Floor lamps provides brilliant lighting in a convenient, slim body.
I have a corner in my home office that I try to keep comfortable. It’s meant for relaxation and sort of designed to be a reading nook. I have an old club-style chair and its matching ottoman to curl up in and there are half a dozen blankets draped on the back of the chair. The only thing really missing in that corner is a dedicated reading light. The room has overhead lights, but I prefer lamp lighting as it is softer and makes the room feel more like a home and less like an office. Not long ago, I added the Lastar LED Desk Lamp to my office and since I’ve been so happy with it, I decided to test out the Lastar LED Floor Lamp, a complimentary lighting piece to the desk lamp.
DETAILS
The LED Floor Lamp is a standing lamp designed for the living room. It has a color temperature range between 3000-6000k and five different brightness adjustment settings. The lamp retails for around $44 (at the time of publishing). The lamp has 66 evenly distributed LEDs and a 360º adjustable neck. At 100% brightness, it only uses 12W of power. The body of the lamp is made out of steel and it has a heavy base to help prevent tipping hazards.
FEATURES
- Custom brightness levels
- Three color temperature modes
- Timer and memory functionality
- Compatible with smart plugs
- Glare-free lighting for eye protection
- Custom lighting angles
- Stable base and easy assembly
- Elegant, modern style with a slim profile
USER EXPERIENCE
The lamp comes in a non-descript cardboard box. It is labeled according to its contents, but there are no decorations on the box or images of the product. When you open the box, you find the lamp is laid out in pieces. All the pieces are connected by the power cable that is strung through each of the lamp segments. The base is set aside alone. Each of the segments screw into each other and then the entire pieces screws into the base. The power cable plugs into an extension that then plugs into a power outlet. Assembly is pretty standard and only takes about 5 minutes to complete. I’ve put together a lot of floor lamps like this and they all seem to have a similar assembly process.
Once you have the lamp assembled, you can position it where you would like – in my case, near my reading nook – and then turn it on. The controls are on the neck of the lamp near the gooseneck. They are touch-sensitive and there are three different buttons – one for powering the lamp on and off, one for switching between modes, and one for brightness. The brightness level is controlled incrementally, which is really the only criticism I have of the operation of the light. I wish it was a dimmer control rather than a step selection button, but that’s really a small critique of an otherwise great floor lamp.
I was very happy to see that all the controls were located on the neck of the lamp. I had another LED floor lamp at one point that had a switch on the cable so it was always on the floor and then a dimmer knob on the neck. The controls were awkward on that lamp so I was happy to see much more intuitive ones on this lamp. I also really like that there are different lighting modes that are designed with the color temperatures in mind. The three modes – work, study, and sleep – are compatible with the different color temperatures included within the lamps programming (3000-6000k).
CONCLUSION
I’ve been very impressed with this floor lamp. It’s more than a standard floor lamp and even though it’s not a typical ‘smart’ lamp it definitely has advanced features.
For more information, visit lastarhome.com.
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