It throws out a powerful amount of light through a broad spread in a huge variety of attention-grabbing modes too. Lezyne’s rubbery Strip Drive is a bit bulky and heavy but the trade-off is a bombproof, securely fixed light (unless you’ve got a deep-section vertical TT post) that survives well in the worst conditions.
What's more, you can also get it bundled with the 800 lumen Micro Drive 800XL Pro front light for £97.00 / $99.99. You can also get a Pro version of the Strip Drive (£52.00 / $54.99) or the Pro Alert (£57.00 / $59.99) that takes max power up to a brutal 300 lumens to completely rule out any sorry-mate-I-didn’t-see-you excuses. That only costs a little extra too, which is impressive compared to most 'smart' lights nowadays. If you want an extra element of tech/group ride safety, then the model up - the Strip Alert Drive - uses an accelerometer to detect braking and trigger a brighter, solid setting than whatever you were running, and then run an alert setting when you’re stopped before reverting to your previous setting when you roll off. This also tells you when it’s fully recharged, a process which takes about two hours from flat on a high-power USB plug. In case you get confused by what life it's got left, there’s a small three step ‘battery remaining’ warning light on the side. The Strip Drive gave us just under two hours and 20 minutes at maximum constant power in mild temperatures, which isn't that long but theoretically, it can stretch a limp one-LED-at-a-time wink out to 57 hours. There are three steady modes (from 45 to 3 lumens), six regular/irregular/scrolling/flash modes for night running (from 25 to 3 lumens) and then two day-flash modes (a blinding 150 or 100 lumens). Lezyne has really gone off the deep end with its pre-set mode menu too.
Presuming your legs aren’t in the way, there’s enough brightness to really stand out to drivers too, not just the usual ' well I suppose if you squint there is a kind of incidental light spill to the side' you get with most 'wide angle' lights. The line of five LED bulbs gives a punchy rear output of up to 150 lumens but thanks to some really smart ridged lens work, you still get a good amount of light wrapping right around to the front quarter of the bike on either side. while an angled and slotted base puts the light at the perfect angle (Image credit: Guy Kesteven) Performance