My lounge furniture is oak and black, and I have a few black lamps that are very good and I could easily use in there; but they are all mains operated and have quite a big footprint. I wanted a smaller black lamp that didn’t need to be plugged in, so that I wouldn’t have to have the extension cable going across the middle of the floor to my side table. Well, this lamp is much neater and it’s rechargeable, you get up to 3 hours usage from a single charge.

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It has a small round base (just under 5”) with an upright hinged support (about 12” high), that has the hinged light at the top (about 8.5” long). When not using it you can either just fold the horizontal arm flat against the upright or you can fold it entirely flat. Not only do the fact that as both the upright and horizontal arms are hinged you can fold it flat, it also means that you can adjust the angle to whatever suits you best. I personally keep it out on my side table and fold the horizontal arm flat against the vertical arm and although I’m pretty sure it wasn’t designed for it; there’s a round hole at the top, which is absolutely perfect for hanging my eye glasses on.

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The main light has three levels of brightness and the light is quite a warm toned light at 5000-6500k, there is also a colour changing LED light in the base, which is a nice touch and makes the light a bit different. Although it’s not as bright as some of my other bigger lamps, it’s plenty bright enough to read by without straining your eyes and there’s no flicker at all with it.

At the current price of £13.99, I think it’s great value and I’d happily recommend it, plus it comes with Aukey’s 2yr warranty.