Finding the Perfect Battery and A/C Powered Clip on Book Light Designs that Properly Illuminate Your Books, Crafts, Hobbies and Podium
Properly selected, a book light can reduce eye stress by providing excellent lighting while reading, even in the darkest places, and can help to save both energy and money. A well designed clip on book light design can make your light easy to attach to your book, book holder, or book stand, and many designs do double duty as craft, podium, hobby or other task lighting. Light weight incandescent or LED designs can provide just the right amount of light exactly where you need it, without wasting energy or disturbing others around you, like a spouse or partner watching TV.
By lighting your reading materials with just the correct amount and temperature of light, a book light can 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 such lighting simply isn’t available. Hence, the right book light, one we can use anywhere and anytime we choose, iscan be} an incredible convenience. By then turning off the overheads and lamps illuminating so much more than our reading materials, we can save considerable energy and the money required to pay for that energy.
When choosing between incandescent and LED book light designs, three primary concerns are: the different color or temperature of light produced by these two technologies, the cost of acquisition, and the cost of operation over time. Incandescent lights typically produce a warm, somewhat yellowish light, and bulbs typically last between 15-25 hours of use and then must be replaced. LED lights put out a whiter, cooler light, with many designs now optimized to approximate the output of lighting from the sun. Today, many readers find the output of modern LED designs to be more “sun like”, producing greater contrast and making all printing easier to read. While replacement bulbs for many incandescent book light designs are usually available in local electronic retail shops, and over the Internet, the cost of replacement can really add up over time. Because 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 clip on lights are the handiest, because your light can be used virtually anywhere. Unfortunately, batteries themselves are also a an item that must be replaced, typically lasting only 20-30 hours of use at best, in either LED or incandescent designs. Available A/C adapters are offered for most book lights, but another possibility is to use rechargeable batteries and a recharger. Most book lights make use of either AA or AAA batteries, and many rechargeable options exist. In addition, if your light is to be used close to an electrical outlet, an optional A/C adapter can be a worthwhile investment.
Finally, the area of dispersal is also an important consideration when choosing 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 book light design will likely be sufficient; however, if you read mostly hard cover books, newspapers and magazines, or even a full music stand of sheet music, you’ll want a more powerful light which can distribute the light over an appropriately larger area. The ideal way to determine the most suitable design for your particular application will be to test it in actual use. When shopping, make sure your retailer offers both good information and advice before the sale, and a good return policy, in case your first choice doesn’t quite hit the mark. With a bit of application, you can buy just the right clip-on book light for just about any use.
