LightWedge NightVision LED Booklight
by LightWedge
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of LightWedge NightVision LED Booklight
Customer Review: Good for bedtime reading but scratches easily
Summary: 3 Stars
PROS: It does a nice job lighting up the page without distubing your spouse.
CONS: I saw other reviews that noted how easily this item could get scratched up. I decided to order the accompanying bag to prevent damage. I was very careful with it, ensuring that I didn't just leave it laying out on a table and kept it in the bag when not being used. Unfortunately, I still wound up with quite a few scratches. Also, I didn't care for having to always hold the light wedge in place. I ended up giving it away to a friend and bought a Sony Touch and the reader cover with the light.
Customer Review: Great for astronomy
Summary: 4 Stars
Great for astronomy. Works well on charts. A little excess light bleed off from the edges, but otherwise an excellent tool for reading maps, books, and charts while out observing. Low intensity is perfect for dark nights. Backlights user printed paper maps well. Only reason I don't give it a five is that the case which is extra, should be included. Add on the extra cost, I would (and already did) pay it for the case. It really is mandatory to keep the LightWedge clean. Also a third LED would make it better. (spread the light out more evenly) Dark shadows not a problem like others have noted, Illumination is good enough to read everything under it easily. Screen does not scratch as bad as others say, tho for night use, it is of no importance anyway. Just make sure your books, and charts, etc, are clean, and clean the LightWedge often. I wish they made a bigger one.
Customer Review: Great light for reading in bed
Summary: 5 Stars
I'd used the original LightWedge book light for about three years. After the screen became very scratched and the battery cover latch cracked and stopped working I began looking for another option. I've used the Phorm light and others, but all of the other lights were so bright that they distracted my wife when she was trying to get to sleep.
I finally decided to give the LightWedge NightVision a try. While expensive, the book light works better than my last. The red light doesn't spill out around the room and my wife has commented that this light was better than the original LightWedge. The battery cover seems to be a little more sturdy and I'm not worried that the cover will crack upon falling.
I would prefer LightWedge to offer a protective cover similar to what's available for PDA's and laptop screens. With the cost of the book light, it scratches very easily, even when stored within a book as the manual instructs.
Overall the LightWedge nightVision is an excellent book light, and I'll purchase it again if needed. My only recommendations would be a screen protector.
Customer Review: Light works great, but construction/materials are poor
Summary: 3 Stars
So, like other reviewers, I had trouble getting the batteries into the battery compartment. The lid opened without problems, but sliding the batteries into the channel was tough. In fact, I cut myself on the terminal when I slid the first battery past. The plastic lens does scratch extremely easily. I ordered the soft case, and the only time the light is out of it is when I am reading. 3 nights of reading, so far, have produced some pretty decent scratches. I even succeeded in scratching the lens with my glasses cleaning cloth. Not quite sure how that happened, but I was rubbing off a finger print, and it left some scratches behind. Oh well. They are distracting, but I can still read with it. I've noticed that (obviously) red features on maps don't show up, so if you're using this on maps that have a lot of red, you might want to think again. I'm mostly using it to read black text on white paper (with a few graphs and plots here and there), so this works for me. Once I am done reading, I can still see around in the dark room, which was the goal of purchasing this light. So, for the most part, I'm happy. Although if I were the manufacturer, I'd be embarrassed to put my name on a device as poorly constructed as this one is. Especially for the price they are charging.Customer Review: LightWedge NightVision -- Not good
Summary: 1 Stars
I thought the LightWedge NightVision would help my wife read at night without a bright normal light. When I got it, we tried it and found it not effective at all -- just a red light without lighting up the page.
John