LightWedge Reading Light - Regular
by ThinkGeek
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Category: Lighting See more product details |
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of LightWedge Reading Light - Regular
Customer Review: Good product with limitations
Summary: 3 Stars
I read books at night, frequently, so I purchased this product so I wouldn't disturb my wife. This light source is simple in design: tiny LED lamps illuminate a thin piece of plastic (working similar to a fiberoptic lamp Lumisource LS-FO SPRAY Fiber Optic Spray). It is about the dimensions of a full sized book and the black handle which houses the battery/light source is somewhat bulky. A small button toggles the light intensity from low to dim to off.
USE
Place the item on the page that you want to read, push the button to the light intensity that you desire (allow your eyes to adjust to the darkness, which may take a minute or more), and flip the item to the other page to read. As you turn the page, you will need to take the item out, and place it back into the book.
In concept, this product is ideal. You have a light source that is limited to the pages that you are viewing. However, even on the highest intensity (let's call it dim and dimmer), the light is still somewhat low. What can you read with this item? Books that have high contrast paper (glossy pages are most ideal since the reflective proper of the paper allows for better view). Conventional novels are a bit more difficult to read. Magazines are impossible unless you read on your stomach with the magazine placed on the bed. Furthermore, pictures are difficult to see, at best.
DURABILITY
Like any screen on a laptop, I placed a SCREEN PROTECTOR on my lightwedge to prevent scratches. Any scratch with transmit uneven light (more than usual).
Given that LEDs have very little power requirements, I have had the same batteries in the unit for the past 3 years, and it is still running.
DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS
More LED bulbs along the 'spine' of the handle would improve the light intensity.
A thinner, scratch resistant plastic with a lighter handle would be a marked improvement.
VERDICT
Knowing the limitations and tendency for scratches, it is an innovative product that still has good uses. You will need to try this product for yourself, before you can decide if it works for you.
Customer Review: Alternative book light
Summary: 3 Stars
Mixed review.
I like it, I have the red light version.
It's very unobtrusive while reading in bed. I never wake my wife.
UNLESS I need to turn a page. I have to physically move the light wedge out of the way and turn the page and replace the wedge. That part gets a little annoying.
The red light does seem to be a little dim at times.
Batteries last a long time and the fact that they are AAAs makes them easy to replace.
Customer Review: Far less useful than promised in its description & marketing materials....
Summary: 1 Stars
We are so disappointed. I ordered a LightWedge Original for each of us, as we like to read in bed, on airplanes, etc. They just arrived last week. We so wanted to love this product. However, it doesn't illuminate the whole page as described but just radiates one thin pale strip of light at the spine and around the edges, plus it throws a couple thin horizontal strips of light across the page. Talk about eye strain! I see some of the happy reviewers mentioned having two brightness settings. Our model has only an "on/off" switch. I expressed my disappointment & displeasure in an email to the manufacturer but got only a response suggesting we'd either used old, weak batteries or inserted them wrong. I replied that the batteries were fresh from the package, etc., but have had no further communication from them.This product is woefully overpriced for what you get. I'll be shipping them back to Amazon and asking for a refund.Customer Review: What a disappointment!
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this light for my husband from a local Borders store. What a disappointment! It has very poor light, and only one setting for brightness. Must be a new style. The enclosed pamphlet says there are two settings for brightness, but a sticker on the outside of the packaging says that it has a new one setting for brightness. Not a good idea, as that one setting is not bright enough, OR we had a defective light. Back it went to the store. We are thinking about checking out the Phorm light.