The design of this lamp is lovely; it's gloss white matched with brushed aluminium giving a metallic silver colour, giving it a very modern minimalist, sleek design. The lamp sits on a gloss white flat oblong base, with the 43cm long flat brushed aluminium arm coming from the back and another flat arm coming from the top of it, which is gloss white on top and has the actual light covering probably ¾ of the bottom of the arm. The lamp is very cleverly designed so that it can be manoeuvred to where you need the light or folded up to save space; the upright arm moves forward 105° and the horizontal arm with the bulb moves up and down 135°. Also, as the bulb is underneath and doesn’t go quite all the way to the edge, you’re never dazzled by the light.

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The lamp has 6 touch sensitive areas on it; I would call them buttons, but they have kept the areas flat in keeping with the sleek design. The top 2 are the on/off control and a 60 minute control, which is a brilliant idea if you read in bed and are prone to falling asleep still holding your book or if your child likes a light on when they go to sleep, but don’t need it on all night.

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Underneath there are a further 4 control pads; the first is the mode control, which allows you to choose the correct style of lighting for what you are doing, ensuring you have the optimum light and minimum eye strain. The first press gives a ‘cold light’ with a bluish tint, which is meant to be best for studying and with the brightness adjuster it will vary between 5500-6000 on the Kelvin scale. The 2nd press gives what is called ‘natural light’ and is best for light reading or general use and goes from 4000-4500K on the scale. 3rd press takes you to relaxation mode, with a gentle warm light that ranges from 2800-3300K on the scale.

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In addition to the colour of the light, there’s also two buttons to adjust the brightness, giving you 5 brightness levels in each mode. The final control pad lets you put the light into night mode, in which the end of the light on top and bottom gentling lights up. As well as all the controls, the lamp also registers the ambient lighting in the room; so if the light in the room changes, so does the brightness of the lamp and it will automatically come on in the last setting you used it on.

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All in all this is a brilliant lamp; as well as a plethora of lighting options, it also has a USB port for you to charge your phone or any other device from and it comes with Aukey’s 2 years warranty… I’d definitely recommend this lamp.