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Totally happy with amount of light it gives off etc. Absolutely worth the $20. Very handy to have. Only complaint is that it doesn't hold it's position as well (or stiff). as I might prefer.
This light works good, and had two light levels. Using an USB port makes this light and any other that uses the USB port somewhat unstable as it could come disconnected too easily. The design concentrated the light more than I would have liked. I would have preferred that the light cover a larger area like the entire keyboard instead of a bright spot. I do use one of these lights on my desktop so that I can see my front USB ports, audio jacks and my media card reader. It is a good light and packs well.
and the package says the lights will last for 100k hours and barely drains any battery while on. i wish the usb connection could be a bit tighter, but thats more due to the neck being able to bend whichever way you need it to AND having to hold the weight of the lamp- i dont think its a big deal.
if you need something to light up your keyboard so you can see the keys as you type away in the dark, this is the solution. this flylight is perfect.
BUT, the spillover light from the lamps is MORE THAN ENOUGH to light up your entire keyboard EASILY. there are complaints about the narrow beam of light.
it's true, the focus of the light is a sort of spotlight and it only focuses on maybe half of your keyboard. there are 3 settings for the lamp: low, high, and off.
this thing is awesome.
Kensington shortchanged itself and its customers by not including a reflector in the design. Too bad it has one glaring design deficiency that keeps it from being darned close to perfect. The design keeps he FlyLight from being a five-star product. Eight LEDs provide an abundance of light. I can see why so many people complain about this. This is also where the design problem comes in - and it is a significant problem. Even on a small netbook keyboard with the lamp fully extended, the bright light area covers only half the keyboard.
Presumably to save a few pennies, Kensington opted not to include a reflector of any kind. Frommy testing, I'll be using the four LED option most of the time. 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. Overall, a pretty good value.
This is an excellent USB light. 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 think many overstate the issue, but at core, the complaint is valid. The light pattern is very hot, excessively so. Everything rolls up into a compact package that will fit in practically any carrying case. There's a switch allowing just four or all eight to be used. The stalk iis good.
Instead the LEDs jut straight out of the flat plastic surface. The center of the light field is very bright, but also very narrow and relatively small. It holds the lamp in the position you set it. Overpriced, one really poor design component, but puts out lots of light the and on/off switch is really handy.Jerry
The dimmer switch does not make a lot of difference in the brightness of the lamp, but this is not a problem for me. This USB light does illuminate just one side of the keyboard, and I'd not want to type with it in the dark. The light does not put any glare on the monitor. 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. 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.
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