Product: 2-Pack: Lastar LED Desk Lamp w/ USB Charging Port
Model: E-CM001-WV
Condition: New
Gentle on the Eyes:
The Lastar desk lamp gives off a soft, 4 levels of color temperature, and 5 levels of brightness adjustment with 20 adjustable light settings that help this lamp better align with your visual acuity, dimmable table lamp, so your eyes don’t have to fight to adjust to unbalanced light wavelengths for reading, working and studying. (Plug included)
Built-In USB Port:
Small desk lamp Includes a 5V/1A USB port that can fully charge a phone, smartwatch, tablet, or any other USB device, so you can keep your smartphone or tablet within reach while charging, also is a good desk lamp with USB charging port.
Automatic Memory Function:
The table lamp remembers the most recently selected light color and brightness settings and will employ those settings when you turn the lamp on again, instead of reverting to defaults.
Adjustable and Portable:
A 90°adjustable arm and 180° foldable head make it possible for this compact-sized desk lamp can even be easily folded and placed into a backpack, desk lamps for home office.
Night Light:
Special night light settings to aid sleep, allowing you to fall asleep under gentle light, automatically shuts off after setting the timer function for one hour, desk lamp for bedroom.
Finish Type:
Polished
Base Material:
Metal
Bulb Base:
E27
Product Dimensions:
12.91"D x 4.72"W x 7.68"H
Item Weight:
0.73 Kilograms
Lamp Type:
Night Light, Table Lamp, Desk Lamp
Shade Color:
Black
Shade Material:
Plastic
Switch Type:
Touch
Style:
Black Modern
Brand:
LASTAR
Special Feature:
4 Color Temperature, Corded, 1-Timer Setting, Eye-Caring
Meh. Meh. MEH!
A useless 1A, non-USB-C, USB port.
A proprietary power supply.
We’re almost a quarter of the way through the 21st century. Give me a break with this obsolete crap.
At least on the Amazon video review they must have paid Vanessa Carlton royalties for the midi version of her song. I mean, they MUST have. Nobody would rip off a great artist/song like that just to sell something, right?
@Jonas4321 Licensing fees for use of recordings and for performances are set and actively enforced by ASCAP/BMI. If you really think that website might be using the music without permission, just report it to them. But the fees can be remarkably modest, depending upon what kind of use is being made of the music. I’ve been involved with having to get an ASCAP or BMI license for something in the past, and sometimes you get surprised by just exactly how little you have to shell out. If you’re going to use it in a super bowl ad, yes, you’re going to pay a fair chunk. But on a website with very few hits, not so much. Still, there’s a lot more unauthorized use than there ought to be. But more important, there are a hell of a lot more fees collected by ASCAP/BMI that never put any significant percentage of that collection back into the artist’s pocket than there ought to be.
@Jonas4321@werehatrack I have a neighbor who was an 80’s pop star. She was pretty happy when a season of American Horror Story used one of her songs as a theme song a few years ago and the royalty checks came in.
@Jonas4321@macromeh It’s absolutely true that the royalty to use a song recording by the original artist, as part of a TV show, is both substantial, and far higher than the royalty to use it on a low-traffic website, but that is not what’s under discussion here. This is reported as the use of a midi file, not a performance recording, so it’s just a low-volume authorial royalty and not a performer royalty at all, and might be a shared authorial with the transcriber who created the MIDI representation. This could literally involve pennies after all of the filters are applied.
@Kyeh@milstarr@whogots The towel roll thing may be a no-go. The lamp is not quite tall enough for the rolls I’ve got. The head can’t swing down with the roll in place. (Not without significant risk of breaking something, anyway.)
@Kyeh@werehatrack@whogots We can always saw off the excess height of the paper towels! Then use that excess bit someplace else. Like keep it in the trunk for when you check the oil in your car.
These are nowhere even close to 600 lumens in 6000K mode. They might make it to 400 in one of the yellowed-out modes, but I hate those, so I’m not testing it. The color temp is weird in any event. But that’s not all…
Someone mentioned using these as a paper towel roll holder as well as a lamp. Maddeningly close, but no cigar. If the lamp was just a bit over half an inch taller, towel rolls with normal-diameter centers would have just barely fit past the joint far enough for the head to swing down. But they can’t, so that’s not an option. And that’s not all…
This is the least kitten-resistant desk lamp I have seen so far. The entire control area is flat and touch-sensitive, so that Things Happen when it is touched by kitty feet (or other capacitively-reactive appendages or implements or debris). These things can include turning on, or turning off, or setting a different light level, or setting a different color temp, or a combination of several at the same time.
In conclusion, while I do not hate them, I am not overly impressed either.
Specs
Product: 2-Pack: Lastar LED Desk Lamp w/ USB Charging Port
Model: E-CM001-WV
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$43.98 (for 2) at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Jul 15 - Thursday, Jul 18
You light up my life!
So what are the four color temps? Are any of them 6000K or over?
The amazon page says 6000K, so…
3, 4, 5, and 6k.
@haydesigner That’s the main reason I decided to order these, ignoring the outdated 1A USB port.
Didn’t sell so many of these during the meh-rathon, I take it?
@guyfromhawthorn damned if you show a new product in a mehrathon, damned if you don’t
I was genuinely considering these during the mehrathon. And now I am again.
