brand-X branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £31.46 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Brand-X product we found was £0.49 and the highest price we could find from them was £299.99.
Of the 75 from Brand-X, 59 were more expensive than Brand-X Switch Lever and 14 were cheaper.
How much are Brand-X Quick Releases?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Brand-X products that are listed in the Quick Releases category.
The average price of the 3 products that match this search was £12.66, with the cheapest coming in at £4.99 and highest price was £19.99. With the average being £12.66, Brand-X Switch Lever comes in below average.
2 products that meet this search were more expensive than Brand-X Switch Lever and 0 were cheaper.
Brand-X Switch Lever 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 Brand-X Switch Lever reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Brand-X Switch Lever, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.5 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Quick Releases category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.2 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 Brand-X Switch Lever or another similar product, like Hope Steel Rod Road Quick Release Skewer Set reviews or DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle 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 Quick Releases.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Quick Releases. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Brand-X, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Brand-X Switch Lever
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Brand-X Switch Lever reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Brand-X Switch Lever. 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 9.0/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010857855
- Product ID 2: 617413UK
- Brand: Brand-X
- Model number: BXBTASL
- RRP: £4.99
- EAN: 1234560032624
- Description: Brand-X Switch LeverBrand-X Switch Lever is designed for use along with the Brand-X 12mm and 15mm thru-axles. This simple to use lever offers a solid engagement with the axle and can be left in place as you ride or stashed away in your bag.Features: ¬†Compatible with both 12mm and 15mm Brand-X Thru-Axles ¬†HEX M8 (6mm) fitment ¬†Ride with it attached or removedBuy Brand-X Wheels & Tyres from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Wheels & Tyres > Quick Releases
- Size: NA
- Unisex
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- Adult
Other options for Quick Releases
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Quick Releases. 30 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Brand-X Switch Lever included,
DT Swiss RWS MTB Plug in Thru Axle Boost reviews, DT Swiss RWS MTB Boost Thru Axle reviews, or we really liked the look of Brand-X Bolt Thru Axle reviews as another alternative.