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Cygolite's Metro Pro 1150 USB is the current mid-bright rung of its Metro Pro family: a handlebar headlight rated at 1150 lumens — the number in the name — with nine modes, a built-in lithium-ion battery, USB-C charging, and a stated 140 g on a 35 mm-capable hard-clamp mount. The maker tags it for mountain, road, and commute use, and designs, engineers, and assembles it in the USA. Light, USB-C charging cable, and mount ship together; the US warranty term is one year against manufacturing defects through an authorized dealer. Bacchetta Bikes lists it in stock at $89.95 as of 2026-09-16.
What separates this light from the retired Metro Pro generation it replaces is paperwork. Cygolite's spec sheet publishes the run-time table in full — Boost 1:00, High 1:30, Medium 3:00, Low 10:00, SteadyPulse 4:00, DayLightning 14:00, Triple Flash 22:00, Zoom 4:00, Walking 100:00 — and states IP67 waterproofing, a 140 g weight, and USB-C recharging with built-in fast charging in the same table. The predecessor Metro Pro 1100 carried the identical ladder without any of those last three in writing. Two blanks remain, and they are Cygolite's: charge time is listed as TBD and no dimensions are given.
Our verdict
Buy the $89.95 Metro Pro 1150 for an after-dark commute that fits its runtime table: Cygolite publishes all nine run times plus IP67, USB-C, and 140 g. Skip it if rides outlast High's 1:30 hours or the charge-time blank matters.
- A good fit for
- A rider commuting in the dark most days whose round trip sits inside High's 1:30 or Medium's 3:00 window and who wants the weather rating and weight stated, not guessed.
- We would skip it if
- Overnight trail rides needing more than 1:30 of full output, riders who want a published charge time or dimensions, and whoever needs a helmet-mounted light, since Cygolite documents a handlebar mount only.
Reasons to consider it
- The full run-time ladder is published: Boost 1:00, High 1:30, Medium 3:00, Low 10:00, SteadyPulse 4:00, DayLightning 14:00, Triple Flash 22:00, Zoom 4:00, Walking 100:00 — a mode for each leg of a mixed light-and-dark commute on one charge
- The durability claims carry numbers: IP67 waterproofing, a stated 140 g, a 35 mm-capable hard clamp with quick release, plus USB-C charging with its cable included
- SteadyPulse keeps a steady beam under the alert pulses, so the night leg stays lit while drivers get the flash — its rated 4:00 covers six 40-minute round trips per charge
The compromises
- Cygolite's sheet lists charge time as TBD: fast charging over USB-C is claimed, but no hours-to-full figure is published anywhere
- No dimensions and no battery capacity are documented, so bar clearance and true tank size cannot be checked before buying
- Cygolite sells through dealers and sets no list price of its own; the verified offer here is a single retailer's stock on a single day, at $89.95
What we have not verified: All output and run-time figures are Cygolite's published ratings; the maker attaches no test conditions or battery capacity to them. The spec sheet's own charge-time entry reads TBD, no dimensions are published, and the $89.95 price is one retailer's InStock offer on one day, not a maker price.
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Metro Pro 1150 USB
$89.95 at Bacchetta Bikes (InStock, checked 2026-09-16) buys the published nine-mode ladder from Boost 1:00 to Walking 100:00, with IP67 waterproofing, a stated 140 g, USB-C charging with its cable included, and a 35 mm-capable quick-release hard clamp.
Before you buy: The maker's spec sheet lists charge time as TBD and publishes no dimensions or battery capacity; there is no app or wireless feature, and the price is one retailer's stock on one day.
Price checked September 16, 2026. Retailer prices can change.Where a commute lands in the nine-mode ladder
Cygolite publishes nine run times for the 1150: Boost 1:00, High 1:30, Medium 3:00, Low 10:00, SteadyPulse 4:00, DayLightning 14:00, Triple Flash 22:00, Zoom 4:00, and Walking 100:00, summarized on its sheet as 1 to 100 hours. All are manufacturer ratings with no test conditions attached. The way to use the table is to set a round trip against it: a 40-minute round trip costs 0:40 of whichever mode runs both ways, so High's 1:30 covers two such days per charge, Medium's 3:00 covers four, and Low's 10:00 stretches the same trip across three working weeks — treat that rating as a well-lit-street brightness, not a dark-road one.
The table rewards grading modes instead of picking one. A rider who runs DayLightning — rated 14:00 — on the daylight leg and High on the dark leg of a five-day week of 30-minute round trips burns 1:15 of High's rated 1:30 and 1:15 of DayLightning's rated 14:00, so on Cygolite's figures one charge lasts the week with margin left. Boost, rated 1:00, is the burst for an unlit descent or a wrong turn, not a commute mode. Charge time is the one gap: Cygolite lists it as TBD, so the weekly top-up habit has no published hours-to-full figure — only the maker's claim of built-in fast charging over USB-C.
