First -here is how to replace the batteries.
Line up the spike with the arm. With your right hand, grab the round section between your thumb and your index finger. Place your index finger on the top round part where the flexible arm attaches, and put your thumb against both the spike and the arm, but not touching the bottom cylinder. This will stop the middle section from rotating.
Now with your left hand, grab the cylinder on either side of the spike. Twist a half turn clockwise. It will unlock and detach in your hand.
If it is spinning 360 degrees, you are doing it wrong. If it is difficult to turn, you are doing it wrong -you shouldn't have to force it.
It will be easy to put it back in place. Just line up the tabs with the slots, then twist a half turn counter-clockwise to lock back into place.
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Now for my review. The battery pack is confusing and apparently easy to break, given all the complaints about it here. It is not the least bit intuituve, and there is no indication on the packaging of how to do it. This seems like a pretty huge oversight to me.
It is alright as a book light. It is a bit dim, however the light is very smooth and even which is often not the case with LED lights.
The "spike" mechanism for anchoring the light to the book is really nice. The normal method of clipping the light to the cover or some pages always slips off and sometimes even damages the book. This slides right in place, keeping the light where you want it.
I bought this as a gift for someone, but I decided against giving it to them after trying it for myself. Overall, it's just not good enough.
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ive been searching for a good book light for a while and have bought several. i think ive finally found the one. its reletively small and uses a easily obtainable (aaa) battery. also, instead of attaching to one side of the book or the other it goes right in the middle, secures nicely with no moving spring clip to break, so the light lights both pages very nicely. i like the long flexible neck which allows the light to be positioned right over the midle of the spline. as long as it lasts a fair amount of time i'd say its perfect!
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I've been looking for a book light for a long time. The ones I've tried in the past just don't match up to this handy gadget that my daughter told me about. I've had no trouble seeing both pages with it. I clip it to the back binding plus some pages, enough to make it stable. I like that the light adjusts to my needs and is bright enough to see, like I said, both pages of a book. The battery replaces easily with a twist of the underside battery holder. Don't try to unscrew it from the top, that's where you can make another adjustment of the light placement along with the bendable arm.
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I picked up a Spike light at a local store, hoping to use it with my Kindle 2 for reading, and it works quite well.
I use this light with my Kindle in the Amazon Kindle Leather Cover and while the gap on the light is a little bit too wide, it still fits fairly well. Once I'm settled in and reading, I don't notice it wobbling, but if it did a little bit of electrical tape or soft velcro wrapped around one section of the light clip would be enough to tighten it up. On a thicker cover, I'm sure it would fit perfectly.
Once positioned in place, I've found that the gooseneck arm is sturdy enough to keep the light from gradually sinking out of position. Being 2 small LEDs powered by a AAA battery, it isn't the brightest light ever, but certainly enough for reading the Kindle in a dark room.
Overall, a nice little light for $12, I'll be picking up another one to keep one in my travel case and one by my reading chair.
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This thing broke almost immediately. The part that holds in the battery is, for no reason at all, three separate pieces held together with thin plastic clips, which have to resist an insanely powerful spring. One reviewer here mentioned duct tape; we're using electrical tape (it's a better size) to try to hold this thing together, but it's tough to even tape together because the spring inside is so stupidly oversized.
For the same price, I'm getting three book lights shipped from Hong Kong.
