Rating: 4/5
Review:
A very good lamp
This lamp was sent to me for review, and I'm impressed
overall. It's an inexpensive item so I
thought it might be a bit flimsy and not work all that well, but I was
wrong. It seems well made and works well
.
The lamp comes well boxed with a user manual and a USB
charging cable. A minor gripe is that
it's a pin connection so you need to use this specific lead; micro-USB
would have been more flexible, but it's a trivial complaint really. Charging is simple and the lamp just works. There is a very sensitive touch control which
toggles through three increasing brightness levels and then to off again.
The whole thing seems well made. The base will act as a stand if the neck
isn't extended sideways so it topples over, and has a good, strong clamp which
makes it very versatile. The clamp is
designed so that it grips with two quite sharp plastic bits (see photo), which
may mark softer surfaces; it marked the leather on my Kindle cover when I
tested it there, for example, so do be careful.
It is fine when gripping hard surfaces like a desk or shelf, but I think
it could have been better thought-out.
The neck is a sensible length and very flexible so you can
point the light in pretty well any direction.
I find it very good for working by or reading, for example. The battery life is pretty good: the claimed
times here of 8hours (low light), 6 hours (medium) and 3 hours (brightest) seem
about right.
In short, this is a very decently made, nice looking and
practical lamp which is a good deal better than I expected, to be honest – with
the proviso about the clip design. It's
too early to say how durable it is, but it seems robust; I will update this review if I have any
problems. For now, I'm very pleased
with mine and I can recommend it.
Amazon page HERE
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