I am looking for a nice book light that can also last me a while. I have one by energizer, and while it's not bad, battery time isn't too great for my liking.

Any recommendations?

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[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Someone recommended headlamp to me few years back, but I haven't come across a one that works good as book light, most of them are super-bright for the purpose.

Just looked it up, it looks more like a normal torch attached to head strap than like your average headlamp, and it's a bit above my budget for a book light, but the reviews look good so can be a good long term solution.

Thanks for the recommendation!

[–] CamelCityCalamity@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's the beauty of this one. It has like 8 brightness levels and the first one is so dim it's too dark to read by. The highest will light up your entire yard in a 100' radius. (It's nuts, but it can't do that for more than 60 sec before it turns itself down.)

You never have to worry about what brightness level you left it at when you last turned it off (although it does remember it). You can instead long press the power button while it's off, and it will start stepping up through the first seven brightnesses startling with that "firefly" mode that wouldn't bother your eyes even in the middle of the night. And then it stays at the level where you release the button.

It's by far the best headlamp I've ever owned. Budget be damned, just buy it. You won't regret it. 😂

Oh, it also comes with a handlebar mount. It makes an excellent bicycle light.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

lol, guess now I have to get it.

[–] CamelCityCalamity@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I will say, if you have a book with glossy pages, or glossy print, having the light directly above your eyes can cause glare. You end up having to hold the book or magazine at a slight angle. That's an issue a book light doesn't have as much.

If you do buy it and don't like it, send me a DM and I'll see about buying it from you. I could always use a spare. But it has to be the Nichia warm white version.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Na, I like flashlights, have a few just laying around, fortunately stopped myself from "collecting" more before the hobby became too expensive. Having one more won't really matter, also don't have any headlamps, so one for the collection, if nothing else 😀

[–] CamelCityCalamity@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Excellent reasoning! Let me know what you think of it.