Characterisitcs of the Best Battery and A/C Powered Clip on Book Light Designs that Properly Illuminate Your Books, Crafts, Hobbies and Podium

When selected properly, a book light can reduce eye fatigue by assuring ample light while reading, even in darkened venues, and can help to save both energy and money. A sturdy clip on book light design can make your light easy to securely attach to your book, book holder, or book stand, and many designs can also function as craft, podium, hobby or other task lighting. Light weight incandescent or LED designs can put just the right amount of light exactly where you need it, without wasting energy or disturbing others around you, like a spouse or partner on the other side of the bed.

By lighting your reading materials with the correct quantity and color of light, the right book light can help to 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 for what we’re reading can be difficult. Obviously, the best light for reading is natural sunlight shining directly from over your shoulder, but we often have to read when or where sunlight simply isn’t available. Hence, the right book light, one we can use anywhere and anytime we choose, iscan be} an incredible convenience. Then, turning off the overheads and lamps lighting things other than our reading, we conserve considerable energy as well as the money required to pay for that energy.

When choosing between incandescent and LED designs, 3 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 light sources typically create a warm, somewhat yellowish light, and bulbs typically will provide light between 15-25 hours of use and then have to be replaced. LED lights put out a whiter, cooler light, with many designs now optimized to approximate the output of lighting from the sun. Hence, many book lovers find the light of modern LED designs to be more “sun like”, producing greater contrast and making most printing easier to read. While replacement incandescent bulbs are generally available in local electrical and hardware stores, as well as over the Internet, the expense and inconvenience of replacement can really add up over time. Because LEDs offer life expectancies of 10,000 to 50,000 hours, the 10-20% greater initial purchase price quickly becomes irrelevant. Generally, LED book light designs are now the preferred choice over the older incandescent.

Battery powered book light designs are the handiest, since they can be used almost anywhere. Unfortunately, batteries themselves are also a replaceable item, typically lasting only 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 rechargeable options exist. In addition, if your light is to be used near to an electrical outlet, an optionally available A/C adapter is usually a money saving investment.

Finally, the uniformity of light dispersal and the area over which it is dispersed is also an important consideration when selecting the right 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 probably be adequate; but, 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 design which can distribute the light over an appropriately larger area. The best way to determine the most suitable light for any particular application will be to test it in actual use. Wherever you shop, be sure your dealer offers 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 acquire just the right clip on light for each and every use.