List Price: $199.99
Sale Price: Price Unavailable
Today's Bonus: 67% Off
This desk lamp is just beautiful and stylish while also having multiple features that most desk lamps don't have. It has four lighting modes for reading, studying, relaxation and bedtime each having a different brightness level and color frequency of the emitted light. It is energy efficient drawing 7.1 watts per my testing and it is about as bright as a 50 watt halogen bulb in my other desk lamps.
It features multiple adjustment positions to help provide the best positions to suit your needs. It also has a built in USB charging port for your smart phone or tablet. The LED lights have an expected life span of 45,000 hours or about 5.13 years if left on continuously. By using it in the evenings only you could expect about 15 years of life out of the LEDs. Think of the money you will save on light bulbs and electricity over the lifetime of this light. What I like is that the lamp does not produce the dangerous heat of a halogen desk lamp nor does it use glass in its construction or require replacement of the bulbs.
The lamp draws 7.1 watts on the brightest setting but actually uses 12.9 VA with a Power Factor of 0.55. This means the current is shifted out of phase with the voltage and it draws a little more current. Fortunately most power companies charge you for watts and not VA. My halogen bulb desk lamp uses 53.6 watts at a Power Factor of .99 but it obviously uses 7.5 times more watts than the LED lamp. The light output is higher but think of the difference in power consumption and the high heat of the halogen lamp bulb and the lamp hood. You can actually severely burn yourself on the halogen lamp hood.
With the LED light bar level to the surface of the desk it is 18 inches above the desk and it is high enough to reach once the top of one of my HP 23 inch diagonal monitors to provide light onto your working and typing area. There is also a 60 minute timer on the lamp that lets you set it to go off in one hour. This makes it a great lamp to use while reading in bed and you don't want to fall asleep with a light on. (This was my original plan for the lamp) There is a plus and minus adjustment on each light setting that lets you customize the lights brightness to your personal satisfaction.
This lamp is stylish and attractive and I like that it can output different levels of brightness of light and at different color frequencies. I was going to use the lamp on the headboard of our bookcase bed as a reading light but the lamp was so nice my wife took it from me and it is on her computer desk. This is an excellent product and I rate it at 5 stars and I recommend it to you.
I was supplied a sample of this product for evaluation and testing and I promised to provide a fair and honest review.
Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>
This lamp has all of the features that I look for in a good desk lamp and some that I'd never thought of. First of all, I love the sleek look and the way it adjusts to so many different positions. You can fold the shade part down against the main arm, so it stands up and down in a straight line when you're not using it. There is also a jointed part just above the touch controls near the base where you can tilt it forward, so you have a lot of options for lighting a large area of your desk. The base is heavy enough that I don't worry about one of the cats knocking it over and if you remove it by unscrewing it from the rest of the lamp it can be stored in a small amount of space. It would be great for use in a student dorm or in an office where it might be moved often.There are actually 27 small LED lights in this lamp. They are lit in different combinations to produce a wide variety of different lighting. One, marked "Reading" is a bright, daylight type of light that I would describe as cool. This is great for working or reading small print where you need an intense light. The next is one called "Study" which is a little different tone, not quite as intense, but still pretty bright and a little different color tone. Next there is a "Relax" light which is a warmer toned light that looks similar to an incandescent bulb, one you might leave on for regular ambient lighting or doing things where you don't need a strong light. The next is called "Sleep" which is more like mood lighting, very soft and warm. This one is nice to use with the 60 minute timer that will turn the light off after an hour. (Great for reading in bed.) In addition to these four different types of light that you can choose, there is also a and + control where you can adjust any of the 4 levels, making them dimmer or brighter by degrees, just by tapping it, to suit your taste. So it really has more than four lighting levels. These are all touch controls that you just tap to operate and the active one lights up with a tiny red light.
