REVIEW – I’ve been needing a desk lamp for my work area for a while now but never saw anything that I really liked until I saw the Brightech LightView Flex LED Magnifier Lamp with Clamp and Base for Desk (5 diopter). After getting the chance to check it out first hand, I discovered that …
NEWS – The Radiant Micro Lantern from Niteize is the perfect lighting companion to add to your EDC. It can clip to your bag, the top of your tent, etc and has a 360º swiveling disc-shaped LED light that can shine in white, red, green, or blue. It features a water-resistant casing and a rechargeable …
This little lantern goes where you go and can shine in 4 colors Read More
NEWS – The Tape Light from N.BX is a portable and rechargeable 2-in-1 EDC light that you can hang from your backpack. It’s available in several colors and features LEDs around the edge and it also has an extendable strip of LEDs that you can pull out like a tape measure. The LED light string …
The Tape Light is an extendable string light for outdoor or indoor adventures Read More
NEWS – If you like products that serve more than one function, the Nitecore LC10 is a cable that should pique your interest. When you attach the magnetic contacts to the ends of a rechargeable lithium-ion battery (battery not included, check list on Nitecore’s site for compatibility) you can charge the battery by plugging the …
The Nitecore LC10 is a backup power source, flashlight, and battery charger all in one Read More
REVIEW – For those of us of a certain age, the need for wearable illumination with a wide vertical field to light both fields of view in our bifocals is very important. For years I have been struggling to find a good single-point method that doesn’t require me to adjust the light to provide both …
REVIEW – I have recently been made aware of the Eve brand home accessory line, as this will be the first of two Eve products that I’ll be reviewing. This is the Eve Flare portable smart LED lamp. This product lets you create ambient lighting pretty much anywhere you desire and has already proven to …
REVIEW – I’ve been using the BenQ ScreenBar Plus at my desk and I just love it. Plenty of light where I type, but minimal glare on the screen. Now BenQ has a clip-on version for laptops called the ScreenBar Lite. What is it? The BenQ ScreenBar Lite is a shrunken-down version of the standard …
NEWS – Aukey has made a portable Mini RGB Light. It has a 2200 mAh battery which charges in five hours using a micro USB cable and can be used while charging. It will provide five hours of light on the brightest setting and up to 80 hours in on the dimmest setting on one …
REVIEW – It seems like everywhere you turn nowadays everything is going “RGB”, LED, or connected. I thought maybe these LE iLUX Smart LED Flood Lights might make a nice addition to my computer setup. Read on to find out if they worked out. What is it? The LE iLUX Smart LED Flood Light is …
REVIEW – Who says you can’t do professional-style interior lighting on a reasonable budget? The Sengled Element Color Plus smart bulbs enable you to manage your interior lighting from your smartphone with complete control of color, warmth, and brightness. We’re already fans of the Sengled Element Smart Lighting system, and this addition makes it even …
So you’re thinking about dipping into smart home technologies, but want to start simple. The Sengled Element Classic may be just the thing for you. It’s easy to use, sets up in minutes, and is a remarkably inexpensive solution to creating a smart lighting solution for your home. Let’s get illuminated! What is it? It’s …
My previous house had those old-style ceramic, single-bulb ceiling light fixtures in the basement. There were three of them in about a 1000 ft² area, and two of them could only be turned on with those pull-chains. If I had seen these Motion Activated Garage Lights while I lived there, I could have converted that …
Turn a single-bulb garage or basement light socket into a motion-activated light Read More
The best thing about LED flashlights is that they provide light when you need them, but one of the worst things about most LED flashlights is that you need a hand to hold them. The FLEXiT Flashlight from Striker Concepts is an LED flashlight that you can stick it to a steel surface and you …
FLEXiT is a magnetic bendable LED flashlight that shines light where you need it Read More
You won’t be clipping this Book Light to the top of your hardcover book, but it will delight the book lover or the painfully-obvious pun-lover! When turned off, it folds down to look like a black journal. When you open the book, the “pages” fan open and the lights come on to provide accent lighting. …
Just like all books, this book will illuminate your life Read More
The SIXDEFLY LED bulb screws into any E26 fixture (this is the normal size used in most US fixtures), and it uses 4W of electricity to produce 300 lumens of 1900-2200K light. The bulb has three modes: standard, flame, and breathing. Apparently, you switch the light switch on/off to switch between the three modes. For best …
This LED bulb simulates a flame to turn any light fixture into a gaslight fixture Read More