Customer Reviews

Mighty Bright TravelFlex LED Book Light, Silver

5 star:		(28)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

I use this light with a kindle DX. It is excellent for its size and brightness, but the clip is too narrow to fasten directly to a kindle; it can clip only to a cover.

I considered (and tried a friend's) Mighty Bright XtraFlex 2 light, but liked the idea of a smaller, single battery light. This light fits that bill perfectly. Unfortunately, the kindle is too thick for the clip to hold to the light. The larger XtraFlex2 light could clip to the kindle, but is also best with a cover because its clip is wider than the bezel of the kindle DX.

after reading reviews on the 3 book lights in the kindle accessory store, one of them recommended this.

man were they ever right!

this sucker is so bright! it's great. i even use it as a mini flash light late at night (i'm pregnant and sleep on the recliner b/c it's the only place i can get comfortable).

it's got one battery (AAA i believe, which is good b/c that means you don't have to buy a special battery), it's slim (which is huge b/c the last thing i need is something bulky when i have a kindle, a kindle case, and a light). it's neck is really long so you can position it many different ways.

it's just perfect all around.

i bought the medge light for my husband to go with his medge travel case and that was $30. this is 1/2 the price and does twice the job.

the on/off switch is really nice too. there's definitely no "accidental" turning on. as the other mighty bright light in the kindle store has complaints of.

if i could do this all over again, i would have gotten this in silver and black. (silver = me; black husband).
if i could find the case for the medge light, i would've returned it.

ps. i would highly recommend using this with a case. i am not a fan of clipping lights to a device.

I've been through many booklights, searching for the perfect one. Tried the
flat glass ones that cover the entire page, tried the stationary ones. This one is perfect. Neck is flexible so that the light can be focused on any area of the page. This is the ultimate one!

Let me say that I wish this thing worked. I'll get to that in a minute.

First, Design-wise. 1. The clip. It clips well, even to a paperback, so long as you clip some pages in with the cover. 2. The flex-arm. Seems to be flexible enough to angle the light whichever direction you'd like. Great. 3. The light itself. Very bright. It does have a slight blueish tinge to it that didn't bother me. It also covered the whole page, and since the arm is so flexible, you can move the light away from the book to increase coverage.

But, alas. About 5 minutes after I turned it on, the light began to flicker. Now this is annoying. Well, I thought, maybe it's just the battery they sent has been sitting around too long. Nope. New battery, same problem. There's a short or something in the wiring or switch. And the flickering is unbearable when the booklight is the only light in the room, which pretty much is the idea with a booklight.

Seems like if you get a functioning light, this reading light is perfectly good. I've read through just about every review on every booklight on amazon. The problem seems to be that with just about all of them, there seems to be something like a 1 in 10 chance that you'll just get a dud. Total guess on actual numbers, but you get the idea. For every booklight, there's at least a few people that get one that doesn't work. I'm that guy with this one. So, one-star.

Love this light, works both for books & my kindle. Great reading light, easy to maneuver. Have had a couple reading lights and this is the best by far.

I was a little worried when ordering about the quality due to a reviewer who reported receiving two non-working units, but lots of other reviewers seemed pleased.

When I flipped mine on, I became slightly worried again, because it didn't flip right on.

(1) I checked the battery -- it is shipped in the reverse position so that it cannot accidentally be triggered and run dry during storage.
(2) But it still wouldn't flip on! Turns out there is a thin plastic shrink-wrap film on the battery that has to be removed.

I can imagine someone overlooking either of those things and thinking they had a lemon. Be sure to check both of those things.

The gooseneck is firm and can be bent into almost any position.

The clip is firm.

The whole unit is light enough that it doesn't distort a substantial paperback. I have it clipped to the last twenty or so pages and the back cover of "Good Calories, Bad Calories" and it feels unobtrusive. It would probably distort a pamphlet or a magazine.

The light is very even thanks to a good plastic diffusor lens. It doesn't spill out over both pages of a book, which might be nice, but of course would require more wattage. Instead, it illuminates one side of the book well, and I give the gooseneck a little shift each time I go to the next page.

It is also a bit of a "cold" light as you might expect from an LED. Not terribly romantic, but the slightly bluish white is very crisp, even and sharp.

I have previously owned the original incandescent Itty Bitty Booklight. It ran hot and either required a wall adaptor or chewed through its batteries. This Mighty Bright LED model is a much more practical product.

I have used it about 5 evenings now -- not long enough to give much indication of battery life. It uses a single AAA.

I just got one of these for my Sony PRS-505 ebook. It clips right onto the back cover, and the flexible "neck" of the lamp means you can position it so there's no glare or reflection of the light in the book reading panel! Lightweight and perfect. (I was tempted to get the purple version, but opted for the more sensible silver as it matches the ebook device itself)

I love this light!

Small, lightweight, portable, flexible. Light is adequate for reading (or doing crosswords) in a totally dark room. Will tuck this one in my briefbag -- perfect to snap on a clipboard for taking notes during a meeting.

The AAA battery included has already provided MANY hours of use. (When that dies, I will replace with rechargeable battery.)

The price is right -- and it even comes in several lovely colors!

I spent a lot of time looking for a light for my Nook e-reader to help when reading in low light. I am very pleased with my Mighty Bright TravelFlex book light. It is small/easily portable, lightweight, uses an easy to find AAA battery, clips securely to my Nook book cover, and throws off just the right amount of light to allow for easy reading in low light levels.

I'm using this light on my Schwinn 430 elliptical (also purchased through Amazon) clipped to the magazine holder. It puts out enough light for most any type of reading material, including the nook ereader. Also, since the elliptical's display isn't back lit it helps me see the display readouts (when I'm not reading) in low light. I especially like that I can use rechargable triple A's in it. The one battery lasts a long time.