I like the LED lights because they are low energy and friendlier to the environment. They use about 80 to 90% less energy than an incandescent light. The ones in this lamp are rated to last 45,000 hours. That means that even if you used it for 8 hours every single day, it would last over 15 years! It says it takes 14 watts but when using the softer lights it probably uses even less. Another really nice feature is that it has a USB port near the base where you can plug in your iPhone, iPod or other mp3 player or tablet and charge it while you're working. (Or even after you've turned it off.) This is really handy when you're short on outlets.
Taotronics, the manufacturer, really put a lot of thought into the function and design features in this lamp. The quality really shows and it has become a big favorite in our home.
Best Deals for TaoTronics® Elune TT-DL01 (Piano Black) Versatile Natural Light
This TAOTRONICS ELUNE DESKLAMP/EMERGENCY LIGHT is portable and versatile, but the 6 watt LED light is equivalent to only a 50 watt bulb (at the highest setting). For me, this is the bare minimum light for a desk lamp. What I'm accustomed to is a lamp with a 100W incandescent bulb or a 13W fluorescent bulb. However, the lamp head turns easily to direct the light onto your work area, so you can make do with less wattage. The light is very white, without the yellow cast of incandescent or fluorescent light, and doesn't appear to distort colors.This desk lamp has a slim, attractive design. The base has a small footprint (4" x 6.5") that won't hog desktop space. The rechargeable battery is built into the lamp head, and the lamp head detaches easily for use as a portable light source during power outages, as a camp lantern, or as an emergency flashlight. A carabiner comes in the box for use in attaching the lamp head to a backpack or something else if desired. The lamp head itself has a wide opening at one end that allows the lamp to hang flat against a wall.
The lamp head has a touch-sensitive on/off switch--almost too sensitive, but one gets the hang of it soon enough. A long touch turns the lamp on or off, and short touches will cycle the lamp through its three brightness settings. When the lamp battery is charging, the on/off switch blinks. If the on/off switch stops working--as mine did during the initial charging process--you can fix it by using a toothpick or other slim, nonmetal object to press the reset button located inside the area where the lamp head attaches to the gooseneck. (The lamp will turn on and off quickly when you've actually hit the reset.)
To charge the battery, you attach the lamp to the flexible gooseneck and plug the stand base into an AC outlet. An AC charger is supplied. The lamp base also has a USB port for use in charging cell phones, tablets, and other devices. (This only works when the AC charger is plugged in. Also, the power drain from larger devices may dim the LED light, although this didn't happen when I charged a Nexus 7 tablet.)
This is a very nice, well-made product; clearly it is energy efficient. However, it seems expensive for a rather plain desk lamp (currently priced near $70), unless you need the detachable emergency lamp and/or USB charging features. Because of the price and the 50 watt maximum illumination, I rate it at 4 stars ("I like it" on the official Amazon scale).
Disclaimer note: This review is based on a product supplied to me free of charge for review purposes. I have no financial interest or business relationship with the manufacturer or seller, and this review represents my independent opinion of the product.
Honest reviews on TaoTronics® Elune TT-DL01 (Piano Black) Versatile Natural Light
When we first got the lamp, we tried a lot of methods and tried resetting but it still didn't work.But now all is great :) Thanks to Sunvalleytek's support and thanks for the replacement :) It's really nice!
Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for TaoTronics® Elune TT-DL01 (Piano Black) Versatile Natural Light
Although an attractive design overall, I don't like the little red control light. It is always on if the lamp is plugged in. It is far too bright, is very visible at night and also reflects off the shiny black plastic surfaces. It should be much smaller, dimmer and a quieter color if it needs to be there at all.Although the touch sensitive control panel is the high tech feature, its response to touch is uncertain unless you touch it just right. I suspect some elderly people could find this hard to get used to. I far prefer buttons which reliably respond to slight pressure rather than to touch.
Received in a day from Amazon and nicely packed. Would make an attractive house warming gift.
No comments:
Post a Comment