4.7/5 reviews on A’zon. Meh, what ya doin’?
@phendrick These are from that lost 0.3.
I bet you could unload all of these ancient things on Motel 6 or something for a small profit, just saying
/buy
@werehatrack It worked! Your order number is: obsolete-bitter-ball
/showme obsolete bitter ball
@mediocrebot Let that order number not be an Omen.
If it’s got a USB port, technically it could make a marg, depending on what you plug into there.
Meh. Meh. MEH!
A useless 1A, non-USB-C, USB port.
A proprietary power supply.
We’re almost a quarter of the way through the 21st century. Give me a break with this obsolete crap.
Find a lamp that’s USB-C powered and try again.
/showme outsized outrage
@mediocrebot awesome, just awesome
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
@mediocrebot EXCEPT THESE LAMPS!
It still looks like it would be decent as a desk lamp but they shouldn’t have bothered with the USB port.
At least on the Amazon video review they must have paid Vanessa Carlton royalties for the midi version of her song. I mean, they MUST have. Nobody would rip off a great artist/song like that just to sell something, right?
@Jonas4321 They most likely didn’t have to shell out too much
@werehatrack for that song? Guess again. She made millions.
@Jonas4321 Licensing fees for use of recordings and for performances are set and actively enforced by ASCAP/BMI. If you really think that website might be using the music without permission, just report it to them. But the fees can be remarkably modest, depending upon what kind of use is being made of the music. I’ve been involved with having to get an ASCAP or BMI license for something in the past, and sometimes you get surprised by just exactly how little you have to shell out. If you’re going to use it in a super bowl ad, yes, you’re going to pay a fair chunk. But on a website with very few hits, not so much. Still, there’s a lot more unauthorized use than there ought to be. But more important, there are a hell of a lot more fees collected by ASCAP/BMI that never put any significant percentage of that collection back into the artist’s pocket than there ought to be.
@werehatrack If I can’t say something nice, I am obliged to say nothing at all, and just leave it at that. I really like that song.
@Jonas4321 @werehatrack I have a neighbor who was an 80’s pop star. She was pretty happy when a season of American Horror Story used one of her songs as a theme song a few years ago and the royalty checks came in.
@Jonas4321 @macromeh It’s absolutely true that the royalty to use a song recording by the original artist, as part of a TV show, is both substantial, and far higher than the royalty to use it on a low-traffic website, but that is not what’s under discussion here. This is reported as the use of a midi file, not a performance recording, so it’s just a low-volume authorial royalty and not a performer royalty at all, and might be a shared authorial with the transcriber who created the MIDI representation. This could literally involve pennies after all of the filters are applied.
Qi charger or gtfo
@bathsheba Or just ignore that useless feature, and buy the product based on the rest of what’s there. Or don’t buy it. It’s your choice.
These look similar to the ones that Uplift gives away for “free” with their desks. Assuming that’s so,
Con: Useless 1A port.
Con: Abysmal touch interface.
Pro: Extremely cheap.
Pro: Holds a paper towel roll while open or closed.
@whogots I think you just sold me on a workbench light/paper towel holder combo!
@whogots I was thinking for the kitchen. In that case
@uvassassin @whogots Might be better suited for a bog roll in the loo.
@milstarr @whogots
I wasn’t tempted at all until I read that, but it does sound like a useful feature for use on a shop or crafts table.
@Kyeh @milstarr @whogots The towel roll thing may be a no-go. The lamp is not quite tall enough for the rolls I’ve got. The head can’t swing down with the roll in place. (Not without significant risk of breaking something, anyway.)
@milstarr @werehatrack @whogots Oh, too bad. I didn’t spring for it, myself. Thanks for the info.
@Kyeh @werehatrack @whogots We can always saw off the excess height of the paper towels! Then use that excess bit someplace else. Like keep it in the trunk for when you check the oil in your car.
@milstarr @werehatrack @whogots Or maybe just saw a roll in half and use each half separately? Sawing off a short bit seems difficult!
@Kyeh ^^^Better plan IMO^^^
/buy
@uvassassin It worked! Your order number is: diligent-fidgety-parsnip
/showme diligent fidgety parsnip
Something went terribly wrong. Please try again.
/showme diligent fidgety parsnip
/giphy diligent fidget parsnip
great
Initial review:
These are nowhere even close to 600 lumens in 6000K mode. They might make it to 400 in one of the yellowed-out modes, but I hate those, so I’m not testing it. The color temp is weird in any event. But that’s not all…
Someone mentioned using these as a paper towel roll holder as well as a lamp. Maddeningly close, but no cigar. If the lamp was just a bit over half an inch taller, towel rolls with normal-diameter centers would have just barely fit past the joint far enough for the head to swing down. But they can’t, so that’s not an option. And that’s not all…
This is the least kitten-resistant desk lamp I have seen so far. The entire control area is flat and touch-sensitive, so that Things Happen when it is touched by kitty feet (or other capacitively-reactive appendages or implements or debris). These things can include turning on, or turning off, or setting a different light level, or setting a different color temp, or a combination of several at the same time.
In conclusion, while I do not hate them, I am not overly impressed either.
Jokes on all of you motherfuckers.
I don’t have cats and I can use the USB port.
/giphy so there
