LightWedge Original LED Book Light
by LightWedge
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of LightWedge Original LED Book Light
Customer Review: It works.
Summary: 3 Stars
Let me preface this by saying that this does what it's supposed to do, in that if I turn off the lights, and turn on the LightWedge, I can read what's on the page.
However it's by no means as wonderful as the advertising makes it out to be. Frankly, it's not that bright. It's not so much a glowing page you're reading, as a sort of unevenly lit pair of LEDs at the side of your page (and then the reflection of said LEDs off the opposite page). The glass has the effect of lighting the margins of the page better than the center, which would be useful if they put the text in the margins and left the center of the page blank.
The product image shows a beautifully lit page glowing like a laptop screen. This is by no means the case. I'm not sure that it's worse on the eyes than a more traditional booklight, but it's definitely worse than having a table-lamp on. Maybe I was expecting too much.
Given its price in comparison to other booklights, I expected more. Still, I can read text through it, and I do like that it's not very heavy and serves as a sort of giant bookmark, so ... 3 stars it is.
Customer Review: LightWedge Book Light
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this version of the LightWedge Book Light and the smaller one for paperback books. Both lights perform very well, but both of them have small blemishes in the glass which interfer slightly when reading. A modest annoyance, but still an annoyance, especially considering that these lights cost $25 each. The smaller one is brighter than the large one and is adequate for reading both paperback books and larger, hard-cover books. I would buy the lights again, but probably only the smaller size, and I wish LightWedge would do a better quality control job on their product. I asked Amazon to replace both units which they did quickly and easily; however, both replacement units still had small blemishes. I decided to keep them anyway because except for that, the lights do a good job when I'm reading in bedCustomer Review: not useful for bedtime reading
Summary: 3 Stars
My wife bought this for me so that I would be able to read at night without keeping the lights on. I read both magazines and fictional books, which are smaller in dimension. There are 2 problems with this product:
1) It is NOT 1-size-fits-all. It was not easy to use this lightwedge with the smaller fictional books. So I would have to buy another $25 wedge for the smaller size.
2) It also requires 4 AA batteries which make the black grid-end of the wedge heavier. This caused the lightwedge to keep slipping while trying to read lying down.
On the other hand, if you're looking to just read on a plane or elsewhere sitting up, then this product is good. We, however, returned this and are looking for other alternatives.
Customer Review: Useful light, but has some problems
Summary: 3 Stars
1) it's too big for paperbacks so my wrist and/or thumb gets sore from holding it, and the book up.
2) changing pages with it is hard
3) my 50-year old eyes have trouble focusing through the thickish plastic
4)it scratches easily and accumulates dust even while you are reading
If it had slight magnification (to make up for the loss from these 50-year old eyes, came in two sizes, didn't scratch so easily, and was a little lighter, it would be more useful.
I do use it as a night light, since the light is bright. the concept is great.
Customer Review: Should Have Gone with Tradition
Summary: 3 Stars
A little buyer's regret with this one. Put's out enough light to read by, but just barely. Couple that with the fact it is only a certain size and if you are dealing with a big book you must lay it on the page awkwardly and slide it around. It is made in the USA (a plus in my book). Another plus is it won't wake up your bed partner because it is very dim and only lights up the page you are reading. I'll keep it of course, but if it breaks I won't replace it and I'll buy my Dad something different like a Phorm model.