In my opinion this is one of the best LED desk lamps on the market. If you read my other reviews, I am especially critical of supposed higher quality and expensive products, but am thoroughly impressed with these examples from Koncept.
Why?
They are quality fixtures with an award winning (literally) design and it shows. The counterweight is precisely designed to maintain the lamps position you get a clear demonstration of this when removing the LED head, the weight goes off and the lamp rises up. This means that you don't have to rely on awkward rubber bushings or tightening screws to maintain a position the head moves freely anytime you want to change the position.
The LED head is also affixed to a ingenious cam, such that when the "arm" is raised and lowered, the head remains at the same set level again, another quality engineering implementation that lesser LED lamps generally do not offer.
The almost exclusive use of aluminum means that the product is devoid of cheap plastics and lends an overall feel of quality and appearance that will work in your design studio, or a home office.
The color temp of the LED in this warmer version is accurate at 2700k and did not look overly "blue." If you know a bit about LED's this color temp is the hardest to produce without driving up the wattage since some yellow filtering is required to tune out the blue tint, inherent in the diodes used to produce this color of light. The warm temp is a recent engineering marvel in the LED world and the lamp has some of the best LED's in use.
It is worth noting that despite the formula of using low powered LED's in higher numbers (vs fewer, high powered units) the lamp still produces a distinct "hot spot" of light. I would have liked more spill, but understanding the limitations of LED's I would rather live with this than a blurry fresnel type lens that would further reduce the total lumen output.
Yes the price is high, but if you want a quality desk lamp that won't cheapen the look of well put together office, this is it. If you're just looking for an inexpensive, bright LED desk lamp solution, this is probably not for you as the quality of materials, engineering and design would not be worth the extra premium.
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I really like the light and it's great construction. You don't have to tighten or loosen knobs to adjust it is very well balanced and is easily moved and holds it's position on it's own. As you adjust the arm up or down the lamp part mechanically adjusts itself so that it flattens or angles farther depending on the position. Basically you just adjust the height of the lamp and the lamp itself adjusts automatically which is really neat.
The light brightness is also adjustable and comfortable to work with. I work from home usually once a week but many times lately I've worked for a few days at a time with it and it lights up a good area and I haven't had any fatigue or anything with it. It also doesn't throw off much heat which is nice if you are working with it for extended periods.
The only problem I have with it is the light switch itself. It's really a pain to use. I'm not sure if it's just mine or if they are all like this but it doesn't register commands very well. So I'm sitting there fumbling for a bit either trying to turn it on or off. What I do is just set the dimmer where I like it and use a switched outlet for the lamp so overall this isn't a big issue for me, but it is a weakness.
Overall it's a great product and I'd buy it again. It looks really sharp, the construction is great and the ease of adjusting it is nice. The touch thing would be great if it worked but mine is problematic. That really doesn't stop me from enjoying the lamp though it's still a great product overall.
