This lamp is Aukey’s top of the range lamp and although all their lamps are excellent quality, you can certainly tell why this lamp costs the most. Although the lamp is listed as being a mixture of plastic and aluminium, I’m guessing the majority of it is aluminium as there’s a definite weight to it.

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The bass of the lamp is gloss black and approx. 19cm x 14cm and I due to the weightiness of it, I think it’s probably metal; the added weight is great, as it means no matter how far forward you position the vertical arm on the lamp it won’t tip over. Coming up from the back of the base is a matte black metal arm, which is approx. 43cm high; not only is this on a swivel allowing you to turn it to the left or right, it’s also hinged allowing you to move the arm backwards and forwards 180°. At the top of this arm, is the horizontal arm with the lamp on the end of it; again this joint is hinged giving you the flexibility of 120° of movement. The arm’s about 25cm long and on the end is the lamp itself, again the joint is hinged and can be moved 180°.

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Most of the Aukey lights seem to have the lights running the length of horizontal arm, I like the fact that this has the light on the end and means you can concentrate the light source where you need it more. The light has 60LEDS and a maximum brightness of 10w and although there’s a lot of LEDs, you don’t get any buzzing or whistling that you can get with some lights; also because the plastic over the light is slightly opaque, you get the brightness without the glare. There are just 5 main areas on the touch panel on the base - the on/off button, which stays light when the light is plugged in, meaning you can see it to turn the light on, 2 buttons to adjust the colour temperature and 2 buttons to alter the brightness. There’s a button with a picture of a book, which changes the light to a colder light (bluish white) with three levels of variation and a picture of a cup, which changes the light to a warmer light (yellowy white) and when you reach maximum or minimum in any of the adjustments the light vibrates to let you know. In addition to changing the colour temperature of the light, you can also adjust the brightness of the lamp too and no matter what option you choose it’s always totally flicker free too. There’s even a sleep button that changes the light to a very dim light.

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As well as all the amazing features above, the lamp will also remember what setting it was on when it was turned off and will automatically revert to that setting when you next turn it on. The lamp also has a USB port built in to the side of it, so you can charge your phone from it too. Overall this lamp excels in everything from build quality and design to features and usability, plus it comes with Aukey’s 2 years warranty; I’d definitely recommend this lamp.