| | |  | Laptop Accessories | Home » » » » Kensington 33120 FlyLight USB 2.0 Notebook Light (PC/Mac) | | | | | | | Description: | | Kensington Flylight Notebook USB 2.0 Light 33120 - With its small lightweight design, the Kensington FlyLight notebook light is the perfect companion for the executive or student on the go. This small, flexible gooseneck light plugs into your notebook's USB port and uses only 90 seconds per hour of your PC's battery. Eight ultra-bright LEDs light up your work, and you can use the built-in dimmer for gentle, long-lasting illumination anywhere?on a plane, in a presentation room, or while relaxing in bed. | | | Features: | |
• 8 ultrabright LEDs deliver clean, white light
• Flexible gooseneck puts light where it's needed
• Built-in dimmer switch gives you precise brightness control
• Powered by USB port; draws less than 90 seconds of battery power per hour of use
• Efficient LEDs burn for more than 100,000 hours of continuous use
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 9.8 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.8 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.9 inches | | Product Weight:
| 2.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.21 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.77 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.35 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 47 reviews |
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Good, but a bit short of perfect.Oct 29, 2008
This is an excellent USB light. Too bad it has one glaring design deficiency that keeps it from being darned close to perfect.
Eight LEDs provide an abundance of light. There's a switch allowing just four or all eight to be used. Frommy testing, I'll be using the four LED option most of the time.
This is also where the design problem comes in - and it is a significant problem.
Presumably to save a few pennies, Kensington opted not to include a reflector of any kind. At this price, unusally high for a USB keyboard lamp, Kensington certainly has the leeway to have spent the money on design and the few pennies per unit to include a reflector in the finished product.
Instead the LEDs jut straight out of the flat plastic surface. The light pattern is very hot, excessively so. The center of the light field is very bright, but also very narrow and relatively small. Even on a small netbook keyboard with the lamp fully extended, the bright light area covers only half the keyboard. Falloff of the illumination is very drastic from the center.
While there is adequate light overall, the center is lit so brightly, that the eye is fooled into thinking that the areas outside the center are dimmer than they are.
I can see why so many people complain about this. I think many overstate the issue, but at core, the complaint is valid. Kensington shortchanged itself and its customers by not including a reflector in the design. The design keeps he FlyLight from being a five-star product.
The stalk iis good. It holds the lamp in the position you set it. Everything rolls up into a compact package that will fit in practically any carrying case.
Overall, a pretty good value. Overpriced, one really poor design component, but puts out lots of light the and on/off switch is really handy.
Jerry
 Narrow beam but good for what I needOct 29, 2008
This USB light does illuminate just one side of the keyboard, and I'd not want to type with it in the dark. The Amazon image showing the light shining on 95% of the keyboard is exaggerating. I am giving it 5 stars because I needed a light to shine on the left side of my keyboard while I play the World of Warcraft, and this light is exactly what I was looking for. The dimmer switch does not make a lot of difference in the brightness of the lamp, but this is not a problem for me. The light does not put any glare on the monitor. I am using it with a desktop computer and I have it plugged into a USB hub on my monitor stand. This is a good lamp for my needs.
Good ProductOct 14, 2008
I had no idea how much I needed this until I got mine. I find myself using it in situations I never expected.
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Excelente accesorio para LaptopOct 09, 2008
Me compre esta lámpara para poder usar mi MacBook de noche sin tener que prender las luces de la habitación, y me resultó una buena adquisición. La lámpara tiene buena iluminación, si bien es cierto que la lámpara enfoca la luz en un punto medio del teclado, también es cierto que sí se ilumina todo el teclado, así que cumple su función; uso hasta los momentos la mitad de los bombillos de la lámpara (trae la opcion para prender 4 u 8 bombillos), excelente adquisición.
La lámpara se ve resistente, el cable está hecho de un material duro pero a la vez flexible para colocarlo en la posición que mas convenga para el teclado
En resumen, buen adquisición, y buen accesorio para poder usar una laptop de noche en un cuarto con poca iluminación sin necesidad de tener iluminación a mayor escala. Recomendado
Good ProductOct 03, 2008
Pros:
Beats getting a new laptop with back lit keys.
Doesn't need a separate battery.
Seems durable so far.
Stays put when you bend it into position.
Can be shaped to fit in a laptop case pocket.
Price is reasonable for the quality
Two brightness settings.
Cons:
May seem distracting to some users.
Needs to be angled just right to view the entire keyboard.
Overall I'm really satisfied with this product.
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