Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL Reviews
Review score: 9.5/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £64.99 – Save 7% (RRP: £70)
Take a look now to discover what makes Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL worthy of a review score of 9.5 out of 10.
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Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL features
Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black Other Lights found with this Spec: 6387 |
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Feature 1
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Front Light (Hecto Drive 500XL) Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Blast: 500 lumens – 1 hour Other Lights found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 3
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Enduro: 200 lumens – 2 hours Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 4
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Economy: 100 lumens – 4 hours Other Lights found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 5
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Femto: 15 lumens – 20 hours Other Lights found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 6
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Day Flash: 500 lumens – 5.45 hours Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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Flash One: 50 lumens – 13.30 hours Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 8
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Flash Two: 50 lumens – 13.30 hours Other Lights found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 9
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Pulse: 50 lumens – 15 hours Other Lights found with this feature: 2 |
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Price
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£64.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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4 |
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Review Score
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5 / 5 Average score in category: 4.0/5 |
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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 Lights. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL 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 Lights. 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 Lights. Brands like Lezyne 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 Lights 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 Lights.
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 Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL.
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 Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £64.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.8 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Lights
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Lights.
We found 327 in the Lights category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £63.00, making it above average at £64.99.
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 Lights. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £425.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £1.99.
With 327 products available we worked out that 101 cost more than Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL and 223 were cheaper.
Cost of Lezyne products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 165 products from Lezyne, of which 36 were in the Lights category.
For now though we’re looking at Lezyne branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £40.09 making this product above average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Lezyne product we found was £1.60 and the highest price we could find from them was £225.99.
Of the 165 from Lezyne, 28 were more expensive than Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL and 135 were cheaper.
How much are Lezyne Lights?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Lezyne products that are listed in the Lights category.
The average price of the 36 products that match this search was £61.01, with the cheapest coming in at £10.99 and highest price was £225.99. With the average being £61.01, Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL comes in above average.
12 products that meet this search were more expensive than Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL and 22 were cheaper.
Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL 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 Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.1 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Lights category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.0 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 Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL or another similar product, like Lezyne KTV Pro Smart 75L Rear Light reviews or Lezyne Macro Drive 1300XL 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 Lights.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Lights. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Lezyne, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL. 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 9.5/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25308771677
- Product ID 2: 755058UK
- Brand: Lezyne
- Model number: L-1-LED-9P-V1404
- RRP: £70
- EAN: 4712806002244
- Description: Lezyne Hecto Drive 500XL / Strip Light SetKeeping you excellently illuminated through the darkest rides and murkiest weather conditions, this lightweight and durable pair of Lezyne lights are the ideal riding companions. Comprising of a 500-lumen Hecto Drive front light and a 150-lumen Strip Light, this set gives brilliant brightness, ride after ride. Housed in a sturdy aluminium casing with integrated cooling fins, the front light stays protected and durable, no matter the weather, Ruggedly-Built and Long-Lasting Front and Rear Bike LightsThe Strip Light also gives a protective and hard-wearing performance thanks to its co-moulded casing keeping it waterproof and weatherproof for year-round use. Each light comes with a range of modes to suit the conditions and weather encountered on your journey. Both have a Day Flash mode for improved daylight visibility and also include: Front Light (Hecto Drive 500XL) Blast:¬†500 lumens – 1 hour Enduro:¬† 200 lumens – 2 hours Economy:¬†100 lumens – 4 hours Femto:¬†15 lumens – 20 hours Day Flash:¬†500 lumens – 5.45 hours Flash One:¬†50 lumens – 13.30 hours Flash Two:¬†50 lumens – 13.30 hours Pulse:¬†50 lumens – 15 hours Rear Light (Strip Light) Blast:¬† 45 lumens – 2.15 hours Enduro:¬† 15 lumens – 7 hours Economy:¬†3 lumens – 30 hours Flash One:¬†25 lumens – 8 hours Flash Two:¬†15 lumens – 8 hours Flash Three:¬†15 lumens – 8.30 hours Flash Four:¬†20 lumens – 10 hours Flash Five:¬†5 lumens – 29 hours Day Flash:¬†150 lumens – 6.30 hours Super-easy to recharge, the Hecto Drive light has an integrated USB stick to boost the power, while the Strip Light comes bundled with a Micro-USB charger. Easy to attach to your bar and seatpost via the versatile mounting points, this superb light set is an excellent choice for those who like to ride in the lowest light conditions. Features: Material:¬†Front: Machined Aluminium body; Rear: Durable co-moulded construction Maximum Output: Front: 500 lumens; Rear: 150 lumens Battery Life:¬†Front: 20 hours; Rear: 57 hours Recharge Time:¬†Front: 2.5 hours; Rear: 2 hours Charging:¬†Front: Integrated USB stick for cable-free recharging; Rear: Micro-USB cable Weight:¬†Front: 84g; Rear: 53g Buy¬†Lezyne Lights¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Accessories > Lights
- Savings percentage from RRP: 7%
- Unisex
- 5.01
- Adult
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Lezyne Hecto 40L reviews, Lezyne Super Drive 1600XXL KTV Pro Smart Set reviews, or we really liked the look of Lezyne Super Drive 1600XXL Front Light reviews as another alternative.