Day flashes sell presence; SteadyPulse is the night-traffic mode
DayLightning is the daytime-conspicuous claim, and Cygolite's wording stays on being seen: the mode bursts lightning-like flashes to make the rider stand out in broad daylight on busy streets. The spec promises that drivers notice the light in daylight, not that it lights the road at noon. The ladder adds Triple Flash at a rated 22:00 and Zoom at 4:00 without describing either anywhere on its page. For a day commuter the decisive figure is 14 rated hours of DayLightning — close to three workweeks of hour-long day rides per charge.
SteadyPulse is the night-traffic mode, and its design is in the name: Cygolite describes it as alerting motorists with attention-grabbing pulses while its overlapping steady beam constantly lights the way. The beam never goes dark between pulses, so potholes stay visible while the pulse does the announcing. It is rated at 4:00 against Low's 10:00, and the gap sizes the alert-and-see combination: on a 40-minute round trip, the 4:00 rating covers six commutes per charge. Walking, rated 100:00, is the utility end — a dim, all-week output for walking the bike or a dead-battery emergency.
What the numbers on the spec sheet actually cover, and the two blanks
The durability claims come with numbers attached. The sheet states IP67 waterproofing for use in all weather conditions — the dust-tight, submersion-rated digit the retired Metro Pro generation never printed — and a 140 g weight. The mount is documented as a hard clamp fitting up to 35 mm handlebars, with a quick-release tab, side-to-side swivel for aiming, rubber spacers for grip, and a low-profile thumbscrew, and the box adds the USB-C charging cable. USB-C itself ends the retired-cable problem: the light charges from the same lead as a modern phone.
Two blanks remain in the maker's paperwork, and both belong on the checklist before checkout. Charge time reads TBD on the sheet — the fast-charging claim has no published hours-to-full figure, so a before-work recharge cannot be planned against a number. And no dimensions are published: the 140 g weight is stated, but bar clearance and pocket size cannot be checked from the page. Battery capacity is likewise unstated; the run-time table is the only capacity proxy Cygolite offers. Neither gap blocks a purchase, but they move questions the sheet could answer into return-policy territory.
Where the 1150 sits in the Metro family, and the line the 1100 draws
The Metro family brackets the 1150 neatly. Metro Pro 1400 is the current output flagship for unlit speed, and Metro Plus 850 and 680 are the lower rungs for lit, short routes; Cygolite's production catalog lists no other Metro Pro between them. The retired generation lives in the maker's product archive — seventeen archived Metro models including Metro Pro 950, 1100, and 1200 — which is where a buyer comparing listings will meet them. Within that lineup the 1150 is the mid-bright current choice, tagged by the maker for mountain, road, and commute use.
The 1100 is the comparison the archive forces, and the archived page settles the hardware: it lists the identical nine-mode run-time table — Boost 1:00 through Walking 100:00 — and a published 2:30-hour charge-time figure, so the ladder buys nothing new. What the 1150 adds is documentation and the modern port: USB-C where the 1100 is micro USB, IP67 in writing where the 1100's page says only water resistant with no digit, a stated 140 g where the 1100's maker published no weight. Leftover stock is still out there — Bike Ahead's structured offer lists the 1100 in stock at $99.95, ten dollars above the 1150's verified $89.95 — and the archive model needs a discount to make sense.
Who should buy it, and the cases that end the purchase
The buy case has three parts a rider can check in advance. First, timing: the ride happens at dawn, dusk, or dark, where a rated 1150 lumens has work to do, rather than on lit streets where Metro Plus money covers visibility. Second, length: a round trip inside High's 1:30 window, or a willingness to grade modes so Medium, SteadyPulse, and DayLightning carry the legs — a five-day, 30-minute-a-day week fits inside one charge once the modes are graded by the run-time table. Third, price and terms: Bacchetta Bikes' $89.95 InStock offer carried structured-data pricing on 2026-09-16, and Cygolite's US warranty runs one year against manufacturing defects through an authorized dealer.
The skip cases are just as concrete. A mountain night ride needs more than 1:30 of full output between charges — Boost's rated hour is gone in one session — and that is Metro Pro 1400 territory. A rider who plans recharges against a number waits on a charge-time figure Cygolite has not published, and anyone who checks bar clearance or helmet fit from dimensions finds none. The mount is handlebar-only in the maker's documentation, so helmet-mount users look elsewhere. With those cases cleared, the $89.95 Metro Pro 1150 is the Metro Pro to buy on Cygolite's current sheets: same ladder as the archive, with the specs written down.
How we put this together
Built from the product pages and listings below, without test scores or results we have not measured. Specifications and prices change, so check the original page for the exact model, current price, delivery, and returns.
- Cygolite: Metro Pro 1150 product page (opens in a new tab)
- Cygolite: All Bike Lights catalog page (opens in a new tab)
- Cygolite: Warranty and Repairs page (opens in a new tab)
- Cygolite: Product archive index (opens in a new tab)
- Cygolite: Metro Pro 1100 archived product spec page (opens in a new tab)
- Bacchetta Bikes: Metro Pro 1150 USB Headlight retailer product page (opens in a new tab)
- Bike Ahead: Metro Pro 1100 USB retailer product page (opens in a new tab)
