Finding the Perfect Battery and/or A/C Powered Clip on Book Light Designs that Properly Light Your Books, Hobbies & Crafts
When selected properly, a book light can reduce eye fatigue by providing excellent lighting while reading, even in the darkest places, and can conserve both energy and money. A sturdy clip on book light design can make your light easy to affix to your book, book holder, or book stand, and many do double duty as hobby, craft, podium or task lights. Light weight incandescent or LED designs can put exactly the required amount of light exactly where you need it, without wasting energy or disturbing those around you, like a spouse or partner watching TV.
By lighting your reading materials with the right amount and color of light, a book light can save your eyes from strain and help you read even when the lights are low. Our eyes require more light as we age, and providing the right amount of light exactly where we’re reading can be a real challenge. Obviously, the best light for reading is natural sunlight coming directly over your shoulder, but we often wish 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. Then, turning off the overheads and other lighting illuminating so much more than our reading materials, we can save considerable energy as well as the money it takes to pay for that energy.
When making the choice between incandescent and LED book light 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 lights typically create a warm, somewhat yellowish or golden-tinged light, and bulbs typically last between 15-25 hours of use and then have to be replaced. LED lights produce a whiter, cooler light, and many designs are now optimized to be the equivalent of the output of lighting from the sun. Today, many readers find the light of modern LED designs to be more “sun like”, producing greater clarity and contrast and making most printing easier to read. While replacement bulbs for many incandescent book light designs are generally available in local electronic retail shops, as well as over the Internet, the expense and inconvenience of replacement can really mount up over time. Since LEDs provide life expectancies of 10,000 to 50,000 hours, their 10-20% greater initial cost of acquisition quickly becomes irrelevant. Generally, LED book lights are now more popular than the older incandescent.
Battery powered book light designs are the handiest, since they can be used anywhere. Unfortunately, batteries themselves are also a replaceable item, lasting 20-30 hours of use at best, in either LED or incandescent designs. Optional A/C adapters are available for most book lights, and another option is to make use of rechargeable batteries and a recharger. Most book lights make use of 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 A/C outlet, an optional A/C adapter can be a money saving investment.
Finally, the area of dispersal is also a consideration when selecting the perfect book light for a specific application. If your light is only to be used to light up a standard size, mass market paperback, a single LED or incandescent portable design will likely be adequate; however, if you read magazines, most hard cover books or a stand full of music, you’ll want a more powerful design that distributes the lighting over an appropriately larger area. The best way to determine the most suitable design for your particular application will be to test it in actual use. When shopping, be sure your retailer offers both good pre-sale and return service, just in case your first choice doesn’t work out. With a bit of application, you can buy the best clip on light for each and every application.