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Lezyne Deca Drive 1500i Loaded light


Lezyne’s most powerful light has some neat features but obvious off-road issues. The built-in thick rubber strap is awkward to hook into place, and noticeable shake on rough ground can be distracting. While the three LEDs don’t have much reach, they give a broad, smooth-edged spread without any irregularities. The prominent button makes it easy to use the light in thick gloves. Because the off, strobe and pulse modes are back-to-back in the menu, moving between power settings can require three hand-off-the-bar switch presses. ‘Overdrive Race’ mode dodges the flashing functions but only switches between 1,500-lumen ‘Overdrive’ and feeble 250-lumen ‘Economy’, making it impractical. The light on its own costs $210, with the ‘Loaded’ kit adding a run-timedoubling supplementary battery.

Weight 270g
Run time 1hr 35mins

Price $315


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