A sleek lighting option for your workspace.
I’ve been working from home for more than a year now. I know many other people are in the same boat as me and constantly trying to make their workspace feel like ‘work home.’ I like my desk to be comfortable, but productive in nature. I like having all my devices close at hand and love having plenty of light. I do have some decorative lighting options on my desk (RGB desk pad and RGB light strip behind my monitor), but don’t have a direct desk lamp installed — until now. The Lastar LED Desk Lamp is the latest edition to my workspace and I’m really excited to be using it.
DETAILS
Lastar is a brand that focuses on smart lighting products for consumers. The LED Desk Lamp provides up to 400 LM of brightness for reading, working, and writing. The lamp features a color temperature range of 2800-3200K; 4000-4500K; 5000-5500K – depending on the mode you are using. The lamp comes with its own power cable that provides 10V 1.2A of power. There is a USB-A port on the backside of the lamp that can be used to charge other devices.
The lamp has an adjustable design and can fold between 90º and 180º. It has responsive touch controls that include a power button, color temperature button, timer, night light button, and brightness adjustment bar. The lamp comes with a 12-month warranty (from the date of purchase).
USER EXPERIENCE
The LED Desk Lamp came in a plain brown cardboard box. The outside of the box does have the name of the product on it along with the main details of the lamp. This type of packaging is fine for retail warehouses, but not optimal for retail shelves. Should Lastar decide to distribute its products to retail stores, it may want to rethink its packaging so it is a little more appealing.
The lamp is preassembled and there is no complicated assembly to go through in order to use the lamp. The only thing that needs to happen to operate the lamp is to plug it into power and tap the power button. I’m a big fan of the small footprint the lamp leaves on the desktop. Since it folds up, it can be stored easily when it’s not in use. The controls are very easy to understand. I especially like the brightness adjustment bar. You simply run your finger across it to turn the brightness up or down. I was really surprised at how bright the lamp actually got.
The color temperature options are quite nice. Sometimes you want more of a daylight color than a warm yellow glow. Fortunately, you can have both with this lamp. I do wish that there was a display that indicated which setting you were on. Aside from that, it’s a great lamp.
CONCLUSION
If you are looking for a minimal, easy-to-operate lamp that produces great lighting, I would recommend this LED lamp. It’s affordable, easy to use, and produces awesome light.