Characterisitcs of the Best Battery and A/C Powered Clip on Book Light Designs that Properly Light Your Books
Uncategorized September 5th, 2010
When selected properly, a book light can reduce eye stress by assuring ample light while reading, even in the darkest places, and can save both energy and money. A sturdy clip on book light design can make your light easy to attach to your book, book holder, or book stand, and many designs can do double duty as hobby, craft, podium or task lights. Light weight incandescent or LED designs can put just the right amount of light anywhere you need it, without wasting energy or disturbing those around you, like a spouse or partner sleeping beside you.
By illuminating your reading materials with just the right amount and color of light, a book light can help to save your eyes from strain and assist your reading in darkened venues. Our eyes require more light as we age, and providing the right amount of light for what we’re reading can be difficult. Obviously, the most perfect light for reading is natural sunlight coming directly from over your shoulder, but we often have to read when or where sunlight isn’t available. Hence, the correctly selected book light, a light we can use any time and any place we choose, iscan be} an incredible convenience. By then turning off the overheads and lamps lighting things other than our reading, we save considerable energy as well as the money it takes to pay for it.
When making the choice between incandescent and LED designs, 3 primary considerations are: the differences in the type of light produced by these two technologies, the cost of original purchase, and the cost of operation over time. Incandescent light sources typically create a warm, somewhat yellowish light, and incandescent bulbs typically last between 15-25 hours of use and then must be replaced. LED lights put out a whiter, cooler light, and many designs are now optimized to approximate the output of light from the sun. Today, most book lovers find the light of modern LEDs to be more “sun like”, producing greater contrast and making most printing easier to read. While replacement incandescent bulbs are usually available in local stores, and over the Internet, the expense and inconvenience of replacement can really mount up over time. Since LEDs offer life expectancies of 10,000 to 50,000 hours, their 10-20% greater initial purchase price quickly becomes irrelevant. Generally, LED book lights are now the preferred choice over the older incandescent.
Battery powered book light designs are the handiest, since they can be used anywhere. Unfortunately, batteries themselves are also a an item that must be replaced, lasting 20-30 hours of use at best, in either LED or incandescent designs. Optional A/C adapters are available for most book lights, but another option is to use a good battery recharger and rechargeable batteries. Most book light designs use either AA or AAA batteries, and many excellent models are available from which to choose. Additionally, if your light is to be used close to an electrical outlet, an optional A/C adapter can be a money saving investment.
Finally, the uniformity of light dispersal and the area over which it is dispersed is also a consideration when identifying the perfect book light for a particular application. If your light is only to be used to light a standard mass market paperback book, a simple LED or incandescent clip on light design will likely be sufficient; however, if you read magazines, most hard cover books or a stand full of music, you’ll need a more powerful design that distributes the light over an appropriately larger area. The best way to determine the most perfect design for your particular application will be to test it in actual use. When shopping, be sure your dealer provides both good information and advice before the sale, and a good return policy, just in case your first choice turns out not to be as suitable as you had hoped. With a bit of application, you can buy the perfect book light for any use.